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Phoenix, Arizona - 10 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Creighton Elementary District (4263) #71 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,033 per pupil, Creighton Elementary District (4263) ranks #303 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,075
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$11,033
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Creighton Elementary District (4263) operates 10 public schools serving 5,075 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 3 elementary 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,033 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 35.7% local, 35.8% state, and 28.5% 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 58/100, ranked #71 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 44.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.6% Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% White, 5.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Larry C Kennedy School, with a diversity index of 48.0/100.
Its largest campus is Papago School, enrolling 757 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Creighton Virtual Academy, at 19 students, a 40x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Creighton Elementary District (4263) school enrollment varies 40× across entities
Creighton Elementary District (4263) school enrollment ranges from 19 students (lowest) to 757 students (highest), a spread of 738 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Creighton Elementary District (4263) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.9% 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.
Creighton Elementary District (4263) chronic absenteeism rate is 44.1% — 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 Creighton Elementary District (4263)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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