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Kirkland, Arizona - 1 schools
At $18,000 per pupil, Kirkland Elementary District (4480) ranks #87 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Kirkland Elementary District (4480) operates 1 public schools serving 76 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Yavapai County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,000 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 37.4% local, 35.1% state, and 27.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 77.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.8% White, 21.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kirkland Elementary School, enrolling 66 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Kirkland Elementary School accounts for 86.8% of all Kirkland Elementary District (4480) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kirkland Elementary District (4480) a distant remainder — means Kirkland Elementary District (4480)-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.
Kirkland Elementary District (4480) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Kirkland Elementary District (4480) chronic absenteeism rate is 77.3% — 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 Kirkland Elementary District (4480)'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 Kirkland Elementary District (4480)?
Kirkland Elementary District (4480) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 76 students.
How much does Kirkland Elementary District (4480) spend per student?
Kirkland Elementary District (4480) spends $18,000 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Kirkland Elementary District (4480)?
Kirkland Elementary District (4480) students are 75.8% White, 21.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.