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Sahuarita, Arizona - 10 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Sahuarita Unified District (4411) #269 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,583 per pupil, Sahuarita Unified District (4411) ranks #533 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,483
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$8,583
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sahuarita Unified District (4411) operates 10 public schools serving 6,483 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 3 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle 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 Pima County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,583 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 43.2% local, 43.6% state, and 13.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #269 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (30 AP courses district-wide), a 456.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.3% Hispanic or Latino, 28.6% White, 2.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sahuarita Digital Pathways Academy, with a diversity index of 57.8/100.
Its largest campus is Sahuarita High School, enrolling 1,215 students (19% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sopori Elementary School, at 105 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sahuarita High School accounts for 18.7% of all Sahuarita Unified District (4411) student enrollment
That concentration means Sahuarita Unified District (4411)-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.
Sahuarita Unified District (4411) school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Sahuarita Unified District (4411) school enrollment ranges from 105 students (lowest) to 1,215 students (highest), a spread of 1,110 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Sahuarita Unified District (4411) student-counselor ratio is 456:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Sahuarita Unified District (4411) chronic absenteeism rate is 37.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Sahuarita Unified District (4411)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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