At $28,905 per pupil, Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) ranks #19 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
95
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$28,905
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) operates 1 public schools serving 95 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 Coconino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,905 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 64 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 5.5% local, 34.9% state, and 59.6% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs.
a 47:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 2.1% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Star Charter School, enrolling 94 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Star Charter School accounts for 98.9% of all Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) a distant remainder — means Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) reports 64.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) student-counselor ratio is 47:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086)'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 Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086)?
Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 95 students.
How much does Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) spend per student?
Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) spends $28,905 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086)?
Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) students are 2.1% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.