Glendale Union High School District (4285)
A public school district in Glendale, Arizona, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 16,092
- Students enrolled
- 723.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,615.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,875
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 16,092 in 2024–25
- Ranks 492nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 12th of 659 in Arizona. Larger than 97% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,875 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 8% 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
Glendale Union High School District (4285) spent $10,875 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,863 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 | $10,875 | $179.8 million | 16,535 |
| FY2022 | $10,022 | $167.3 million | 16,695 |
| FY2021 | $9,044 | $148.9 million | 16,462 |
| FY2020 | $9,127 | $149.7 million | 16,401 |
| FY2019 | $8,867 | $139.8 million | 15,770 |
| FY2018 | $8,675 | $130.4 million | 15,029 |
| FY2017 | $8,148 | $128.2 million | 15,730 |
| FY2016 | $7,794 | $120.8 million | 15,497 |
| FY2015 | $7,740 | $118.5 million | 15,316 |
| FY2014 | $7,661 | $116.7 million | 15,235 |
| FY2013 | $7,981 | $119.9 million | 15,022 |
| FY2012 | $8,125 | $121.9 million | 14,999 |
| FY2011 | $8,136 | $120.7 million | 14,839 |
| FY2010 | $7,965 | $119.4 million | 14,990 |
| FY2009 | $7,917 | $118.4 million | 14,962 |
| FY2008 | $7,929 | $119.5 million | 15,068 |
| FY2007 | $7,528 | $113.4 million | 15,067 |
| FY2006 | $7,004 | $104.7 million | 14,953 |
| FY2005 | $6,863 | $99.8 million | 14,545 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $41.1 million | 17.6% |
| State | $121.8 million | 52.1% |
| Local | $71.0 million | 30.4% |
| Total | $233.9 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
11 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Apollo High School | 2,152 |
| Cortez High School | 1,132 |
| Glendale High School | 1,734 |
| Glendale Union High School District Online Learning Academy | 468 |
| Glendale Union Online | 285 |
| Greenway High School | 1,318 |
| Independence High School | 1,907 |
| Moon Valley High School | 1,471 |
| Sunnyslope High School | 2,322 |
| Thunderbird High School | 1,592 |
| Washington High School | 1,659 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Grade 9 to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0403450
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