An equity score of 43/100 ranks Self Development Academy-Phoenix (92381) #160 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,439 per pupil, Self Development Academy-Phoenix (92381) ranks #521 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Self Development Academy-Phoenix (92381) operates 1 public schools serving 303 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 $9,439 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.2% local, 69.2% state, and 30.5% 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 43/100, ranked #160 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.
and 85.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.5% Hispanic or Latino, 16.7% African American, 9.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Self Development Academy-Phoenix accounts for 81.2% of all Self Development Academy-Phoenix (92381) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Self Development Academy-Phoenix (92381) a distant remainder — means Self Development Academy-Phoenix (92381)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Self Development Academy-Phoenix (92381) reports 75.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Self Development Academy-Phoenix (92381) chronic absenteeism rate is 85.8% — 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 Self Development Academy-Phoenix (92381)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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