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Window Rock Unified District (4154)

Fort Defiance, Arizona · Public school district · #87 of 108 Arizona districts by enrollment

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1,705

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,218

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 52% above the Arizona median

17.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Arizona median 18.5

Window Rock Unified District (4154) is a public school district based in Fort Defiance, Arizona, serving 1,705 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #87 of the 108 Arizona districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 20% of them. Its schools average 244 students each, fewer than the Arizona median of 512. It spends about $14,218 per student on day-to-day operations, 52% more than the Arizona median. It has roughly 17.8 students per teacher.

How Window Rock Unified District (4154) compares

Window Rock Unified District (4154)Arizona median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,218

Arizona median $9,361 · 52% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,298

Arizona median $5,141 · 23% above · FY2020-21

Students per school244

Arizona median 512 · 52% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.8

Arizona median 18.5 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor341

Arizona median 512 · 33% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$32.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 58%State 38%Local 4%

Measure	Window Rock Unified District (4154)	Arizona median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,218	$9,361	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,298	$5,141	FY2020-21
Total spending	$32.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$32.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	96	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	248	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.8	18.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	341	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
Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487)Cottonwood	1,765	6	$10,201	21.0	#85
Parker Unified School District (4510)Parker	1,707	6	$11,277	16.9	#86
Window Rock Unified District (4154)Fort Defiance · this district	1,705	7	$14,218	17.8	#87
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

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Monticello CUSD 25Monticello, IL	1,707	$14,960	14.1
Mifflinburg Area School DistrictMifflinburg, PA	1,706	$15,642	11.6
Susquenita School DistrictDuncannon, PA	1,705	$15,023	12.5
Ripon Area School DistrictRipon, WI	1,705	$11,154	13.6

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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