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Union Elementary District (4277)

Tolleson, Arizona · Public school district · #90 of 108 Arizona districts by enrollment

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1,630

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,212

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Arizona median

18.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Arizona median 18.5

Union Elementary District (4277) is a public school district based in Tolleson, Arizona, serving 1,630 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #90 of the 108 Arizona districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 17% of them. Its schools average 408 students each, fewer than the Arizona median of 512. It spends about $9,212 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 18.5 students per teacher.

How Union Elementary District (4277) compares

Union Elementary District (4277)Arizona median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,212

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

Instruction spending per student$4,447

Arizona median $5,141 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Students per school408

Arizona median 512 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.5

Arizona median 18.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor543

Arizona median 512 · 6% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$17.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 54%Local 24%

Measure	Union Elementary District (4277)	Arizona median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,212	$9,361	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$4,447	$5,141	FY2020-21
Total spending	$17.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$17.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	88	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	182	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.5	18.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	543	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
Globe Unified District (4208)Globe	1,644	4	$9,849	20.6	#88
Nadaburg Unified School District (4252)Wittmann	1,641	4	$13,394	9.9	#89
Union Elementary District (4277)Tolleson · this district	1,630	4	$9,212	18.5	#90
Blue Ridge Unified School District No. 32 (4397)Lakeside	1,628	5	$10,127	17.7	#91
Camp Verde Unified District (4470)Camp Verde	1,615	5	$9,285	19.0	#92

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
MillburyMillbury, MA	1,631	$19,798	12.6
Hamilton K-12 SchoolsHamilton, MT	1,631	$11,597	14.8
Somerset Hills Regional School DistrictBernardsville, NJ	1,631	$23,617	10.3
Roane County SchoolsSpencer, WV	1,630	$13,171	13.0

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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