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Flagstaff, Arizona - 1 schools
At $11,021 per pupil, Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) ranks #304 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
95
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$11,021
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 $11,021 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 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 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.
Painted Desert Demonstration Projects Inc. (79086) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 64.2% 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.
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 $11,021 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.