At $10,632 per pupil, Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967) ranks #395 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967) operates 1 public schools serving 87 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 Yavapai County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,632 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.4% local, 84.8% state, and 13.8% 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 63.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.4% White, 16.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Willow Creek Charter School, enrolling 71 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 34.5% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (87 to 57 students), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $938,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 54.4% went to instruction, 44.2% to support services, and 1.3% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Willow Creek Charter School accounts for 81.6% of all Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967) a distant remainder — means Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967)-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 Pony Ranch Charter School (10967) chronic absenteeism rate is 63.4% — 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 Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967)'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 Pony Ranch Charter School (10967)?
Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 87 students.
How much does Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967) spend per student?
Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967) spends $10,632 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967)?
Painted Pony Ranch Charter School (10967) students are 70.4% White, 16.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.