At $19,079 per pupil, Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) ranks #86 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
126
Total Enrollment
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$19,079
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) operates 1 public schools serving 126 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 La Paz County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,079 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 67.1% local, 8.4% state, and 24.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 45.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.0% Hispanic or Latino, 23.3% White, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Salome High School, enrolling 120 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 6.3% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (126 to 118 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 0.7 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,449,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 43.5% went to instruction, 48.6% to support services, and 1.8% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Salome High School accounts for 95.2% of all Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) a distant remainder — means Bicentennial Union High School District (4515)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) reports 63.5% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) chronic absenteeism rate is 45.8% — 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 Bicentennial Union High School District (4515)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Bicentennial Union High School District (4515)?
Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 126 students.
How much does Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) spend per student?
Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) spends $19,079 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bicentennial Union High School District (4515)?
Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) students are 70.0% Hispanic or Latino, 23.3% White, 0.8% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.