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Pima, Arizona - 1 schools
At $9,746 per pupil, Discovery Plus Academy (6357) ranks #411 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Discovery Plus Academy (6357) operates 1 public schools serving 106 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Graham County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,746 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 1.9% local, 79.9% state, and 18.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 26.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.7% White, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Discovery Plus Academy, enrolling 119 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Discovery Plus Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Discovery Plus Academy (6357) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Discovery Plus Academy (6357) a distant remainder — means Discovery Plus Academy (6357)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Discovery Plus Academy (6357) chronic absenteeism rate is 26.1% — 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 Discovery Plus Academy (6357) is typically wider than the Discovery Plus Academy (6357)-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Discovery Plus Academy (6357)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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