An equity score of 68/100 ranks Balsz Elementary District (4268) #25 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,133 per pupil, Balsz Elementary District (4268) ranks #101 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,176
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$17,133
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 $17,133 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 633 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 68/100, ranked #25 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 largest entity. Grade band: middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
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) reports 87.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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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