PublicWeave
Rankings › Arizona › School Districts

Arizona School Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 233
Median expenditures $13.0M
25th–75th percentile $2.5M  –  $48.7M
Total spend $11.43B
  1. #1
    MESA Unified School District
    FY 2022 pop. 58,859
    Expenditures $790.8M
    Revenue $748.8M
  2. #2
    Tucson Unified School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 42,002
    Expenditures $538.9M
    Revenue $567.4M
  3. #3
    Chandler Unified School District 80
    FY 2022 pop. 43,923
    Expenditures $507.7M
    Revenue $544.5M
  4. #4
    Paradise Valley School District 69 AND 217
    FY 2022 pop. 28,707
    Expenditures $407.8M
    Revenue $409.3M
  5. #5
    Phoenix Union HIGH School District 210
    FY 2022 pop. 27,890
    Expenditures $405.0M
    Revenue $491.9M
  6. #6
    Peoria Unified School District 11
    FY 2022 pop. 36,741
    Expenditures $369.2M
    Revenue $416.5M
  7. #7
    DEER Valley Unified School District
    FY 2022 pop. 33,353
    Expenditures $362.7M
    Revenue $384.9M
  8. #8
    Gilbert School District 41
    FY 2022 pop. 33,775
    Expenditures $362.7M
    Revenue $399.8M
  9. #9
    Scottsdale Unified School District 48
    FY 2022 pop. 21,428
    Expenditures $270.2M
    Revenue $294.5M
  10. #10
    Dysart School District 89
    FY 2022 pop. 23,596
    Expenditures $269.7M
    Revenue $287.5M
  11. #11
    Washington School District 6
    FY 2022 pop. 19,796
    Expenditures $244.3M
    Revenue $267.2M
  12. #12
    Cartwright School District 83
    FY 2022 pop. 14,826
    Expenditures $236.9M
    Revenue $223.4M
  13. #13
    Glendale Union HIGH School District 205
    FY 2022 pop. 16,695
    Expenditures $227.2M
    Revenue $211.2M
  14. #14
    Tolleson Union HIGH School District 214
    FY 2022 pop. 13,335
    Expenditures $212.5M
    Revenue $178.5M
  15. #15
    Queen Creek School District 95
    FY 2022 pop. 12,592
    Expenditures $206.9M
    Revenue $197.6M
  16. #16
    Kyrene School District 28
    FY 2022 pop. 15,128
    Expenditures $178.8M
    Revenue $187.1M
  17. #17
    Sunnyside School District 12
    FY 2022 pop. 14,569
    Expenditures $159.1M
    Revenue $173.1M
  18. #18
    VAIL Unified School District
    FY 2022 pop. 14,258
    Expenditures $155.4M
    Revenue $163.4M
  19. #19
    AGUA FRIA Union HIGH School District 216
    FY 2022 pop. 9,219
    Expenditures $155.4M
    Revenue $113.9M
  20. #20
    Tempe Elementary School District 3
    FY 2022 pop. 11,108
    Expenditures $154.4M
    Revenue $154.1M
  21. #21
    Amphitheater School District 10
    FY 2022 pop. 12,396
    Expenditures $144.5M
    Revenue $163.2M
  22. #22
    Marana Unified School District 6
    FY 2022 pop. 12,650
    Expenditures $140.4M
    Revenue $151.9M
  23. #23
    YUMA Union HIGH School District 70
    FY 2022 pop. 11,068
    Expenditures $139.3M
    Revenue $156.7M
  24. #24
    Alhambra ELEM School District 68
    FY 2022 pop. 10,256
    Expenditures $139.1M
    Revenue $149.2M
  25. #25
    Flagstaff School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 9,106
    Expenditures $138.8M
    Revenue $113.6M
  26. #26
    Tempe Union HIGH School District 213
    FY 2022 pop. 12,997
    Expenditures $136.7M
    Revenue $159.3M
  27. #27
    Higley Unified School District
    FY 2022 pop. 13,163
    Expenditures $131.8M
    Revenue $152.6M
  28. #28
    Roosevelt School District 66
    FY 2022 pop. 7,333
    Expenditures $126.5M
    Revenue $149.8M
  29. #29
    Maricopa School District 20
    FY 2022 pop. 8,085
    Expenditures $123.0M
    Revenue $132.0M
  30. #30
    Glendale Elementary School District 40
    FY 2022 pop. 9,915
    Expenditures $105.6M
    Revenue $129.5M
  31. #31
    Litchfield Elementary School District 79
    FY 2022 pop. 10,936
    Expenditures $103.4M
    Revenue $115.8M
  32. #32
    Pendergast School District 92
    FY 2022 pop. 8,017
    Expenditures $98.1M
    Revenue $97.8M
  33. #33
