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Mesa, Arizona - 1 schools
At $22,182 per pupil, New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) ranks #53 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) operates 1 public schools serving 147 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 $22,182 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 64 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.2% local, 67.5% state, and 31.3% 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 68.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% White, 5.9% African American across the district's schools.
New Horizon School for the Performing Arts accounts for 81.0% of all New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) a distant remainder — means New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366)-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.
New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 98.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) chronic absenteeism rate is 68.1% — 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 New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366)'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 New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366)?
New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 147 students.
How much does New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) spend per student?
New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) spends $22,182 per student.
What is the demographic composition of New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366)?
New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) students are 77.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% White, 5.9% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.