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Globe, Arizona - 4 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Globe Unified District (4208) #192 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,517 per pupil, Globe Unified District (4208) ranks #341 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,706
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,517
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Globe Unified District (4208) operates 4 public schools serving 1,706 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Gila County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,517 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 19.6% local, 54.2% state, and 26.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #192 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 437.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 64.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 34.5% White, 33.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is High Desert Middle School, with a diversity index of 69.8/100.
Its largest campus is Copper Rim Elementary School, enrolling 694 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tiger Knowledge Online (Tko), at 28 students, a 25x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Copper Rim Elementary School accounts for 40.7% of all Globe Unified District (4208) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Globe Unified District (4208)-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.
Globe Unified District (4208) school enrollment varies 25× across entities
Globe Unified District (4208) school enrollment ranges from 28 students (lowest) to 694 students (highest), a spread of 666 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Globe Unified District (4208) student-counselor ratio is 437:1 — 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.
Globe Unified District (4208) chronic absenteeism rate is 64.2% — 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 Globe Unified District (4208)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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