At $17,269 per pupil, Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) ranks #100 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
67
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$17,269
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) operates 1 public schools serving 67 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $17,269 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 7.9% local, 60.9% state, and 31.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 55.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.0% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% African American, 4.2% White across the district's schools.
South Mountain Preparatory Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) a distant remainder — means Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) reports 59.7% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) chronic absenteeism rate is 55.6% — 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 Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329)'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 Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329)?
Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 67 students.
How much does Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) spend per student?
Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) spends $17,269 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329)?
Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Advance U (91329) students are 75.0% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% African American, 4.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.