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Phoenix, Arizona - 8 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Fowler Elementary District (4273) #191 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,395 per pupil, Fowler Elementary District (4273) ranks #348 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,815
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$10,395
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fowler Elementary District (4273) operates 8 public schools serving 3,815 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 2 middle, 1 elementary 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,395 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 40.9% local, 45.2% state, and 13.9% 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 39/100, ranked #191 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.
a 487.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 51.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.1% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% African American, 3.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sunridge Elementary School, with a diversity index of 44.2/100.
Santa Maria Middle School accounts for 15.5% of all Fowler Elementary District (4273) student enrollment
That concentration means Fowler Elementary District (4273)-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.
Fowler Elementary District (4273) school enrollment varies 6.5× across entities
Fowler Elementary District (4273) school enrollment ranges from 91 students (lowest) to 591 students (highest), a spread of 500 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.
Fowler Elementary District (4273) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.2% 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 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.
Fowler Elementary District (4273) student-counselor ratio is 487:1 — 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.
Fowler Elementary District (4273) chronic absenteeism rate is 51.3% — 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 Fowler Elementary District (4273)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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