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Bowie, Arizona - 2 schools
At $28,136 per pupil, Bowie Unified District (4171) ranks #30 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
66
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$28,136
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bowie Unified District (4171) operates 2 public schools serving 66 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Cochise County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,136 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 64 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 56.4% local, 30.8% state, and 12.8% 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 53.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.5% Hispanic or Latino, 21.6% White, 0.9% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bowie Elementary School, enrolling 53 students (73% of the district's total enrollment).
Bowie Elementary School accounts for 72.6% of all Bowie Unified District (4171) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bowie Unified District (4171) a distant remainder — means Bowie Unified District (4171)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Bowie Unified District (4171) chronic absenteeism rate is 53.3% — 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 Bowie Unified District (4171)'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 Bowie Unified District (4171)?
Bowie Unified District (4171) has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 66 students.
How much does Bowie Unified District (4171) spend per student?
Bowie Unified District (4171) spends $28,136 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bowie Unified District (4171)?
Bowie Unified District (4171) students are 77.5% Hispanic or Latino, 21.6% White, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.