At $22,821 per pupil, Paloma School District (4255) ranks #54 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Paloma School District (4255) operates 1 public schools serving 112 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 $22,821 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 80.3% local, 6.9% state, and 12.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 119:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 32.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.2% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% White, 3.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kiser Elementary School, enrolling 119 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 2.7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (112 to 115 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,426,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 29.8% went to instruction, 29.1% to support services, and 28.6% to capital outlay, a capital-heavy year, consistent with active construction, renovation, or major equipment purchases. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Kiser Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Paloma School District (4255) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Paloma School District (4255) a distant remainder — means Paloma School District (4255)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Paloma School District (4255) reports 67.9% 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.
Paloma School District (4255) student-counselor ratio is 119:1 — 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.
Paloma School District (4255) chronic absenteeism rate is 32.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Paloma School District (4255)'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 Paloma School District (4255)?
Paloma School District (4255) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 112 students.
How much does Paloma School District (4255) spend per student?
Paloma School District (4255) spends $22,821 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Paloma School District (4255)?
Paloma School District (4255) students are 88.2% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% White, 3.4% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.