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Gilbert, Arizona - 1 schools
At $12,381 per pupil, Freedom Preparatory Academy (1000979) ranks #215 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
160
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$12,381
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Freedom Preparatory Academy (1000979) operates 1 public schools serving 160 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 $12,381 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 , 92.7% state, and 7.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), . Demographically, the student body averages 70.1% White, 18.3% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Freedom Prep Academy - Mesa, enrolling 448 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Freedom Prep Academy - Mesa accounts for 100.0% of all Freedom Preparatory Academy (1000979) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Freedom Preparatory Academy (1000979) a distant remainder — means Freedom Preparatory Academy (1000979)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Comparisons are relative to Freedom Preparatory Academy (1000979)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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