Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District

Listed by NCES as Sedona-Oak Creek JUSD #9 (4467) (district ID 0409733)

Public school district · Coconino County · Arizona · NCES district ID 0409733

Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District spent $12,680 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 59% of the other Arizona districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $11,993). Its 3 schools enrolled 693 students in 2024-25; 13.1% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,835 per student, up 12.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (Arizona: 77.8%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Arizona districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Sedona-Oak Creek Unified in enrollment (726 to 765 students) and Sedona-Oak Creek Unified itself.

Current spending per student, Arizona districts closest in size to Sedona-Oak Creek Unified, FY23Fort Huachuca Accommodation District (4167) $15,821; Sedona-Oak Creek Unified $12,680; Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) $11,876; Sequoia Charter School K-12 $11,847; El Dorado High School $10,448; BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90862) $10,142; Archway Classical Academy Lincoln (92656) $10,026; BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91280) $9,669; CAFA Inc. dba Learning Foundation and Performing (90327) $9,332; Math and Science Success Academy Inc. (89852) $9,084; State median, under 1,000 students $11,993.7.5k10k12.5k15k17.5kFort Huachuca Accommodation Di…$15,821Sedona-Oak Creek Unified$12,680Portable Practical Educational…$11,876Sequoia Charter School K-12$11,847El Dorado High School$10,448BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90…$10,142Archway Classical Academy Linc…$10,026BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91…$9,669CAFA Inc. dba Learning Foundat…$9,332Math and Science Success Acade…$9,084State median, under 1,000 students $11,993
Current spending per student, Arizona districts closest in size to Sedona-Oak Creek Unified, FY23Fort Huachuca Accommodation District (4167) $15,821; Sedona-Oak Creek Unified $12,680; Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) $11,876; Sequoia Charter School K-12 $11,847; El Dorado High School $10,448; BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90862) $10,142; Archway Classical Academy Lincoln (92656) $10,026; BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91280) $9,669; CAFA Inc. dba Learning Foundation and Performing (90327) $9,332; Math and Science Success Academy Inc. (89852) $9,084; State median, under 1,000 students $11,993.7.5k10k12.5k15k17.5kFort Huachuca Accommodation Distric…$15,821Sedona-Oak Creek Unified$12,680Portable Practical Educational Prep…$11,876Sequoia Charter School K-12$11,847El Dorado High School$10,448BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90862)$10,142Archway Classical Academy Lincoln (…$10,026BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91280)$9,669CAFA Inc. dba Learning Foundation a…$9,332Math and Science Success Academy In…$9,084State median, under 1,000 students $11,993
Current spending per student, Arizona districts closest in size to Sedona-Oak Creek Unified, FY23Fort Huachuca Accommodation District (4167) $15,821; Sedona-Oak Creek Unified $12,680; Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) $11,876; Sequoia Charter School K-12 $11,847; El Dorado High School $10,448; BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90862) $10,142; Archway Classical Academy Lincoln (92656) $10,026; BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91280) $9,669; CAFA Inc. dba Learning Foundation and Performing (90327) $9,332; Math and Science Success Academy Inc. (89852) $9,084; State median, under 1,000 students $11,993.7.5k12.5k17.5kFort Huachuca Accommodation District (4167)$15,821Sedona-Oak Creek Unified$12,680Portable Practical Educational Preparation…$11,876Sequoia Charter School K-12$11,847El Dorado High School$10,448BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90862)$10,142Archway Classical Academy Lincoln (92656)$10,026BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91280)$9,669CAFA Inc. dba Learning Foundation and Perfo…$9,332Math and Science Success Academy Inc. (8985…$9,084State median, under 1,000 students $11,993
Current spending per student, Arizona districts closest in size to Sedona-Oak Creek Unified, FY23Fort Huachuca Accommodation District (4167) $15,821; Sedona-Oak Creek Unified $12,680; Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) $11,876; Sequoia Charter School K-12 $11,847; El Dorado High School $10,448; BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90862) $10,142; Archway Classical Academy Lincoln (92656) $10,026; BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91280) $9,669; CAFA Inc. dba Learning Foundation and Performing (90327) $9,332; Math and Science Success Academy Inc. (89852) $9,084; State median, under 1,000 students $11,993.7.5k12.5k17.5kFort Huachuca Accommodation District (4…$15,821Sedona-Oak Creek Unified$12,680Portable Practical Educational Preparat…$11,876Sequoia Charter School K-12$11,847El Dorado High School$10,448BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90862)$10,142Archway Classical Academy Lincoln (9265…$10,026BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91280)$9,669CAFA Inc. dba Learning Foundation and P…$9,332Math and Science Success Academy Inc. (…$9,084State median, under 1,000 students $11,993

