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Fort Defiance, Arizona - 6 schools
An equity score of 73/100 ranks Window Rock Unified District (4154) #14 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,623 per pupil, Window Rock Unified District (4154) ranks #106 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,736
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$16,623
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Window Rock Unified District (4154) operates 6 public schools serving 1,736 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Apache County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,623 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 8.5% local, 36.8% state, and 54.7% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs. The district's equity score is 73/100, ranked #14 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 416:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 67.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Integrated Preschool, with a diversity index of 9.7/100.
Its largest campus is Window Rock High School, enrolling 548 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Integrated Preschool, at 39 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Window Rock High School accounts for 31.6% of all Window Rock Unified District (4154) student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Window Rock Unified District (4154)-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.
Window Rock Unified District (4154) school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Window Rock Unified District (4154) school enrollment ranges from 39 students (lowest) to 548 students (highest), a spread of 509 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Window Rock Unified District (4154) student-counselor ratio is 416:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Window Rock Unified District (4154) chronic absenteeism rate is 67.4% — 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 Window Rock Unified District (4154)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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