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Tucson, Arizona - 8 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) #270 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,138 per pupil, Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) ranks #491 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,252
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$9,138
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) operates 8 public schools serving 5,252 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 middle, 2 combined, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Pima County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,138 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 61.5% local, 30.3% state, and 8.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #270 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (23 AP courses district-wide), a 389.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 29.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.3% White, 29.3% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sunrise Drive Elementary School, with a diversity index of 67.0/100.
Catalina Foothills High School accounts for 35.5% of all Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410)-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.
Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) school enrollment varies 9.7× across entities
Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) school enrollment ranges from 192 students (lowest) to 1,865 students (highest), a spread of 1,673 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.
Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) student-counselor ratio is 389:1 — 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.
Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) chronic absenteeism rate is 29.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) is typically wider than the Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410)-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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