Mesa Unified District (4235)
A public school district in Mesa, Arizona, with 82 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 55,821
- Students enrolled
- 3,056.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 7,226
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,121
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 55,821 in 2024–25
- Ranks 72nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 659 in Arizona. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,121 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 17% 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
Mesa Unified District (4235) spent $12,121 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,932 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 | $12,121 | $688.7 million | 56,815 |
| FY2022 | $11,160 | $641.1 million | 57,447 |
| FY2021 | $10,088 | $572.6 million | 56,757 |
| FY2020 | $8,943 | $546.3 million | 61,091 |
| FY2019 | $8,775 | $540.5 million | 61,595 |
| FY2018 | $8,182 | $505.8 million | 61,820 |
| FY2017 | $8,081 | $504.4 million | 62,419 |
| FY2016 | $7,710 | $488.7 million | 63,387 |
| FY2015 | $7,645 | $481.0 million | 62,909 |
| FY2014 | $7,674 | $492.4 million | 64,161 |
| FY2013 | $7,110 | $456.2 million | 64,161 |
| FY2012 | $7,606 | $492.4 million | 64,728 |
| FY2011 | $7,530 | $490.4 million | 65,123 |
| FY2010 | $7,990 | $539.1 million | 67,471 |
| FY2009 | $7,912 | $556.6 million | 70,346 |
| FY2008 | $7,427 | $542.5 million | 73,044 |
| FY2007 | $6,908 | $512.1 million | 74,128 |
| FY2006 | $6,497 | $484.9 million | 74,626 |
| FY2005 | $5,932 | $447.7 million | 75,471 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $196.5 million | 22.4% |
| State | $401.5 million | 45.8% |
| Local | $278.4 million | 31.8% |
| Total | $876.4 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
82 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 0404970
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