Most Arizona school districts are spending a greater percentage of their funding in the classroom, according to a report released by the Arizona Auditor General’s Office.
The money spent on instruction has crept up for the third consecutive year to 54.7 percent.
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Only a handful of districts show a decrease in classroom spending and of those districts, the decrease is minimal. How did your district do?
| Arizona School District Spending – Fiscal Year 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District name | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| State of Arizona | 53.5% | 53.8% | 54.0% | 54.7% |
| Agua Fria Union High School District | 53.0% | 52.5% | 53.5% | 55.6% |
| Aguila Elementary School District | 54.8% | 58.0% | 58.3% | 61.9% |
| Ajo Unified School District | 50.7% | 53.8% | 52.9% | 51.8% |
| Alhambra Elementary School District | 54.2% | 56.4% | 52.7% | 56.1% |
| Alpine Elementary School District | 63.0% | 59.7% | 58.3% | 57.1% |
| Altar Valley Elementary School District | 44.4% | 45.7% | 45.8% | 44.0% |
| Amphitheater Unified School District | 52.8% | 53.1% | 53.7% | 54.2% |
| Antelope Union High School District | 53.5% | 51.1% | 48.6% | 46.8% |
| Apache Elementary School District | 49.4% | 54.9% | 39.7% | 42.8% |
| Apache Junction Unified School District | 54.4% | 54.1% | 53.0% | 50.5% |
| Arlington Elementary School District | 53.3% | 54.1% | 54.2% | 53.4% |
| Ash Creek Elementary School District | 33.5% | 33.9% | 36.1% | 41.6% |
| Ash Fork Joint Unified School District | 49.0% | 49.3% | 49.9% | 51.2% |
| Avondale Elementary School District | 53.1% | 50.9% | 50.5% | 51.6% |
| Baboquivari Unified School District | 43.2% | 42.7% | 40.9% | 42.8% |
| Bagdad Unified School District | 55.4% | 56.5% | 55.0% | 59.5% |
| Balsz Elementary School District | 48.1% | 49.1% | 48.0% | 50.5% |
| Beaver Creek Elementary School District | 49.8% | 49.4% | 49.9% | 52.4% |
| Benson Unified School District | 51.3% | 50.8% | 53.0% | 53.5% |
| Bicentennial Union High School District | 47.7% | 49.1% | 49.3% | 51.5% |
| Bisbee Unified School District | 49.6% | 50.5% | 51.0% | 50.0% |
| Blue Elementary School District | 76.9% | 78.7% | 78.1% | 71.1% |
| Blue Ridge Unified School District | 53.1% | 51.9% | 51.9% | 53.1% |
| Bonita Elementary School District | 62.2% | 61.7% | 61.9% | 61.2% |
| Bouse Elementary School District | 40.6% | 34.9% | 44.7% | 40.1% |
| Bowie Unified School District | 46.8% | 45.4% | 36.4% | 41.4% |
| Buckeye Elementary School District | 53.0% | 51.4% | 50.0% | 50.6% |
| Buckeye Union High School District | 52.9% | 54.2% | 54.6% | 55.6% |
| Bullhead City Elementary School District | 55.6% | 54.8% | 56.3% | 54.2% |
| District name | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Camp Verde Unified School District | 56.3% | 56.7% | 56.6% | 55.9% |
| Cañon Elementary School District | 51.2% | 53.4% | 50.9% | 54.1% |
| Cartwright Elementary School District | 57.3% | 55.9% | 55.2% | 53.3% |
| Casa Grande Elementary School District | 49.6% | 49.5% | 51.1% | 49.5% |
| Casa Grande Union High School District | 47.5% | 47.4% | 46.5% | 48.0% |
