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Ehrenberg, Arizona - 1 schools
At $13,403 per pupil, Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) ranks #171 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) operates 1 public schools serving 137 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 La Paz County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,403 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 64.2% local, 20.4% state, and 15.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 55.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.8% White, 37.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ehrenberg Elementary School, enrolling 136 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Ehrenberg Elementary School accounts for 99.3% of all Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) a distant remainder — means Quartzsite Elementary District (4511)-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.
Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 77.4% 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.
Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) chronic absenteeism rate is 55.9% — 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 Quartzsite Elementary District (4511)'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 Quartzsite Elementary District (4511)?
Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 137 students.
How much does Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) spend per student?
Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) spends $13,403 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Quartzsite Elementary District (4511)?
Quartzsite Elementary District (4511) students are 58.8% White, 37.5% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.