At $31,968 per pupil, Skull Valley Elementary District (4478) ranks #13 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Skull Valley Elementary District (4478) operates 1 public schools serving 38 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 Yavapai County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $31,968 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 64 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 64.8% local, 23.5% state, and 11.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 12.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.8% White, 10.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Skull Valley Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Skull Valley Elementary District (4478) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Skull Valley Elementary District (4478) a distant remainder — means Skull Valley Elementary District (4478)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Skull Valley Elementary District (4478) chronic absenteeism rate is 12.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Skull Valley Elementary District (4478)'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 Skull Valley Elementary District (4478)?
Skull Valley Elementary District (4478) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 38 students.
How much does Skull Valley Elementary District (4478) spend per student?
Skull Valley Elementary District (4478) spends $31,968 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Skull Valley Elementary District (4478)?
Skull Valley Elementary District (4478) students are 71.8% White, 10.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.