An equity score of 41/100 ranks The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) #175 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,721 per pupil, The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) ranks #496 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
821
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$9,721
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) operates 2 public schools serving 821 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 $9,721 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.2% local, 71.4% state, and 27.3% 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 41/100, ranked #175 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
. Demographically, the student body averages 69.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% African American, 10.1% White across the district's schools.
The Paideia Academy of South Phoenix accounts for 68.5% of all The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) a distant remainder — means The Paideia Academies Inc (91250)-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.
The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) reports 73.5% 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.
Comparisons are relative to The Paideia Academies Inc (91250)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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