At $20,336 per pupil, Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) ranks #76 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) operates 1 public schools serving 124 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 $20,336 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 61.9% local, 15.3% state, and 22.9% 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 47.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.5% Hispanic or Latino, 31.9% White, 1.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Salome Elementary School, enrolling 119 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 12.1% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (124 to 109 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 1.7 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,525,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 40.9% went to instruction, 44.5% to support services, and 6.2% 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.
Salome Elementary School accounts for 96.0% of all Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) a distant remainder — means Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) reports 54.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) chronic absenteeism rate is 47.9% — 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 Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514)'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 Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514)?
Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 124 students.
How much does Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) spend per student?
Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) spends $20,336 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514)?
Salome Consolidated Elementary District (4514) students are 65.5% Hispanic or Latino, 31.9% White, 1.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.