Maricopa County · Arizona
Chandler, AZ public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) is the primary public district for Chandler, AZ. It enrolls 43,716 students in 44 schools with 2,414 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $11,491 per pupil, 34% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 43,716NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 44Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 18.1Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $11,491Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Chandler
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 44.3%
- $216,554,000
- State revenue
- 45.9%
- $224,362,000
- Federal revenue
- 9.8%
- $47,982,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Chandler property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 47 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) (LEAID 0401870) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
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Other Chandler data on this site.
NCES LEAID 0401870. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.