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Glendale, Arizona - 11 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Glendale Union High School District (4285) #227 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,022 per pupil, Glendale Union High School District (4285) ranks #387 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
16,535
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$10,022
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Glendale Union High School District (4285) operates 11 public schools serving 16,535 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 high 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 $10,022 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 35.6% local, 49.0% state, and 15.4% 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 33/100, ranked #227 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 9 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (138 AP courses district-wide), a 420.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 48.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.8% White, 8.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Greenway High School, with a diversity index of 64.5/100.
Its largest campus is Sunnyslope High School, enrolling 2,322 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Glendale Union Online, at 285 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Glendale Union High School District (4285) school enrollment varies 8.1× across entities
Glendale Union High School District (4285) school enrollment ranges from 285 students (lowest) to 2,322 students (highest), a spread of 2,037 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Glendale Union High School District (4285) student-counselor ratio is 420:1 — 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.
Glendale Union High School District (4285) chronic absenteeism rate is 48.3% — 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 Glendale Union High School District (4285)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Glendale Union High School District (4285)?
Glendale Union High School District (4285) has 11 schools, including 11 high. Total enrollment is 16,535 students.
How much does Glendale Union High School District (4285) spend per student?
Glendale Union High School District (4285) spends $10,022 per student. The district has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #227 in Arizona.
What is the demographic composition of Glendale Union High School District (4285)?
Glendale Union High School District (4285) students are 61.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.8% White, 8.8% African American, 3.6% Asian, averaged across 11 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Glendale Union High School District (4285)?
Glendale Union High School District (4285) has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #227 out of 437 districts in Arizona.