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San Carlos, Arizona - 4 schools
An equity score of 84/100 ranks San Carlos Unified District (4210) #10 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,750 per pupil, San Carlos Unified District (4210) ranks #92 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,404
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,750
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
San Carlos Unified District (4210) operates 4 public schools serving 1,404 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Gila County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,750 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 3.9% local, 32.9% state, and 63.2% 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 84/100, ranked #10 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 354.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 81.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 0.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is San Carlos Middle School, with a diversity index of 3.4/100.
Its largest campus is Rice Elementary School, enrolling 673 students (47% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is San Carlos Alternative High School, at 37 students, a 18x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Rice Elementary School accounts for 46.8% of all San Carlos Unified District (4210) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of San Carlos Unified District (4210) a distant remainder — means San Carlos Unified District (4210)-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.
San Carlos Unified District (4210) school enrollment varies 18× across entities
San Carlos Unified District (4210) school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 673 students (highest), a spread of 636 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.
San Carlos Unified District (4210) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.3% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
San Carlos Unified District (4210) student-counselor ratio is 355:1 — 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.
San Carlos Unified District (4210) chronic absenteeism rate is 81.3% — 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 San Carlos Unified District (4210)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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