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Mesa, Arizona - 3 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) #317 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $7,736 per pupil, Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) ranks #589 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,035
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$7,736
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) operates 3 public schools serving 1,035 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $7,736 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 64 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.7% local, 86.3% state, and 12.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 24/100, ranked #317 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.
a 147:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 67.9% White, 19.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sequoia Pathfinder Academy at Eastmark, with a diversity index of 59.9/100.
Its largest campus is Pathfinder Academy, enrolling 554 students (58% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sequoia Lehi Charter School, at 114 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pathfinder Academy accounts for 53.5% of all Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) a distant remainder — means Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045)-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.
Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities
Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 554 students (highest), a spread of 440 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.
Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) student-counselor ratio is 147:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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 Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045)'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 Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045)?
Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) has 3 schools, including 3 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,035 students.
How much does Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) spend per student?
Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) spends $7,736 per student. The district has an equity score of 24/100, ranking #317 in Arizona.
What is the demographic composition of Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045)?
Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) students are 67.9% White, 19.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Asian, 0.9% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045)?
Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) has an equity score of 24/100, ranking #317 out of 437 districts in Arizona.