| Catalina Foothills Unified School District | 53.5% | 53.9% | 54.8% | 55.5% |
| Cave Creek Unified School District | 52.8% | 53.7% | 53.3% | 55.6% |
| Cedar Unified School District | 37.1% | 38.7% | 35.4% | 35.4% |
| Chandler Unified School District | 61.0% | 60.6% | 61.6% | 60.9% |
| Chinle Unified School District | 49.9% | 48.5% | 48.0% | 49.3% |
| Chino Valley Unified School District | 49.5% | 51.5% | 49.6% | 51.4% |
| Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary School District | 57.9% | 57.7% | 59.9% | 59.7% |
| Cochise Elementary School District | 56.9% | 60.2% | 59.5% | 60.0% |
| Colorado City Unified School District | 54.1% | 54.4% | 54.1% | 55.3% |
| Colorado River Union High School District | 52.9% | 50.8% | 52.3% | 52.3% |
| Concho Elementary School District | 42.1% | 42.7% | 44.6% | 45.3% |
| Congress Elementary School District | 54.8% | 50.9% | 55.0% | 53.8% |
| Continental Elementary School District | 54.7% | 55.3% | 54.5% | 54.7% |
| Coolidge Unified School District | 48.3% | 47.3% | 49.0% | 49.5% |
| Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary School District | 53.0% | 53.5% | 52.4% | 58.1% |
| Crane Elementary School District | 51.2% | 48.8% | 51.8% | 51.9% |
| Creighton Elementary School District | 48.3% | 47.5% | 46.6% | 47.7% |
| Crown King Elementary School District | 50.6% | 59.4% | 59.9% | 60.5% |
| Deer Valley Unified School District | 58.5% | 60.0% | 59.8% | 59.5% |
| Double Adobe Elementary School District | 61.7% | 64.2% | 62.9% | 58.7% |
| Douglas Unified School District | 50.5% | 49.8% | 51.1% | 52.8% |
| Duncan Unified School District | 48.4% | 47.0% | 45.5% | 45.4% |
| Dysart Unified School District | 55.8% | 56.2% | 56.1% | 57.2% |
| District name | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Elfrida Elementary School District | 53.3% | 52.0% | 48.8% | 50.4% |
| Eloy Elementary School District | 47.3% | 46.9% | 45.1% | 44.4% |
| Flagstaff Unified School District | 52.5% | 51.9% | 53.0% | 52.2% |
| Florence Unified School District | 53.4% | 51.9% | 53.4% | 52.4% |
| Flowing Wells Unified School District | 53.7% | 53.8% | 54.5% | 55.8% |
| Fountain Hills Unified School District | 50.0% | 51.1% | 50.4% | 50.0% |
| Fowler Elementary School District | 54.8% | 54.4% | 52.9% | 55.1% |
| Fredonia-Moccasin Unified School District | 55.9% | 50.1% | 51.7% | 50.3% |
| Ft. Thomas Unified School District | 46.6% | 49.6% | 51.8% | 52.3% |
| Gadsden Elementary School District | 47.8% | 48.8% | 48.8% | 49.2% |
| Ganado Unified School District | 42.6% | 45.3% | 42.3% | 45.4% |
| Gila Bend Unified School District | 44.9% | 41.2% | 46.6% | 47.8% |
| Gilbert Unified School District | 60.7% | 60.1% | 61.1% | 61.2% |
| Glendale Elementary School District | 52.1% | 52.5% | 49.3% | 50.8% |
| Glendale Union High School District | 56.1% | 57.3% | 57.8% | 57.2% |
| Globe Unified School District | 49.8% | 48.8% | 48.9% | 51.7% |
| Grand Canyon Unified School District | 43.6% | 41.2% | 38.4% | 38.8% |
| District name | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Hackberry Elementary School District | 43.1% | 43.7% | 42.5% | 34.2% |
| Hayden-Winkelman Unified School District | 43.5% | 47.2% | 46.5% | 46.3% |
