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Scottsdale, Arizona - 1 schools
At $12,819 per pupil, Little Lamb Community School (79050) ranks #191 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
133
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$12,819
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Little Lamb Community School (79050) operates 1 public schools serving 133 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 $12,819 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 12.8% local, 78.7% state, and 8.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 49.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.2% White, 12.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mission Montessori Academy, enrolling 129 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Mission Montessori Academy accounts for 97.0% of all Little Lamb Community School (79050) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Little Lamb Community School (79050) a distant remainder — means Little Lamb Community School (79050)-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.
Little Lamb Community School (79050) chronic absenteeism rate is 49.6% — 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 Little Lamb Community School (79050)'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 Little Lamb Community School (79050)?
Little Lamb Community School (79050) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 133 students.
How much does Little Lamb Community School (79050) spend per student?
Little Lamb Community School (79050) spends $12,819 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Little Lamb Community School (79050)?
Little Lamb Community School (79050) students are 75.2% White, 12.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.