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Glendale Elementary District (4271)

Glendale, Arizona · Public school district · #32 of 108 Arizona districts by enrollment

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8,580

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,664

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Arizona median

20.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Arizona median 18.5

Glendale Elementary District (4271) is a public school district based in Glendale, Arizona, serving 8,580 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #32 of the 108 Arizona districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 71% of them. Its schools average 613 students each, more than the Arizona median of 512. It spends about $9,664 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 20.2 students per teacher.

How Glendale Elementary District (4271) compares

Glendale Elementary District (4271)Arizona median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,664

Arizona median $9,361 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$4,929

Arizona median $5,141 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school613

Arizona median 512 · 20% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher20.2

Arizona median 18.5 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,716

Arizona median 512 · 235% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$87.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 57%Local 28%

Measure	Glendale Elementary District (4271)	Arizona median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,664	$9,361	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$4,929	$5,141	FY2020-21
Total spending	$109.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$87.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	425	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,045	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	20.2	18.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,716	512	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Arizona median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Arizona

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Florence Unified School District (4437)Florence	8,731	14	$8,826	17.3	#30
Flagstaff Unified District (4192)Flagstaff	8,595	16	$10,382	15.7	#31
Glendale Elementary District (4271)Glendale · this district	8,580	14	$9,664	20.2	#32
Laveen Elementary District (4276)Laveen	8,111	10	$8,947	18.2	#33
Pendergast Elementary District (4283)Phoenix	8,098	12	$8,700	18.9	#34

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Traverse City Area Public SchoolsTraverse City, MI	8,584	$11,776	19.1
Oak Grove ElementarySan Jose, CA	8,578	$12,463	23.5
Colonial School DistrictNew Castle, DE	8,575	$18,063	14.4
White Bear Lake School DistrictWhite Bear Lake, MN	8,571	$13,871	16.1

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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