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Tempe, Arizona - 1 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361) #296 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,879 per pupil, Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361) ranks #313 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361) operates 1 public schools serving 443 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 Maricopa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,879 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 13.6% local, 77.6% state, and 8.9% 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 26/100, ranked #296 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 431:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.7% White, 28.3% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Tempe Preparatory Academy, enrolling 431 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Tempe Preparatory Academy accounts for 97.3% of all Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361) a distant remainder — means Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361)-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.
Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361) student-counselor ratio is 431:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361) chronic absenteeism rate is 20.2% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361) is typically wider than the Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361)-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Tempe Preparatory Academy (4361)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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