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Phoenix, Arizona - 6 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Balsz Elementary District (4268) #48 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,090 per pupil, Balsz Elementary District (4268) ranks #182 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,176
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$13,090
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Balsz Elementary District (4268) operates 6 public schools serving 2,176 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,090 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 49.3% local, 32.8% state, and 17.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 63/100, ranked #48 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 598:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 77.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.2% Hispanic or Latino, 27.7% African American, 3.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Balsz Online Academy (B.O.a.), with a diversity index of 66.6/100.
Its largest campus is Pat Tillman Middle School, enrolling 598 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Balsz Online Academy (B.O.a.), at 6 students, a 100x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pat Tillman Middle School accounts for 27.5% of all Balsz Elementary District (4268) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Balsz Elementary District (4268)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Balsz Elementary District (4268) school enrollment varies 100× across entities
Balsz Elementary District (4268) school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 598 students (highest), a spread of 592 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Balsz Elementary District (4268) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.1% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Balsz Elementary District (4268) student-counselor ratio is 598:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Balsz Elementary District (4268) chronic absenteeism rate is 77.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Balsz Elementary District (4268)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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