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Tempe, Arizona - 1 schools
At $17,943 per pupil, The French American School of Arizona (395879) ranks #89 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
48
Total Enrollment
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$17,943
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
The French American School of Arizona (395879) operates 1 public schools serving 48 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 $17,943 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 24.4% local, 63.8% state, and 11.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 29.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
The French American Academy of Arizona accounts for 100.0% of all The French American School of Arizona (395879) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of The French American School of Arizona (395879) a distant remainder — means The French American School of Arizona (395879)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
The French American School of Arizona (395879) chronic absenteeism rate is 29.2% — 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 The French American School of Arizona (395879) is typically wider than the The French American School of Arizona (395879)-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to The French American School of Arizona (395879)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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