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Salome, Arizona - 1 schools
At $17,022 per pupil, Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) ranks #101 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
126
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$17,022
Per-Pupil Spending
High
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 $17,022 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 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).
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 dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Bicentennial Union High School District (4515) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 63.5% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
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 $17,022 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.