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Coolidge, Arizona - 6 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Coolidge Unified District (4442) #211 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,304 per pupil, Coolidge Unified District (4442) ranks #361 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,585
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$10,304
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Coolidge Unified District (4442) operates 6 public schools serving 2,585 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Pinal County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,304 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 30.0% local, 34.6% state, and 35.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 36/100, ranked #211 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 442.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 46.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.0% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% White, 10.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Coolidge Alternative Program, with a diversity index of 72.8/100.
Its largest campus is Coolidge High School, enrolling 752 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Coolidge Virtual Academy, at 106 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Coolidge High School accounts for 26.7% of all Coolidge Unified District (4442) student enrollment
That concentration means Coolidge Unified District (4442)-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.
Coolidge Unified District (4442) school enrollment varies 7.1× across entities
Coolidge Unified District (4442) school enrollment ranges from 106 students (lowest) to 752 students (highest), a spread of 646 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Coolidge Unified District (4442) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 66.7% 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.
Coolidge Unified District (4442) 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.
Coolidge Unified District (4442) chronic absenteeism rate is 46.9% — 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 Coolidge Unified District (4442)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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