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Lake Havasu City, Arizona - 9 schools
An equity score of 14/100 ranks Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) #420 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,219 per pupil, Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) ranks #559 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,478
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$8,219
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) operates 9 public schools serving 5,478 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Mohave County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,219 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 58.0% local, 29.1% state, and 12.9% 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 14/100, ranked #420 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 412.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.8% White, 29.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Havasupai Elementary School, with a diversity index of 54.8/100.
Its largest campus is Lake Havasu High School, enrolling 1,523 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Havasupai Elementary School, at 324 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lake Havasu High School accounts for 27.8% of all Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lake Havasu Unified District (4368)-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.
Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) school enrollment varies 4.7× across entities
Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) school enrollment ranges from 324 students (lowest) to 1,523 students (highest), a spread of 1,199 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) student-counselor ratio is 413:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) chronic absenteeism rate is 45.7% — 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 Lake Havasu Unified District (4368)'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 Lake Havasu Unified District (4368)?
Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) has 9 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 5,478 students.
How much does Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) spend per student?
Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) spends $8,219 per student. The district has an equity score of 14/100, ranking #420 in Arizona.
What is the demographic composition of Lake Havasu Unified District (4368)?
Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) students are 64.8% White, 29.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, 0.5% African American, averaged across 9 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lake Havasu Unified District (4368)?
Lake Havasu Unified District (4368) has an equity score of 14/100, ranking #420 out of 437 districts in Arizona.