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Mesa, Arizona - 2 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) #30 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,345 per pupil, Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) ranks #145 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
734
Total Enrollment
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$14,345
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) operates 2 public schools serving 734 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,345 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 0.7% local, 67.1% state, and 32.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 67/100, ranked #30 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.
a 372:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, . Demographically, the student body averages 72.8% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% African American, 9.3% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sequoia Elementary School, enrolling 764 students (67% of the district's total enrollment).
Sequoia Elementary School accounts for 67.3% of all Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) a distant remainder — means Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446)-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. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 63.3% 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.
Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) student-counselor ratio is 372:1 — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446)'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. - Sequoia Charter School (6446)?
Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 734 students.
How much does Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) spend per student?
Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) spends $14,345 per student. The district has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #30 in Arizona.
What is the demographic composition of Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446)?
Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) students are 72.8% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% African American, 9.3% White, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446)?
Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Charter School (6446) has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #30 out of 437 districts in Arizona.