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Kyrene Elementary District (4267)

Tempe, Arizona · Public school district · #18 of 108 Arizona districts by enrollment

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13,313

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,027

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Arizona median

16.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Arizona median 18.5

Kyrene Elementary District (4267) is a public school district based in Tempe, Arizona, serving 13,313 students in 26 schools. By enrollment it ranks #18 of the 108 Arizona districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 84% of them. Its schools average 512 students each, about the same as the Arizona median of 512. It spends about $9,027 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.2 students per teacher.

How Kyrene Elementary District (4267) compares

Kyrene Elementary District (4267)Arizona median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,027

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

Instruction spending per student$5,484

Arizona median $5,141 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school512

Arizona median 512 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.2

Arizona median 18.5 · 12% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor579

Arizona median 512 · 13% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$172.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 38%Local 52%

Measure	Kyrene Elementary District (4267)	Arizona median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,027	$9,361	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,484	$5,141	FY2020-21
Total spending	$169.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$172.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	820	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,670	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.2	18.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	579	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
Sunnyside Unified District (4407)Tucson	13,979	22	$7,810	18.7	#15
Tolleson Union High School District (4288)Tolleson	13,931	8	$8,848	20.9	#16
Cartwright Elementary District (4282)Phoenix	13,436	23	$10,819	19.9	#17
Kyrene Elementary District (4267)Tempe · this district	13,313	26	$9,027	16.2	#18
Marana Unified District (4404)Marana	12,845	20	$9,068	16.3	#19

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Pleasanton UnifiedPleasanton, CA	13,338	$12,555	23.2
Lafourche ParishThibodaux, LA	13,326	$10,501	16.7
Sanger UnifiedSanger, CA	13,313	$12,922	22.9
LawrenceLawrence, MA	13,313	$18,907	11.5

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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