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Phoenix, Arizona - 1 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377) #26 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,711 per pupil, Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377) ranks #134 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377) operates 1 public schools serving 203 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,711 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 0.9% local, 85.1% state, and 14.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 68/100, ranked #26 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.
and 17.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% White, 16.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Scholars Academy Sunnyslope, enrolling 337 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Scholars Academy Sunnyslope accounts for 100.0% of all Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377) a distant remainder — means Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 70.9% 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.
Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377) chronic absenteeism rate is 17.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377) is typically wider than the Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377)-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Scholars Academy Sunnyslope (1000377)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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