At $16,716 per pupil, Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) ranks #109 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) operates 1 public schools serving 163 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Yuma County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,716 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 37.4% local, 48.0% state, and 14.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 52.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.2% Hispanic or Latino, 28.2% White, 1.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mohawk Valley School, enrolling 156 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 4.9% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (163 to 155 students), and the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.7 students per teacher despite the decline, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $9,586,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 11.9% went to instruction, 14.3% to support services, and 71.1% to capital outlay, a capital-heavy year, consistent with active construction, renovation, or major equipment purchases. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Mohawk Valley School accounts for 95.7% of all Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) a distant remainder — means Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503)-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. 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.
Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) reports 54.6% 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.
Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) chronic absenteeism rate is 52.6% — 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 Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503)'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 Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503)?
Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 163 students.
How much does Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) spend per student?
Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) spends $16,716 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503)?
Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) students are 69.2% Hispanic or Latino, 28.2% White, 1.3% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.