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Cottonwood, Arizona - 1 schools
At $14,049 per pupil, Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520) ranks #150 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$14,049
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520) operates 1 public schools serving 53 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 Yavapai County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,049 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 23.9% local, 49.2% state, and 26.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 35.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.4% White, 32.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Liberty Leadership Academy, enrolling 81 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Liberty Leadership Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520) a distant remainder — means Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520)-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.
Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520) chronic absenteeism rate is 35.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520)'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 Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520)?
Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 53 students.
How much does Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520) spend per student?
Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520) spends $14,049 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520)?
Liberty Leadership Academy (1001520) students are 65.4% White, 32.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.