School district · Arizona
Phoenix Elementary District (4256)
Phoenix Elementary District (4256) in Arizona: 15 public schools with 3,963 students and 12.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,673 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 3,963
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- AZ 17.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $19,673
- AZ $12.1K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 325
- Counselors (FTE)
- 1.0
- Students per counselor
- 3,963
- AZ 467 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 16.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arizona's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Arizona: 40%27%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 88% of school districts in Arizona
Median 48% · 301 school districts compared
3,064 students tested, grades 3–8 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Arizona: 34%20%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 92% of school districts in Arizona
Median 41% · 265 school districts compared
3,066 students tested, grades 3–8 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 29% · $31M
- State
- 23% · $25M
- Local
- 48% · $51.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,742
- Support services
- $8,811
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $18.3M
- Long-term debt
- $80.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Augustus H. Shaw MontessoriFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 476 | 21.5 | 78% | 63% |
Capitol Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 373 | 13.9 | 29% | — |
Faith North Early Childhood Learning CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 103 | 17.9 | — | — |
Garfield SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 403 | 14.4 | 28% | — |
Kenilworth Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | — | — | 36% | 27% |
Lowell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 282 | 15.7 | 32% | — |
Magnet Traditional SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 356 | 13.7 | 50% | 48% |
Maie Bartlett Heard SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 430 | 16.9 | 24% | — |
Mary Mcleod Bethune SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 324 | 13.0 | 33% | 31% |
Paul Dunbar Lawrence SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 125 | 9.0 | — | — |
Phoenix #1 iAcademyFully virtual | K–8 | 0 | — | — | — |
Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 189 | 8.6 | 47% | 37% |
Silvestre S Herrera SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 449 | 15.5 | 41% | 37% |
Thomas A Edison SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | — | — | — | 22% |
Whittier Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 453 | 16.9 | 17% | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 1817 N 7TH St, Phoenix, AZ 85006
- Phone
- (602)257-2912
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.