Where the money came from

$14,281,000 in revenue: 13.1% state, 77.1% local and 9.8% federal. Total spending including $394,000 of capital outlay was $10,546,000, or $14,486 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $1,871,000; Local $11,004,000; Federal $1,406,000; total $14,281,000.
  • State$1,871,000 13%
  • Local$11,004,000 77%
  • Federal$1,406,000 10%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 475 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

748 students in 2022-23, 713 students in 2023-24, 684 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 748, 2023-24: 713, 2024-25: 68402004006008002022-237482023-247132024-25684
Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 748, 2023-24: 713, 2024-25: 68402004006008002022-237482023-247132024-25684
Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 748, 2023-24: 713, 2024-25: 68402004006008002022-237482023-247132024-25684
Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 748, 2023-24: 713, 2024-25: 68402004006008002022-237482023-247132024-25684

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2374845.716.4
2023-2471347.115.1
2024-2568447.514.4

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$2,787,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $3,828 per student

Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District booked $2,787,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 46 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $61,025 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 43 in 100 Arizona districts with a figure (state median $62,248, 172 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Arizona teacher salary at $54,580 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$2,371,00085.1%
Special education$256,0009.2%
Vocational$160,0005.7%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,750 in 2018-19, $3,139 in 2019-20, $3,509 in 2020-21, $3,903 in 2021-22, $3,828 in 2022-23.

Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,750, 2019-20: $3,139, 2020-21: $3,509, 2021-22: $3,903, 2022-23: $3,82801k2k3k4k2018-19$3,7502019-20$3,1392020-21$3,5092021-22$3,9032022-23$3,828
Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,750, 2019-20: $3,139, 2020-21: $3,509, 2021-22: $3,903, 2022-23: $3,82801k2k3k4k2018-19$3,7502019-20$3,1392020-21$3,5092021-22$3,9032022-23$3,828
Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,750, 2019-20: $3,139, 2020-21: $3,509, 2021-22: $3,903, 2022-23: $3,82801k2k3k4k2018-19$3,7502019-20$3,1392020-21$3,5092021-22$3,9032022-23$3,828
Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,750, 2019-20: $3,139, 2020-21: $3,509, 2021-22: $3,903, 2022-23: $3,82801k2k3k4k2018-19$3,7502019-20$3,1392020-21$3,5092021-22$3,9032022-23$3,828

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District scored proficient or above: 22% in reading and 19% in math, against 40.4% in reading and 34.8% in math across Arizona. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Arizona, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtArizonaStudents tested
Reading and language arts22%40.4%317
Math19%34.8%314

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

85-89% of the 79 students in Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 77.8% across Arizona. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtArizona
Four-year graduation rate85‑89%77.8%
Students in the class7993,470

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

1 elementary school, 276 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
West Sedona Elementary School27613.148.8%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 408 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Sedona Red Rock Junior/Senior High School40815.432.0%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 other school, 9 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Red Rock Academy9not reportednot reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District

  1. Arizona districts by spending per studentSedona-Oak Creek Unified School District ranks 195 of 475 Arizona districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($12,680).#195 of 475
  2. Every school district in ArizonaSedona-Oak Creek Unified School District is the number 193 by size of 661 Arizona districts, with 748 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#193 of 661
  3. Fort Huachuca Accommodation District (4167)The next larger Arizona district: 765 students in fall 2022, $15,821 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,821
  4. BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91280)The next smaller Arizona district: 744 students in fall 2022, $9,669 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$9,669
  5. Compare Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District with Fort Huachuca Accommodation District (4167)Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Sedona Red Rock Junior/Senior High School, its largest high school408 students in 2024-25, 15.4 per teacher.408
  7. Teacher salary spending across ArizonaSedona-Oak Creek Unified School District spent $61,025 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $62,248); spending, not a salary.$61,025
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District?
    3 schools were open in 2024-25 (1 elementary, 1 high, 1 other), enrolling 693 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District spend per student?
    $12,680 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Arizona median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $11,993 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,835 per student, up 12.1% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District's money come from?
    $14,281,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 13.1% state, 77.1% local and 9.8% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 111 of the 1,001 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 11.1%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District spend on teacher salaries?
    $2,787,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $3,828 per student. Divided by the 46 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $61,025 per teacher, more than 43 in 100 Arizona districts (state median $62,248). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Arizona teacher salary at $54,580 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District scored proficient or above: 22% in reading and 19% in math, against 40.4% in reading and 34.8% in math across Arizona. Arizona's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District?
    85-89% of the 79 students in Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 77.8% across Arizona. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District's NCES district ID?
    0409733. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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