An equity score of 63/100 ranks Southwest Leadership Academy (92043) #48 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,750 per pupil, Southwest Leadership Academy (92043) ranks #214 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$12,750
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Southwest Leadership Academy (92043) operates 1 public schools serving 200 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $12,750 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.6% local, 74.2% state, and 25.2% 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 63/100, ranked #48 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 223:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 91.0% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% African American, 1.3% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Southwest Leadership Academy, enrolling 223 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Southwest Leadership Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Southwest Leadership Academy (92043) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Southwest Leadership Academy (92043) a distant remainder — means Southwest Leadership Academy (92043)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Southwest Leadership Academy (92043) reports 67.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Southwest Leadership Academy (92043) student-counselor ratio is 223:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Southwest Leadership Academy (92043)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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