    YUMA Elementary School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 8,772
    Expenditures $91.5M
    Revenue $108.7M
  34. #34
    Florence Unified School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 9,654
    Expenditures $90.5M
    Revenue $110.6M
  35. #35
    Phoenix Elementary School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 5,415
    Expenditures $86.6M
    Revenue $90.8M
  36. #36
    Kingman Unified School District 20
    FY 2022 pop. 7,045
    Expenditures $80.4M
    Revenue $76.5M
  37. #37
    Laveen School District 59
    FY 2022 pop. 7,551
    Expenditures $79.6M
    Revenue $84.8M
  38. #38
    Isaac School District 5
    FY 2022 pop. 5,272
    Expenditures $77.1M
    Revenue $61.7M
  39. #39
    CASA Grande School District 4
    FY 2022 pop. 6,518
    Expenditures $75.5M
    Revenue $81.7M
  40. #40
    Madison Elementary School District 38
    FY 2022 pop. 5,802
    Expenditures $75.2M
    Revenue $84.7M
  41. #41
    Creighton Elementary School District 14
    FY 2022 pop. 5,308
    Expenditures $71.3M
    Revenue $77.1M
  42. #42
    Buckeye School District 33
    FY 2022 pop. 5,723
    Expenditures $70.0M
    Revenue $69.5M
  43. #43
    Chinle Unified School District 24
    FY 2022 pop. 3,236
    Expenditures $67.9M
    Revenue $71.5M
  44. #44
    Avondale School District 44
    FY 2022 pop. 5,799
    Expenditures $65.4M
    Revenue $71.3M
  45. #45
    Littleton Elementary School District 65
    FY 2022 pop. 5,685
    Expenditures $61.9M
    Revenue $71.2M
  46. #46
    Flowing Wells School District 8
    FY 2022 pop. 5,450
    Expenditures $60.5M
    Revenue $63.7M
  47. #47
    Crane School District 13
    FY 2022 pop. 6,074
    Expenditures $58.1M
    Revenue $68.4M
  48. #48
    Sahuarita School District 30
    FY 2022 pop. 6,376
    Expenditures $57.8M
    Revenue $71.9M
  49. #49
    Buckeye Union HIGH School District 201
    FY 2022 pop. 5,176
    Expenditures $57.8M
    Revenue $64.7M
  50. #50
    EAST Valley Institute OF Technology District
    FY 2022 pop. 213
    Expenditures $57.2M
    Revenue $63.4M
  51. #51
    Nogales Unified School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 5,514
    Expenditures $57.1M
    Revenue $63.7M
  52. #52
    Santa CRUZ Valley School District 35
    FY 2022 pop. 3,636
    Expenditures $57.0M
    Revenue $57.6M
  53. #53
    Liberty School District 25
    FY 2022 pop. 4,250
    Expenditures $56.5M
    Revenue $55.8M
  54. #54
    Catalina Foothills School District 16
    FY 2022 pop. 5,319
    Expenditures $56.4M
    Revenue $60.9M
  55. #55
    Gadsden School District 32
    FY 2022 pop. 5,049
    Expenditures $56.4M
    Revenue $59.8M
  56. #56
    Humboldt Unified School District 22
    FY 2022 pop. 5,518
    Expenditures $54.8M
    Revenue $62.3M
  57. #57
    Douglas Unified School District 27
    FY 2022 pop. 3,898
    Expenditures $51.9M
    Revenue $55.0M
  58. #58
    Saddle Mountain Unified School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,854
    Expenditures $49.0M
    Revenue $32.7M
  59. #59
    LAKE Havasu Unified School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 5,463
    Expenditures $48.7M
    Revenue $58.1M
  60. #60
    Sierra Vista Unified School District 68
    FY 2022 pop. 4,877
    Expenditures $48.7M
    Revenue $49.3M
  61. #61
    CAVE Creek Unified School District 93
    FY 2022 pop. 4,851
    Expenditures $46.0M
    Revenue $52.8M
  62. #62
    Whiteriver Unified School District 20
    FY 2022 pop. 2,259
    Expenditures $43.8M
    Revenue $43.5M
  63. #63
    J O Combs Unified School District 44
    FY 2022 pop. 4,597
    Expenditures $43.5M
    Revenue $47.4M
  64. #64
    CASA Grande Union HIGH School District 82
    FY 2022 pop. 3,822
    Expenditures $43.2M
    Revenue $51.1M
  65. #65
    Fowler School District 45
    FY 2022 pop. 3,759
    Expenditures $42.3M
    Revenue $38.5M
  66. #66
    Tanque Verde Unified School District 13
    FY 2022 pop. 2,218
    Expenditures $40.8M
    Revenue $52.7M
