Challenger Basic School Inc. (79886)
A public school district in Gilbert, Arizona, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 274
- Students enrolled
- 21
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 33
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $7,403
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 274 in 2024–25
- Ranks 13,768th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 386th of 659 in Arizona. Larger than 22% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $7,403 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 95 of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Challenger Basic School Inc. (79886) spent $7,403 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $4,326 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $7,403 | $2.4 million | 320 |
| FY2022 | $6,759 | $2.3 million | 345 |
| FY2021 | $6,196 | $2.1 million | 337 |
| FY2020 | $7,043 | $2.0 million | 281 |
| FY2019 | $6,884 | $2.0 million | 285 |
| FY2018 | $6,741 | $1.8 million | 270 |
| FY2017 | $5,684 | $1.9 million | 329 |
| FY2016 | $5,415 | $1.9 million | 342 |
| FY2015 | $5,127 | $1.8 million | 353 |
| FY2014 | $5,066 | $1.6 million | 317 |
| FY2013 | $4,948 | $1.6 million | 329 |
| FY2012 | $5,508 | $1.7 million | 303 |
| FY2011 | $5,375 | $1.5 million | 275 |
| FY2010 | $6,141 | $1.6 million | 256 |
| FY2009 | $5,556 | $1.3 million | 225 |
| FY2008 | $5,934 | $1.1 million | 181 |
| FY2007 | $5,386 | $948.0 thousand | 176 |
| FY2006 | $4,779 | $865.0 thousand | 181 |
| FY2005 | $4,326 | $770.0 thousand | 178 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $266.0 thousand | 7.8% |
| State | $3.0 million | 88.8% |
| Local | $118.0 thousand | 3.4% |
| Total | $3.4 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Challenger Basic School | 274 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 6
- NCES district ID
- 0400359
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Arizona — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Arizona — A to Z, each with its page.
- Arizona on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved