An equity score of 63/100 ranks Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212) #47 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,312 per pupil, Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212) ranks #132 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$15,312
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212) operates 2 public schools serving 314 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 $15,312 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 51.1% local, 32.5% state, and 16.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 63/100, ranked #47 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 30.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% White, 3.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Leonor Hambly K-8, enrolling 213 students (70% of the district's total enrollment).
Leonor Hambly K-8 accounts for 67.8% of all Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212) a distant remainder — means Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212) reports 64.5% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212) chronic absenteeism rate is 30.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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