At $28,733 per pupil, Mobile Elementary District (4253) ranks #21 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
30
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$28,733
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mobile Elementary District (4253) operates 1 public schools serving 30 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 $28,733 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 64 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 60.6% local, 17.9% state, and 21.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 42.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.0% White, 39.3% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mobile Elementary School, enrolling 28 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Mobile Elementary School accounts for 93.3% of all Mobile Elementary District (4253) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mobile Elementary District (4253) a distant remainder — means Mobile Elementary District (4253)-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Mobile Elementary District (4253) reports 60.0% 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.
Mobile Elementary District (4253) chronic absenteeism rate is 42.9% — 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 Mobile Elementary District (4253)'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 Mobile Elementary District (4253)?
Mobile Elementary District (4253) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 30 students.
How much does Mobile Elementary District (4253) spend per student?
Mobile Elementary District (4253) spends $28,733 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Mobile Elementary District (4253)?
Mobile Elementary District (4253) students are 50.0% White, 39.3% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.