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Tucson, Arizona - 11 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) #151 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,504 per pupil, Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) ranks #447 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,408
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$9,504
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) operates 11 public schools serving 5,408 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 high, 2 combined, 1 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 Pima County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,504 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 31.6% local, 46.7% state, and 21.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 45/100, ranked #151 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 503.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 53.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.8% Hispanic or Latino, 25.1% White, 2.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Robert Richardson Elementary School, with a diversity index of 54.6/100.
Its largest campus is Flowing Wells High School, enrolling 1,742 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Flowing Wells Digital Campus, at 31 students, a 56x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Flowing Wells High School accounts for 32.2% of all Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Flowing Wells Unified District (4405)-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.
Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) school enrollment varies 56× across entities
Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) school enrollment ranges from 31 students (lowest) to 1,742 students (highest), a spread of 1,711 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.
Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.6% 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.
Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) student-counselor ratio is 503:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) chronic absenteeism rate is 53.0% — 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 Flowing Wells Unified District (4405)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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