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Phoenix Union High School District (4286)

A public school district in Phoenix, Arizona, with 21 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

25,800
Students enrolled
1,349.6
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
3,081.3
All staff, full-time equivalent
$13,194
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 25,800 in 2024–25
Ranks 260th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 8th of 659 in Arizona. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $13,194 in fiscal year 2023
More than 27% 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

Phoenix Union High School District (4286) spent $13,194 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,282 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
Phoenix Union High School District (4286) spent $13,194 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,282 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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$13,194$368.1 million27,900
FY2022$11,816$329.5 million27,890
FY2021$11,768$318.2 million27,037
FY2020$11,038$304.7 million27,603
FY2019$11,315$312.0 million27,573
FY2018$10,825$295.2 million27,268
FY2017$10,746$294.7 million27,423
FY2016$10,259$278.1 million27,109
FY2015$9,765$262.7 million26,900
FY2014$9,400$249.9 million26,582
FY2013$12,890$333.3 million25,854
FY2012$10,506$271.9 million25,881
FY2011$11,114$277.3 million24,949
FY2010$11,165$281.2 million25,187
FY2009$10,139$256.6 million25,305
FY2008$9,666$256.0 million26,483
FY2007$9,589$246.8 million25,733
FY2006$8,870$221.8 million25,010
FY2005$8,282$205.2 million24,776

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Phoenix Union High School District (4286) by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$44.5 million9.1%
State$157.0 million32.1%
Local$287.0 million58.7%
Total$488.6 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

21 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Phoenix Union High School District (4286)
SchoolStudents
Alhambra High School2,169
Betty Fairfax High School2,014
Bostrom Alternative Center302
Camelback High School2,106
Carl Hayden High School2,079
Central High School1,733
Cesar Chavez High School2,598
Desiderata Program67
Franklin Police and Fire High School313
Linda Abril Educational Academy246
Maryvale High School2,532
Metro Tech High School1,781
North High School1,837
PXU City85
Phoenix Coding Academy224
Phoenix Digital Academy70
Phoenix Educator Preparatory0
Phoenix Union Bioscience High School390
Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory197
South Mountain High School2,207
Trevor Browne High School2,850

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
0406330

Elsewhere

Sources

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