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Heber, Arizona - 4 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392) #39 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,433 per pupil, Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392) ranks #142 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
507
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$14,433
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392) operates 4 public schools serving 507 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Navajo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,433 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 55.0% local, 22.6% state, and 22.3% 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 65/100, ranked #39 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 120.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.7% White, 20.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Capps Elementary School, with a diversity index of 43.0/100.
Its largest campus is Mogollon High School, enrolling 159 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Mogollon High School accounts for 31.4% of all Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392)-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.
Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392) student-counselor ratio is 121:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392) chronic absenteeism rate is 32.8% — 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 Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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