At $12,418 per pupil, Picacho Elementary District (4452) ranks #244 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
165
Total Enrollment
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$12,418
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Picacho Elementary District (4452) operates 1 public schools serving 165 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 Pinal County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,418 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 57.7% local, 17.1% state, and 25.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 43.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% White, 5.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Picacho School, enrolling 155 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 15.2% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (165 to 140 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 5.1 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,296,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 37.4% went to instruction, 43.7% to support services, and 10.8% 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.
Picacho School accounts for 93.9% of all Picacho Elementary District (4452) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Picacho Elementary District (4452) a distant remainder — means Picacho Elementary District (4452)-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.
Picacho Elementary District (4452) 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.
Picacho Elementary District (4452) chronic absenteeism rate is 43.9% — 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 Picacho Elementary District (4452)'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 Picacho Elementary District (4452)?
Picacho Elementary District (4452) has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 165 students.
How much does Picacho Elementary District (4452) spend per student?
Picacho Elementary District (4452) spends $12,418 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Picacho Elementary District (4452)?
Picacho Elementary District (4452) students are 82.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% White, 5.8% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.