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Yuma, Arizona - 19 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Yuma Elementary District (4499) #168 of 437 districts in Arizona (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,775 per pupil, Yuma Elementary District (4499) ranks #408 of 634 Arizona districts by per-pupil spending (Arizona districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,117
Total Enrollment
19
Schools
$9,775
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Yuma Elementary District (4499) operates 19 public schools serving 9,117 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 13 combined, 5 middle, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Yuma County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,775 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 22.6% local, 45.2% state, and 32.3% 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 42/100, ranked #168 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.
a 533.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 43.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.6% Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% White, 1.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is James D Price School, with a diversity index of 64.3/100.
Yuma Elementary District (4499) school enrollment varies 52× across entities
Yuma Elementary District (4499) school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 939 students (highest), a spread of 921 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Yuma Elementary District (4499) has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.7% 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.
Yuma Elementary District (4499) student-counselor ratio is 533:1 — 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.
Yuma Elementary District (4499) chronic absenteeism rate is 43.3% — 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 Yuma Elementary District (4499)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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