An equity score of 41/100 ranks Miami Unified District (4211) #174 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,176 per pupil, Miami Unified District (4211) ranks #343 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
933
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,176
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Miami Unified District (4211) operates 3 public schools serving 933 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Gila County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,176 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 28.6% local, 51.8% state, and 19.6% 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 41/100, ranked #174 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 69.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.4% Hispanic or Latino, 35.2% White, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Miami Junior Senior High School, with a diversity index of 60.0/100.
Miami Junior Senior High School accounts for 45.9% of all Miami Unified District (4211) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Miami Unified District (4211) a distant remainder — means Miami Unified District (4211)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Miami Unified District (4211) reports 51.0% 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.
Miami Unified District (4211) chronic absenteeism rate is 69.7% — 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 Miami Unified District (4211)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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