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Elgin, Arizona - 1 schools
At $17,967 per pupil, Sonoita Elementary District (4461) ranks #88 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
149
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$17,967
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sonoita Elementary District (4461) operates 1 public schools serving 149 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 Santa Cruz County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,967 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 62.6% local, 25.2% state, and 12.1% 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 44.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.1% White, 30.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Elgin Elementary School, enrolling 118 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Elgin Elementary School accounts for 79.2% of all Sonoita Elementary District (4461) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sonoita Elementary District (4461) a distant remainder — means Sonoita Elementary District (4461)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Sonoita Elementary District (4461) chronic absenteeism rate is 44.1% — 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 Sonoita Elementary District (4461)'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 Sonoita Elementary District (4461)?
Sonoita Elementary District (4461) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 149 students.
How much does Sonoita Elementary District (4461) spend per student?
Sonoita Elementary District (4461) spends $17,967 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Sonoita Elementary District (4461)?
Sonoita Elementary District (4461) students are 66.1% White, 30.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.