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Phoenix, Arizona - 2 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) #184 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,007 per pupil, The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) ranks #504 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
821
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$9,007
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 $9,007 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 634 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 40/100, ranked #184 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 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.
The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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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