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Willcox, Arizona - 3 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Willcox Unified District (4170) #109 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,384 per pupil, Willcox Unified District (4170) ranks #277 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,076
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,384
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Willcox Unified District (4170) operates 3 public schools serving 1,076 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 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 Cochise County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,384 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 36.0% local, 42.8% state, and 21.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #109 of 437 in Arizona against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 664.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.3% Hispanic or Latino, 27.5% White, 1.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Willcox High School, with a diversity index of 47.0/100.
Its largest campus is Willcox High School, enrolling 408 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Willcox High School accounts for 37.5% of all Willcox Unified District (4170) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Willcox Unified District (4170)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Willcox Unified District (4170) student-counselor ratio is 665:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Willcox Unified District (4170) chronic absenteeism rate is 36.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Willcox Unified District (4170)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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