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Sacaton, Arizona - 2 schools
An equity score of 85/100 ranks Sacaton Elementary District (4449) #7 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,872 per pupil, Sacaton Elementary District (4449) ranks #56 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
447
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$21,872
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sacaton Elementary District (4449) operates 2 public schools serving 447 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 $21,872 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 64 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 2.5% local, 26.9% state, and 70.6% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs. The district's equity score is 85/100, ranked #7 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 247.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 64.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 14.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sacaton Elementary, enrolling 259 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Sacaton Elementary accounts for 52.3% of all Sacaton Elementary District (4449) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sacaton Elementary District (4449) a distant remainder — means Sacaton Elementary District (4449)-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.
Sacaton Elementary District (4449) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 83.3% 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.
Sacaton Elementary District (4449) student-counselor ratio is 248:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Sacaton Elementary District (4449) chronic absenteeism rate is 64.6% — 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 Sacaton Elementary District (4449)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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