  67. #67
    Prescott Unified School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 3,827
    Expenditures $38.7M
    Revenue $39.5M
  68. #68
    Apache Junction Unified School District 43
    FY 2022 pop. 3,072
    Expenditures $38.4M
    Revenue $34.6M
  69. #69
    Somerton School District 11
    FY 2022 pop. 2,796
    Expenditures $36.9M
    Revenue $38.6M
  70. #70
    Kayenta Unified School District 27
    FY 2022 pop. 1,641
    Expenditures $35.9M
    Revenue $32.8M
  71. #71
    Osborn School District 8
    FY 2022 pop. 2,651
    Expenditures $34.5M
    Revenue $44.8M
  72. #72
    Western Maricopa Education Center
    FY 2022 pop. 445
    Expenditures $33.3M
    Revenue $76.3M
  73. #73
    Balsz School District 31
    FY 2022 pop. 2,278
    Expenditures $33.2M
    Revenue $29.6M
  74. #74
    Safford School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 2,935
    Expenditures $32.7M
    Revenue $34.6M
  75. #75
    PAGE School District 8
    FY 2022 pop. 2,497
    Expenditures $32.3M
    Revenue $35.3M
  76. #76
    Coolidge School District 21
    FY 2022 pop. 2,418
    Expenditures $32.2M
    Revenue $32.6M
  77. #77
    Tolleson Elementary School District 17
    FY 2022 pop. 2,867
    Expenditures $32.1M
    Revenue $37.4M
  78. #78
    Window ROCK Consolidated School District 8
    FY 2022 pop. 1,695
    Expenditures $31.4M
    Revenue $37.9M
  79. #79
    TUBA CITY Unified School District 15
    FY 2022 pop. 1,481
    Expenditures $29.8M
    Revenue $31.3M
  80. #80
    Payson Unified School District 10
    FY 2022 pop. 2,339
    Expenditures $29.1M
    Revenue $36.1M
  81. #81
    Holbrook Unified School District 3
    FY 2022 pop. 1,805
    Expenditures $28.7M
    Revenue $29.5M
  82. #82
    SAN Carlos Unified School District 20
    FY 2022 pop. 1,369
    Expenditures $28.7M
    Revenue $29.2M
  83. #83
    Indian Oasis-baboquivara Unified School District 40
    FY 2022 pop. 1,021
    Expenditures $28.2M
    Revenue $20.4M
  84. #84
    Pinon School Unified School District 4
    FY 2022 pop. 938
    Expenditures $27.7M
    Revenue $25.1M
  85. #85
    Parker School District 27
    FY 2022 pop. 1,866
    Expenditures $26.1M
    Revenue $26.6M
  86. #86
    Bullhead CITY School District 15
    FY 2022 pop. 2,382
    Expenditures $25.9M
    Revenue $28.1M
  87. #87
    Snowflake Unified School District 5
    FY 2022 pop. 2,725
    Expenditures $25.8M
    Revenue $30.5M
  88. #88
    Winslow Unified School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 1,843
    Expenditures $25.5M
    Revenue $31.3M
  89. #89
    SHOW LOW Unified School District 10
    FY 2022 pop. 2,568
    Expenditures $24.1M
    Revenue $28.7M
  90. #90
    Chino Valley Unified School District 51
    FY 2022 pop. 2,402
    Expenditures $24.1M
    Revenue $28.0M
  91. #91
    BLUE Ridge Unified School District 32
    FY 2022 pop. 1,870
    Expenditures $22.7M
    Revenue $25.8M
  92. #92
    Colorado R Union HIGH School District 2
    FY 2022 pop. 1,874
    Expenditures $20.5M
    Revenue $24.9M
  93. #93
    Cottonwood-oak Creek Elementary School District 6
    FY 2022 pop. 1,835
    Expenditures $20.1M
    Revenue $24.4M
  94. #94
    Morenci Unified District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,482
    Expenditures $19.3M
    Revenue $21.8M
  95. #95
    Ganado Unified School District 20
    FY 2022 pop. 1,064
    Expenditures $18.8M
    Revenue $22.8M
  96. #96
    Murphy School District 21
    FY 2022 pop. 1,278
    Expenditures $18.6M
    Revenue $21.4M
  97. #97
    Union School District 62
    FY 2022 pop. 1,715
    Expenditures $18.4M
    Revenue $19.2M
  98. #98
    FORT Huachuca Accommodation School
    FY 2022 pop. 866
    Expenditures $17.4M
    Revenue $14.6M
  99. #99
    Round Valley Unified School Disrict 10
    FY 2022 pop. 1,401
    Expenditures $17.3M
    Revenue $17.4M
  100. #100
    Globe School District 1
    FY 2022 pop. 1,588
    Expenditures $17.2M
    Revenue $18.1M