An equity score of 22/100 ranks Paragon Management Inc. (5180) #339 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,051 per pupil, Paragon Management Inc. (5180) ranks #542 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,794
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$9,051
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Paragon Management Inc. (5180) operates 2 public schools serving 2,794 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high 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 $9,051 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 4.8% local, 89.7% state, and 5.5% 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 22/100, ranked #339 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 760.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, . Demographically, the student body averages 59.3% White, 26.4% Hispanic or Latino, 4.0% African American across the district's schools.
Paradise Honors Elementary School accounts for 45.2% of all Paragon Management Inc. (5180) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Paragon Management Inc. (5180) a distant remainder — means Paragon Management Inc. (5180)-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Paragon Management Inc. (5180) student-counselor ratio is 761:1 — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Paragon Management Inc. (5180)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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