| Heber-Overgaard Unified School District | 51.3% | 51.3% | 50.7% | 51.6% |
| Higley Unified School District | 57.7% | 59.8% | 57.8% | 59.8% |
| Hillside Elementary School District | 60.4% | 67.8% | 65.8% | 62.7% |
| Holbrook Unified School District | 54.7% | 53.8% | 54.0% | 54.7% |
| Humboldt Unified School District | 55.7% | 54.7% | 56.1% | 57.1% |
| Hyder Elementary School District | 47.6% | 45.4% | 52.1% | 53.3% |
| Isaac Elementary School District | 51.5% | 51.8% | 51.7% | 51.1% |
| J.O. Combs Unified School District | 50.8% | 49.2% | 50.4% | 51.4% |
| Joseph City Unified School District | 44.3% | 45.8% | 44.6% | 45.7% |
| Kayenta Unified School District | 41.1% | 37.3% | 40.6% | 42.6% |
| Kingman Unified School District | 49.5% | 50.6% | 52.1% | 53.1% |
| Kirkland Elementary School District | 51.2% | 53.1% | 54.0% | 46.5% |
| Kyrene Elementary School District | 59.2% | 60.4% | 62.3% | 61.9% |
| District name | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Lake Havasu Unified School District | 53.8% | 56.1% | 56.5% | 56.4% |
| Laveen Elementary School District | 51.8% | 54.0% | 51.7% | 53.3% |
| Liberty Elementary School District | 56.7% | 57.1% | 56.8% | 59.0% |
| Litchfield Elementary School District | 58.6% | 58.5% | 57.2% | 58.9% |
| Littlefield Unified School District | 52.8% | 49.6% | 53.3% | 53.2% |
| Littleton Elementary School District | 52.5% | 52.0% | 52.5% | 53.5% |
| Madison Elementary School District | 51.9% | 51.3% | 53.2% | 52.7% |
| Maine Consolidated School District | 53.0% | 53.7% | 53.3% | 54.2% |
| Mammoth-San Manuel Unified School District | 50.7% | 50.8% | 52.1% | 52.4% |
| Marana Unified School District | 53.9% | 54.1% | 53.3% | 54.6% |
| Maricopa Unified School District | 49.1% | 51.5% | 53.5% | 53.8% |
| Mayer Unified School District | 48.4% | 49.8% | 50.1% | 51.4% |
| McNary Elementary School District | 55.7% | 55.8% | 55.5% | 53.9% |
| McNeal Elementary School District | 44.2% | 45.4% | 44.4% | 35.1% |
| Mesa Unified School District | 56.7% | 55.2% | 55.4% | 56.2% |
| Miami Unified School District | 55.3% | 54.5% | 53.0% | 51.5% |
| Mingus Union High School District | 58.6% | 58.3% | 56.8% | 60.1% |
| Mobile Elementary School District | 32.9% | 37.2% | 38.3% | 38.6% |
| Mohave Valley Elementary School District | 48.8% | 47.5% | 49.5% | 49.6% |
| Mohawk Valley Elementary School District | 45.6% | 48.2% | 46.6% | 48.6% |
| Morenci Unified School District | 60.2% | 59.0% | 60.4% | 61.4% |
| Morristown Elementary School District | 53.1% | 52.1% | 53.5% | 48.7% |
| Murphy Elementary School District | 47.2% | 45.4% | 48.4% | 53.3% |
| District name | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Naco Elementary School District | 59.4% | 59.2% | 55.4% | 57.0% |
| Nadaburg Unified School District | 46.2% | 47.2% | 47.1% | 51.9% |
| Nogales Unified School District | 51.5% | 51.2% | 51.6% | 52.8% |
| Oracle Elementary School District | 53.4% | 51.8% | 50.7% | 52.2% |
| Osborn Elementary School District | 50.7% | 52.6% | 53.0% | 54.2% |
| Owens-Whitney Elementary School District | 43.7% | 48.5% | 49.1% | 54.1% |
| Page Unified School District | 49.2% | 44.8% | 47.3% | 47.1% |
| Palo Verde Elementary School District | 53.9% | 54.6% | 55.8% | 57.4% |
