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Phoenix, Arizona - 4 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Career Success Schools (79047) #273 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,078 per pupil, Career Success Schools (79047) ranks #568 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,071
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$8,078
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Career Success Schools (79047) operates 4 public schools serving 1,071 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 $8,078 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.5% local, 76.8% state, and 21.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #273 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 442:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 38.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.0% Hispanic or Latino, 13.7% White, 7.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Career Success Schools - Stem Academy 7-12, with a diversity index of 57.9/100.
Career Success Schools - Stem Academy 7-12 accounts for 45.3% of all Career Success Schools (79047) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Career Success Schools (79047) a distant remainder — means Career Success Schools (79047)-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.
Career Success Schools (79047) school enrollment varies 9.3× across entities
Career Success Schools (79047) school enrollment ranges from 56 students (lowest) to 519 students (highest), a spread of 463 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Career Success Schools (79047) student-counselor ratio is 442:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Career Success Schools (79047) chronic absenteeism rate is 38.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Career Success Schools (79047)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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