At $25,345 per pupil, Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) ranks #34 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) operates 1 public schools serving 84 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 Gila County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,345 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 64 of 633 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending. See how Arizona compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 50.4% local, 31.8% state, and 17.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 59.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.8% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Tonto Basin Elementary, enrolling 79 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Tonto Basin Elementary accounts for 94.0% of all Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) a distant remainder — means Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215)-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.
Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) reports 60.7% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) chronic absenteeism rate is 59.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215)?
Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 84 students.
How much does Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) spend per student?
Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) spends $25,345 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215)?
Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) students are 84.8% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.