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Nogales, Arizona - 1 schools
At $19,356 per pupil, Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459) ranks #75 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
183
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$19,356
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459) operates 1 public schools serving 183 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 Santa Cruz County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,356 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 24.1% local, 61.2% state, and 14.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 53.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% White, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Little Red Schoolhouse, enrolling 131 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Little Red Schoolhouse accounts for 71.6% of all Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459) a distant remainder — means Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459)-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.
Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459) chronic absenteeism rate is 53.4% — 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 Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459)'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 Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459)?
Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 183 students.
How much does Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459) spend per student?
Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459) spends $19,356 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459)?
Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459) students are 96.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% White, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.