Operational spending per student: Maricopa County, AZ 2024-25
Operational spending per student across 54 Maricopa County, Arizona school districts, 2024-25. Sentinel Elementary District leads at $48,401. Arizona Auditor…
- Districts ranked
- 54
- Period
- 2024-25
- Publication floor
- 8 districts
- Tie rule
- Equal values share a rank; the next rank skips.
- County definition
- The county holding the largest share of the district's land area (NCES EDGE, 2024–25).
Arizona Auditor General, Arizona School District Spending, Fiscal Year 2025 (data file): the Auditor General's own measures for the district, as published (A.R.S. §41-1279.03). Dollars per student attending, as the Auditor General computes and publishes them (operational spending excludes land and buildings, equipment, interest and other nonoperational spending).
Measure: Spending per student: total operational spending (Auditor General).
Source: Arizona Auditor General.
Data from Arizona Auditor General public files. DistrictFacts is not affiliated with or endorsed by any Arizona agency.
Ranked districts
- 1. Sentinel Elementary District — $48,401
- 2. Mobile Elementary District — $35,461
- 3. Paloma School District — $26,099
- 4. Phoenix Elementary District — $19,986
- 5. Wilson Elementary District — $19,325
- 6. Balsz Elementary District — $16,803
- 7. Aguila Elementary District — $15,919
- 8. Fountain Hills Unified District — $15,752
- 9. Morristown Elementary District — $15,725
- 10. Murphy Elementary District — $15,609
- 11. Phoenix Union High School District — $14,996
- 12. Wickenburg Unified District — $14,789
- 13. Roosevelt Elementary District — $14,698
- 14. Washington Elementary School District — $14,671
- 15. Osborn Elementary District — $14,656
- 16. Arlington Elementary District — $14,494
- 17. Tempe School District — $14,492
- 18. Riverside Elementary District — $14,103
- 19. Creighton Elementary District — $14,086
- 20. Gila Bend Unified District — $14,069
- 21. Palo Verde Elementary District — $13,900
- 22. Alhambra Elementary District — $13,823
- 23. Scottsdale Unified District — $12,876
- 24. Glendale Elementary District — $12,846
- 25. Tolleson Union High School District — $12,812
- 26. Paradise Valley Unified District — $12,753
- 27. Mesa Unified District — $12,698
- 28. Tolleson Elementary District — $12,654
- 29. Pendergast Elementary District — $12,186
- 30. Union Elementary District — $12,145
- 31. Tempe Union High School District — $11,968
- 32. Glendale Union High School District — $11,958
- 33. Kyrene Elementary District — $11,923
- 34. Avondale Elementary District — $11,897
- 35. Deer Valley Unified District — $11,894
- 36. Cartwright Elementary District — $11,842
- 37. Madison Elementary District — $11,795
- 38. Buckeye Union High School District — $11,783
- 39. Nadaburg Unified School District — $11,770
- 40. Agua Fria Union High School District — $11,646
- 41. Saddle Mountain Unified School District — $11,624
- 42. Gilbert Unified District — $11,548
- 43. Peoria Unified School District — $11,513
- 44. Dysart Unified District — $11,434
- 44. Fowler Elementary District — $11,434
- 46. Littleton Elementary District — $11,383
- 47. Chandler Unified District #80 — $11,333
- 48. Cave Creek Unified District — $10,927
- 49. Buckeye Elementary District — $10,907
- 50. Liberty Elementary District — $10,864
- 51. Laveen Elementary District — $10,796
- 52. Litchfield Elementary District — $10,752
- 53. Higley Unified School District — $10,656
- 54. Queen Creek Unified District — $9,579