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Tempe, Arizona - 1 schools
At $5,724 per pupil, Kestrel Schools Inc. (79065) ranks #630 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
23
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$5,724
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kestrel Schools Inc. (79065) operates 1 public schools serving 23 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $5,724 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 64 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.2% local, 78.2% state, and 21.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
. Demographically, the student body averages 56.7% Hispanic or Latino, 26.7% White, 6.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Valley Preparatory Academy, enrolling 30 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Valley Preparatory Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Kestrel Schools Inc. (79065) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kestrel Schools Inc. (79065) a distant remainder — means Kestrel Schools Inc. (79065)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.