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Flagstaff, Arizona - 16 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Flagstaff Unified District (4192) #106 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,218 per pupil, Flagstaff Unified District (4192) ranks #287 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,043
Total Enrollment
16
Schools
$11,218
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Flagstaff Unified District (4192) operates 16 public schools serving 9,043 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 combined, 2 high, 2 middle 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 Coconino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,218 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 61.3% local, 20.2% state, and 18.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #106 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 16 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 355.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 52.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 33.3% White, 29.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mount Elden Middle School, with a diversity index of 70.6/100.
Its largest campus is Flagstaff High School, enrolling 1,631 students (19% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Northern Arizona Distance Learning, at 33 students, a 49x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Flagstaff High School accounts for 18.0% of all Flagstaff Unified District (4192) student enrollment
That concentration means Flagstaff Unified District (4192)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Flagstaff Unified District (4192) school enrollment varies 49× across entities
Flagstaff Unified District (4192) school enrollment ranges from 33 students (lowest) to 1,631 students (highest), a spread of 1,598 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.
Flagstaff Unified District (4192) student-counselor ratio is 355:1 — 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.
Flagstaff Unified District (4192) chronic absenteeism rate is 52.7% — 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 Flagstaff Unified District (4192)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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