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Tucson, Arizona - 6 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) #72 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,224 per pupil, Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) ranks #223 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$12,224
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) operates 6 public schools serving 726 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 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 Pima County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,224 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 4.2% local, 72.5% state, and 23.3% 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 58/100, ranked #72 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.
a 144:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 78.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.5% White, 3.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ppep Tec - Colin L. Powell Learning Center, with a diversity index of 67.6/100.
Ppep Tec - Cesar Chavez Learning Center accounts for 25.3% of all Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) student enrollment
That concentration means Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) school enrollment ranges from 75 students (lowest) to 187 students (highest), a spread of 112 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.
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 86.0% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants 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.
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) student-counselor ratio is 144:1 — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431)'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 Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431)?
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) has 6 schools, including 6 high. Total enrollment is 726 students.
How much does Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) spend per student?
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) spends $12,224 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #72 in Arizona.
What is the demographic composition of Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431)?
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) students are 78.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.5% White, 3.2% African American, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431)?
Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #72 out of 437 districts in Arizona.