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Scottsdale, Arizona - 30 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Scottsdale Unified District (4240) #226 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,802 per pupil, Scottsdale Unified District (4240) ranks #407 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
21,177
Total Enrollment
30
Schools
$9,802
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Scottsdale Unified District (4240) operates 30 public schools serving 21,177 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 18 combined, 6 middle, 5 high, 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,802 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 68.5% local, 19.1% state, and 12.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 33/100, ranked #226 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 6 of 30 schools offering Advanced Placement (76 AP courses district-wide), a 402.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.9% White, 26.9% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pima Elementary School, with a diversity index of 65.8/100.
Its largest campus is Desert Mountain High School, enrolling 1,905 students (9% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Scottsdale Online Learning, at 141 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Scottsdale Unified District (4240) school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Scottsdale Unified District (4240) school enrollment ranges from 141 students (lowest) to 1,905 students (highest), a spread of 1,764 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.
Scottsdale Unified District (4240) student-counselor ratio is 403:1 — 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.
Scottsdale Unified District (4240) chronic absenteeism rate is 31.6% — 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 Scottsdale Unified District (4240)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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