Tempe School District (4258)
A public school district in Tempe, Arizona, with 23 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 10,045
- Students enrolled
- 702.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,500.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,504
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 10,045 in 2024–25
- Ranks 890th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 27th of 659 in Arizona. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,504 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 20% 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
Tempe School District (4258) spent $12,504 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,015 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 | $12,504 | $128.9 million | 10,306 |
| FY2022 | $11,917 | $127.3 million | 10,685 |
| FY2021 | $10,207 | $111.0 million | 10,874 |
| FY2020 | $9,520 | $109.9 million | 11,543 |
| FY2019 | $9,543 | $109.9 million | 11,519 |
| FY2018 | $8,840 | $100.1 million | 11,323 |
| FY2017 | $8,715 | $100.2 million | 11,493 |
| FY2016 | $8,572 | $97.8 million | 11,413 |
| FY2015 | $8,382 | $98.9 million | 11,803 |
| FY2014 | $8,388 | $99.7 million | 11,881 |
| FY2013 | $9,944 | $117.7 million | 11,834 |
| FY2012 | $8,492 | $101.7 million | 11,975 |
| FY2011 | $8,546 | $103.1 million | 12,066 |
| FY2010 | $8,895 | $112.3 million | 12,621 |
| FY2009 | $8,577 | $112.0 million | 13,054 |
| FY2008 | $8,420 | $111.6 million | 13,257 |
| FY2007 | $7,757 | $105.5 million | 13,601 |
| FY2006 | $7,341 | $100.6 million | 13,705 |
| FY2005 | $7,015 | $96.3 million | 13,734 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $36.5 million | 19.9% |
| State | $54.3 million | 29.6% |
| Local | $92.6 million | 50.5% |
| Total | $183.5 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
23 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 8
- NCES district ID
- 0408310
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