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Chino Valley, Arizona - 1 schools
At $9,137 per pupil, Mingus Springs Charter School (4493) ranks #492 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
156
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$9,137
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mingus Springs Charter School (4493) operates 1 public schools serving 156 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 Yavapai County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,137 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 1.1% local, 88.1% state, and 10.8% 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 55.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.5% White, 21.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mingus Springs Charter School, enrolling 151 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Mingus Springs Charter School accounts for 96.8% of all Mingus Springs Charter School (4493) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mingus Springs Charter School (4493) a distant remainder — means Mingus Springs Charter School (4493)-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.
Mingus Springs Charter School (4493) chronic absenteeism rate is 55.6% — 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 Mingus Springs Charter School (4493)'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 Mingus Springs Charter School (4493)?
Mingus Springs Charter School (4493) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 156 students.
How much does Mingus Springs Charter School (4493) spend per student?
Mingus Springs Charter School (4493) spends $9,137 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Mingus Springs Charter School (4493)?
Mingus Springs Charter School (4493) students are 75.5% White, 21.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.