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Eloy, Arizona - 3 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks Eloy Elementary District (4448) #33 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,015 per pupil, Eloy Elementary District (4448) ranks #235 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
787
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,015
Per-Pupil Spending
Middle, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Eloy Elementary District (4448) operates 3 public schools serving 787 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle, 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 Pinal County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,015 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 26.8% local, 50.1% state, and 23.1% 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 66/100, ranked #33 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 249:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 49.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.4% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% African American, 7.6% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Eloy Intermediate School, with a diversity index of 42.9/100.
Its largest campus is Eloy Junior High School, enrolling 249 students (36% of the district's total enrollment).
Eloy Junior High School accounts for 31.6% of all Eloy Elementary District (4448) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Eloy Elementary District (4448)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Eloy Elementary District (4448) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 84.7% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Eloy Elementary District (4448) student-counselor ratio is 249:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Eloy Elementary District (4448) chronic absenteeism rate is 49.0% — 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 Eloy Elementary District (4448)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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