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Surprise, Arizona - 1 schools
An equity score of 16/100 ranks Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) #404 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $7,222 per pupil, Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) ranks #608 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,165
Total Enrollment
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$7,222
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) operates 1 public schools serving 1,165 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 $7,222 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 5.6% local, 81.6% state, and 12.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 16/100, ranked #404 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.
and 46.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.0% White, 35.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% African American across the district's schools.
Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise accounts for 100.0% of all Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) a distant remainder — means Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) chronic absenteeism rate is 46.1% — 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 Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560)'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 Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560)?
Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,165 students.
How much does Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) spend per student?
Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) spends $7,222 per student. The district has an equity score of 16/100, ranking #404 in Arizona.
What is the demographic composition of Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560)?
Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) students are 43.0% White, 35.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% African American, 4.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560)?
Legacy Traditional School - West Surprise (1000560) has an equity score of 16/100, ranking #404 out of 437 districts in Arizona.