An equity score of 50/100 ranks Murphy Elementary District (4265) #121 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,466 per pupil, Murphy Elementary District (4265) ranks #242 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,229
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,466
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Murphy Elementary District (4265) operates 3 public schools serving 1,229 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,466 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 28.5% local, 29.8% state, and 41.7% 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 50/100, ranked #121 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 398.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 76.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% African American, 1.1% White across the district's schools.
William R Sullivan Elementary School accounts for 44.8% of all Murphy Elementary District (4265) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Murphy Elementary District (4265)-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.
Murphy Elementary District (4265) school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Murphy Elementary District (4265) school enrollment ranges from 229 students (lowest) to 568 students (highest), a spread of 339 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Murphy Elementary District (4265) reports 83.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Murphy Elementary District (4265) student-counselor ratio is 399:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Murphy Elementary District (4265) chronic absenteeism rate is 76.2% — 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 Murphy Elementary District (4265)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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