| Paloma Elementary School District | 48.9% | 51.9% | 51.2% | 49.7% |
| Palominas Elementary School District | 53.9% | 52.1% | 52.2% | 53.6% |
| Paradise Valley Unified School District | 56.4% | 57.0% | 58.5% | 58.6% |
| Parker Unified School District | 50.8% | 51.1% | 52.4% | 52.5% |
| Patagonia Elementary School District | 46.6% | 48.5% | 49.9% | 48.0% |
| Patagonia Union High School District | 46.6% | 48.5% | 49.9% | 48.0% |
| Payson Unified School District | 52.2% | 52.2% | 49.7% | 50.5% |
| Peach Springs Unified School District | 37.8% | 33.5% | 42.0% | 40.9% |
| Pearce Elementary School District | 56.9% | 55.9% | 52.3% | 50.2% |
| Pendergast Elementary School District | 51.4% | 53.6% | 53.4% | 54.1% |
| Peoria Unified School District | 56.2% | 56.9% | 56.8% | 57.5% |
| Phoenix Elementary School District | 49.5% | 49.8% | 51.3% | 53.1% |
| Phoenix Union High School District | 54.0% | 53.6% | 53.3% | 54.3% |
| Picacho Elementary School District | 53.5% | 49.1% | 49.8% | 47.1% |
| Pima Unified School District | 59.4% | 62.3% | 64.1% | 67.9% |
| Pine Strawberry Elementary School District | 53.0% | 54.5% | 53.0% | 50.7% |
| Piñon Unified School District | 39.2% | 40.0% | 38.0% | 38.6% |
| Pomerene Elementary School District | 49.0% | 47.8% | 50.2% | 50.6% |
| Prescott Unified School District | 51.3% | 50.2% | 51.4% | 53.1% |
| Quartzsite Elementary School District | 42.4% | 43.9% | 40.5% | 44.2% |
| Queen Creek Unified School District | 51.0% | 55.1% | 54.7% | 55.5% |
| Ray Unified School District | 54.2% | 54.3% | 53.9% | 53.4% |
| Red Mesa Unified School District | 36.8% | 38.1% | 34.6% | 33.9% |
| Red Rock Elementary School District | 58.2% | 56.2% | 64.4% | 61.7% |
| Riverside Elementary School District | 44.4% | 46.4% | 46.0% | 45.7% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School District | 47.3% | 48.7% | 49.6% | 50.7% |
| Round Valley Unified School District | 51.1% | 50.7% | 51.2% | 51.9% |
| District name | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019xx |
| Sacaton Elementary School District | 46.3% | 46.6% | 51.3% | 52.3% |
| Saddle Mountain Unified School District | 49.3% | 49.7% | 53.5% | 56.5% |
| Safford Unified School District | 63.3% | 64.5% | 65.0% | 63.0% |
| Sahuarita Unified School District | 54.4% | 55.5% | 55.9% | 56.6% |
| Salome Consolidated Elementary School District | 41.8% | 43.5% | 44.0% | 41.6% |
| San Carlos Unified School District | 44.1% | 45.2% | 43.3% | 42.0% |
| San Fernando Elementary School District | 44.0% | 51.5% | 54.9% | 49.1% |
| San Simon Unified School District | 47.1% | 50.8% | 50.2% | 51.3% |
| Sanders Unified School District | 41.5% | 42.7% | 39.6% | 42.7% |
| Santa Cruz Elementary School District | 49.1% | 49.7% | 50.0% | 51.6% |
| Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District | 50.5% | 50.2% | 51.5% | 51.4% |
| Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District | 41.7% | 43.7% | 41.6% | 43.0% |
| Scottsdale Unified School District | 53.6% | 53.6% | 54.4% | 56.0% |
| Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District | 51.7% | 51.0% | 52.3% | 49.5% |
| Seligman Unified School District | 46.7% | 46.8% | 46.6% | 48.8% |
