Maricopa County · Arizona
Phoenix, AZ public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Phoenix Union High School District (4286) — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Phoenix Union High School District (4286) is the primary public district for Phoenix, AZ. It enrolls 27,900 students in 19 schools with 1,448 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $14,791 per pupil, 15% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 27,900NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 19Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 19.3Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $14,791Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Phoenix
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 64.1%
- $275,234,000
- State revenue
- 23%
- $98,551,000
- Federal revenue
- 12.9%
- $55,296,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Phoenix property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 40 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 Phoenix Union High School District (4286) (LEAID 0406330) 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 Phoenix data on this site.
NCES LEAID 0406330. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.