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Phoenix, Arizona - 1 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578) #80 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,423 per pupil, Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578) ranks #346 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,123
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$10,423
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578) operates 1 public schools serving 1,123 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 $10,423 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.4% local, 76.0% state, and 23.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 57/100, ranked #80 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 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 610.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% African American, 1.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pan-American Charter School, enrolling 1,221 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Pan-American Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578) a distant remainder — means Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 89.9% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578) student-counselor ratio is 611:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578) chronic absenteeism rate is 45.4% — 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 Pan-American Elementary Charter (79578)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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