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Phoenix, Arizona - 15 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Phoenix Elementary District (4256) #79 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,390 per pupil, Phoenix Elementary District (4256) ranks #124 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,249
Total Enrollment
15
Schools
$15,390
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Phoenix Elementary District (4256) operates 15 public schools serving 5,249 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 13 combined, 2 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $15,390 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 50.1% local, 20.5% state, and 29.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 57/100, ranked #79 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.
and 52.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.6% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% African American, 6.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Augustus H. Shaw Montessori, with a diversity index of 63.2/100.
Its largest campus is Kenilworth Elementary School, enrolling 488 students (10% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Phoenix #1 Iacademy, at 65 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Phoenix Elementary District (4256) school enrollment varies 7.5× across entities
Phoenix Elementary District (4256) school enrollment ranges from 65 students (lowest) to 488 students (highest), a spread of 423 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Phoenix Elementary District (4256) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 67.1% 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.
Phoenix Elementary District (4256) chronic absenteeism rate is 52.4% — 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 Phoenix Elementary District (4256)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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