An equity score of 39/100 ranks Littleton Elementary District (4278) #188 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,493 per pupil, Littleton Elementary District (4278) ranks #413 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,877
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$10,493
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Littleton Elementary District (4278) operates 8 public schools serving 5,877 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 combined 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 $10,493 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.0% local, 45.5% state, and 20.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #188 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 44.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.6% Hispanic or Latino, 11.3% African American, 6.7% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Collier Elementary School, with a diversity index of 48.1/100.
Its largest campus is Quentin Elementary School, enrolling 914 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lesd Online Academy, at 34 students, a 27x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Quentin Elementary School accounts for 15.6% of all Littleton Elementary District (4278) student enrollment
That concentration means Littleton Elementary District (4278)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Littleton Elementary District (4278) school enrollment varies 27× across entities
Littleton Elementary District (4278) school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 914 students (highest), a spread of 880 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Littleton Elementary District (4278) reports 54.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Littleton Elementary District (4278) chronic absenteeism rate is 44.4% — 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 Littleton Elementary District (4278)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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