At $24,634 per pupil, Congress Elementary District (4479) ranks #38 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Congress Elementary District (4479) operates 1 public schools serving 102 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Yavapai County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,634 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 64 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 57.3% local, 21.3% state, and 21.4% 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 7.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.3% White, 35.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Congress Elementary School, enrolling 122 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Congress Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Congress Elementary District (4479) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Congress Elementary District (4479) a distant remainder — means Congress Elementary District (4479)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Congress Elementary District (4479) reports 51.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Congress Elementary District (4479) chronic absenteeism rate is 7.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Congress Elementary District (4479)'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 Congress Elementary District (4479)?
Congress Elementary District (4479) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 102 students.
How much does Congress Elementary District (4479) spend per student?
Congress Elementary District (4479) spends $24,634 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Congress Elementary District (4479)?
Congress Elementary District (4479) students are 62.3% White, 35.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.