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Litchfield Park, Arizona - 16 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Litchfield Elementary District (4281) #328 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,750 per pupil, Litchfield Elementary District (4281) ranks #521 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
10,828
Total Enrollment
16
Schools
$8,750
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Litchfield Elementary District (4281) operates 16 public schools serving 10,828 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 combined, 5 elementary 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,750 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 36.8% local, 50.0% state, and 13.2% 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 23/100, ranked #328 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 45.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.4% Hispanic or Latino, 34.8% White, 8.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Barbara B. Robey Elementary School, with a diversity index of 68.4/100.
Its largest campus is Belen Soto Elementary School, enrolling 1,123 students (10% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is White Tanks Learning Center, at 19 students, a 59x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Litchfield Elementary District (4281) school enrollment varies 59× across entities
Litchfield Elementary District (4281) school enrollment ranges from 19 students (lowest) to 1,123 students (highest), a spread of 1,104 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Litchfield Elementary District (4281) chronic absenteeism rate is 45.1% — 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 Litchfield Elementary District (4281)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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