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Page, Arizona - 6 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks Page Unified School District #8 (4196) #32 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,586 per pupil, Page Unified School District #8 (4196) ranks #264 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,462
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$11,586
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) operates 6 public schools serving 2,462 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 high, 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 Coconino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,586 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 25.2% local, 35.3% state, and 39.4% 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 66/100, ranked #32 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 394.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 66.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 11.2% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sage & Sand Academy, with a diversity index of 41.0/100.
Its largest campus is Page High School, enrolling 727 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sage & Sand Academy, at 19 students, a 38x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Page High School accounts for 29.5% of all Page Unified School District #8 (4196) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Page Unified School District #8 (4196)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) school enrollment varies 38× across entities
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) school enrollment ranges from 19 students (lowest) to 727 students (highest), a spread of 708 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.0% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) student-counselor ratio is 395:1 — 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.
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) chronic absenteeism rate is 66.3% — 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 Page Unified School District #8 (4196)'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 Page Unified School District #8 (4196)?
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) has 6 schools, including 2 high, 3 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 2,462 students.
How much does Page Unified School District #8 (4196) spend per student?
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) spends $11,586 per student. The district has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #32 in Arizona.
What is the demographic composition of Page Unified School District #8 (4196)?
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) students are 11.2% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Page Unified School District #8 (4196)?
Page Unified School District #8 (4196) has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #32 out of 437 districts in Arizona.