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Tempe, Arizona - 1 schools
At $6,531 per pupil, New School for the Arts Middle School (80985) ranks #625 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
New School for the Arts Middle School (80985) operates 1 public schools serving 88 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle 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 $6,531 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 64 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.7% local, 88.1% state, and 11.2% 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 69.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.7% White, 28.0% Hispanic or Latino, 8.0% African American across the district's schools.
New School for the Arts Middle School accounts for 85.2% of all New School for the Arts Middle School (80985) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New School for the Arts Middle School (80985) a distant remainder — means New School for the Arts Middle School (80985)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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 School for the Arts Middle School (80985) chronic absenteeism rate is 69.3% — 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 School for the Arts Middle School (80985)'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 School for the Arts Middle School (80985)?
New School for the Arts Middle School (80985) has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 88 students.
How much does New School for the Arts Middle School (80985) spend per student?
New School for the Arts Middle School (80985) spends $6,531 per student.
What is the demographic composition of New School for the Arts Middle School (80985)?
New School for the Arts Middle School (80985) students are 46.7% White, 28.0% Hispanic or Latino, 8.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.