| Sentinel Elementary School District | 50.8% | 50.4% | 48.7% | 48.5% |
| Show Low Unified School District | 56.9% | 58.5% | 58.7% | 58.0% |
| Sierra Vista Unified School District | 53.9% | 54.3% | 54.5% | 54.0% |
| Skull Valley Elementary School District | 46.4% | 42.7% | 47.9% | 48.6% |
| Snowflake Unified School District | 55.8% | 57.1% | 56.8% | 58.4% |
| Solomon Elementary School District | 45.6% | 50.0% | 49.3% | 48.6% |
| Somerton Elementary School District | 49.1% | 50.0% | 49.5% | 52.9% |
| Sonoita Elementary School District | 56.0% | 61.2% | 59.5% | 59.3% |
| St. David Unified School District | 52.6% | 52.4% | 53.7% | 47.8% |
| St. Johns Unified School District | 48.3% | 49.6% | 50.0% | 50.8% |
| Stanfield Elementary School District | 46.4% | 43.9% | 44.8% | 48.3% |
| Sunnyside Unified School District | 48.5% | 49.5% | 51.0% | 52.5% |
| Superior Unified School District | 49.5% | 48.4% | 50.2% | 49.0%xx |
| District name | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Tanque Verde Unified School District | 58.5% | 56.0% | 58.0% | 57.5% |
| Tempe Elementary School District | 52.5% | 52.1% | 52.4% | 53.5% |
| Tempe Union High School District | 54.1% | 54.0% | 53.4% | 53.6% |
| Thatcher Unified School District | 61.6% | 61.1% | 60.6% | 61.1% |
| Tolleson Elementary School District | 52.3% | 52.9% | 51.9% | 52.2% |
| Tolleson Union High School District | 55.3% | 53.3% | 52.9% | 54.4% |
| Toltec Elementary School District | 45.2% | 53.7% | 51.9% | 51.7% |
| Tombstone Unified School District | 47.5% | 44.9% | 46.5% | 49.6% |
| Tonto Basin Elementary School District | 47.7% | 43.2% | 45.5% | 50.5% |
| Topock Elementary School District | 46.5% | 46.1% | 49.5% | 48.7% |
| Tuba City Unified School District | 41.2% | 42.2% | 43.7% | 46.9% |
| Tucson Unified School District | 48.8% | 50.9% | 51.1% | 52.1% |
| Union Elementary School District | 51.0% | 53.0% | 52.5% | 51.7% |
| Vail Unified School District | 51.4% | 51.4% | 52.6% | 52.4% |
| Valentine Elementary School District | 55.4% | 57.3% | 54.3% | 60.6% |
| Valley Union High School District | 52.8% | 53.5% | 55.5% | 51.2% |
| Vernon Elementary School District | 43.1% | 46.5% | 46.5% | 48.5% |
| Washington Elementary School District | 53.7% | 53.7% | 53.8% | 55.6% |
| Wellton Elementary School District | 54.8% | 51.1% | 47.5% | 49.3% |
| Wenden Elementary School District | 45.4% | 40.2% | 43.3% | 44.3% |
| Whiteriver Unified School District | 47.5% | 49.0% | 47.8% | 48.2% |
| Wickenburg Unified School District | 47.9% | 47.0% | 48.5% | 48.8% |
| Willcox Unified School District | 57.2% | 56.8% | 56.0% | 56.8% |
| Williams Unified School District | 52.3% | 53.0% | 54.7% | 55.2% |
| Wilson Elementary School District | 56.4% | 56.8% | 56.2% | 55.3% |
| Window Rock Unified School District | 44.7% | 48.9% | 48.1% | 48.3% |
| Winslow Unified School District | 50.0% | 49.6% | 50.8% | 51.0% |
| Yarnell Elementary School District | 50.3% | 52.5% | 51.3% | 48.5% |
| Young Elementary School District | 53.1% | 52.7% | 51.1% | 54.2% |
| Yucca Elementary School District | 45.0% | 55.7% | 56.4% | 57.8% |
| Yuma Elementary School District | 48.8% | 48.7% | 49.3% | 50.1% |
| Yuma Union High School District | 46.1% | 47.1% | 48.8% | 48.6% |