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Avondale, Arizona - 8 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Littleton Elementary District (4278) #210 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,585 per pupil, Littleton Elementary District (4278) ranks #432 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,877
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$9,585
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 $9,585 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 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 36/100, ranked #210 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 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.
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) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 54.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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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