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Phoenix, Arizona - 6 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Osborn Elementary District (4262) #87 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,098 per pupil, Osborn Elementary District (4262) ranks #230 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,538
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$12,098
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Osborn Elementary District (4262) operates 6 public schools serving 2,538 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 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 $12,098 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 50.7% local, 26.4% state, and 22.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 55/100, ranked #87 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.
and 54.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.5% Hispanic or Latino, 14.9% White, 12.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Montecito Community School, with a diversity index of 68.1/100.
Its largest campus is Encanto School, enrolling 603 students (24% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Montecito Community School, at 128 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Encanto School accounts for 23.8% of all Osborn Elementary District (4262) student enrollment
That concentration means Osborn Elementary District (4262)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Osborn Elementary District (4262) school enrollment varies 4.7× across entities
Osborn Elementary District (4262) school enrollment ranges from 128 students (lowest) to 603 students (highest), a spread of 475 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.
Osborn Elementary District (4262) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 70.3% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Osborn Elementary District (4262) chronic absenteeism rate is 54.2% — 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 Osborn Elementary District (4262)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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