Budget Reports
FUSD School District Spending for Fiscal Year 2020
Report provided by the Arizona Auditor General yearly to every school district in Arizona
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Text Based Arizona Auditor General Arizona School District Spending Report Fiscal Year 2020
This document provides a text-based representation of the numbers and other information presented in the graphics on Flagstaff Unified School District’s summary page. All data is for fiscal year 2020 unless otherwise noted.
Descriptive information
District name: Flagstaff Unified School District County: Coconino
Operational peer group: 2 Transportation peer group: 5 Legislative district(s): 6 and 7 District location: City Number of schools: 15
Graduation rate for fiscal year 2019: 87% Students attending: 9,080
District size: Large
5-year change in students attending: 3% decrease Special education population: 14%
English learner population: 4% Poverty rate for fiscal year 2019: 9% Free/reduced meal eligibility: 39%
Pie chart showing spending by operational area
Instruction: 52.8%
Peer average instruction: 54.7%
Classroom spending, which includes instruction, student support, and instruction support spending: 70.6%
Instruction: 52.8%
Student support: 8.6%
Instruction support: 9.2%
Nonclassroom spending, which includes administration, plant operations, food service, and transportation spending: 29.4%
Administration: 9.1%
Plant operations: 10.5%
Food service: 2.9%
Transportation: 6.9%
Table showing operational measures relative to peer averages
Operational area—Administration
District administration cost per pupil: $903
Peer average administration cost per pupil: $855
District’s administration cost per pupil relative to peer average: High State average administration cost per pupil: $936
District students per administrative position: 71
Peer average students per administrative position: 65 State average students per administrative position: 65
Operational area—Plant operations
District plant operations cost per square foot: $5.74
Peer average plant operations cost per square foot: $6.79
District’s plant operations cost per square foot relative to peer average: Very Low State average plant operations cost per square foot: $6.55
District plant operations square footage per student: 181
Peer average plant operations square footage per student: 147
District’s plant operations square footage per student relative to peer average: Very High State average plant operations square footage per student: 160
Operational area—Food service
District food service cost per meal: $3.87
Peer average food service cost per meal: $3.89
District’s food service cost per meal relative to peer average: Comparable State average food service cost per meal: $3.46
Operational area—Transportation
District transportation cost per mile: $4.45
Peer average transportation cost per mile: $3.77
District’s transportation cost per mile relative to peer average: Very High State average transportation cost per mile: $4.28
District transportation cost per rider: $2,112
Peer average transportation cost per rider: $1,776
District’s transportation cost per rider relative to peer average: Very High State average transportation cost per rider: $1,370
Table showing per pupil spending
Operational spending
2019 District instruction per pupil spending: $5,039
2020 District instruction per pupil spending: $5,226
2020 Peer average instruction per pupil spending: $4,636
2020 State average instruction per pupil spending: $5,016
2019 District student support per pupil spending: $794
2020 District student support per pupil spending: $846
2020 Peer average student support per pupil spending: $715
2020 State average student support per pupil spending: $796
2019 District instruction support per pupil spending: $898
2020 District instruction support per pupil spending: $912
2020 Peer average instruction support per pupil spending: $514
2020 State average instruction support per pupil spending: $513
2019 District administration per pupil spending: $894
2020 District administration per pupil spending: $903
2020 Peer average administration per pupil spending: $855
2020 State average administration per pupil spending: $936
2019 District plant operations per pupil spending: $1,088
2020 District plant operations per pupil spending: $1,037
2020 Peer average plant operations per pupil spending: $988
2020 State average plant operations per pupil spending: $1,048
2019 District food service per pupil spending: $308
2020 District food service per pupil spending: $287
2020 Peer average food service per pupil spending: $362
2020 State average food service per pupil spending: $432
2019 District transportation per pupil spending: $634
2020 District transportation per pupil spending: $682
2020 Peer average transportation per pupil spending: $386
2020 State average transportation per pupil spending: $395
2019 District total operational per pupil spending: $9,655
2020 District total operational per pupil spending: $9,893
2020 Peer average total operational per pupil spending: $8,456
2020 State average total operational per pupil spending: $9,136
Nonoperational spending
2019 District land and buildings per pupil spending: $373
2020 District land and buildings per pupil spending: $1,370
2020 Peer average land and buildings per pupil spending: $1,754
2020 State average land and buildings per pupil spending: $1,053
2019 District equipment per pupil spending: $422
2020 District equipment per pupil spending: $823
2020 Peer average equipment per pupil spending: $553
2020 State average equipment per pupil spending: $533
2019 District interest per pupil spending: $120
2020 District interest per pupil spending: $223
2020 Peer average interest per pupil spending: $345
2020 State average interest per pupil spending: $273
2019 District other per pupil spending: $213
2020 District other per pupil spending: $193
2020 Peer average other per pupil spending: $153
2020 State average other per pupil spending: $175
2019 District total nonoperational per pupil spending: $1,128
2020 District total nonoperational per pupil spending: $2,609
2020 Peer average total nonoperational per pupil spending: $2,805
2020 State average total nonoperational per pupil spending: $2,034
Spending totals
2019 District total per pupil spending: $10,783
2020 District total per pupil spending: $12,502
2020 Peer average total per pupil spending: $11,261
2020 State average total per pupil spending: $11,170
Bar chart showing the percentage point change in spending by operational area (fiscal year 2015 versus 2020)
Instruction: -0.7%
Student support: 1.0%
Instruction support: 0.5%
Administration: 0.3%
Plant operations: -2.2%
Food service: -0.7%
Transportation: 1.8%
Table showing lowest, highest, and 2 most recent fiscal years’ instructional spending percentages between 2001 and 2020
Fiscal year of lowest instructional spending percentage: 2017 Lowest instructional spending percentage: 51.9%
Fiscal year of highest instructional spending percentage: 2003 Highest instructional spending percentage: 61.3%
2019 instructional spending percentage: 52.2%
2020 instructional spending percentage: 52.8%
Table showing COVID-19 federal relief grant spending
Districts can use COVID-19 federal relief grants from March 2020 through September 2022. The following amounts were used by June 30, 2020.
District total federal relief grant spending: $0
Peer average total federal relief grant spending: $555,597 District per pupil federal relief grant spending: $0
Peer average per pupil federal relief grant spending: $49
Line graph and table showing average teacher salary and other measures
2017 District average teacher salary: $43,134
2018 District average teacher salary: $44,896
2019 District average teacher salary: $44,418
2020 District average teacher salary: $45,878
2017 District amount from Prop 301: $5,702
2018 District amount from Prop 301: $7,008
2019 District amount from Prop 301: $6,700
2020 District amount from Prop 301: $9,187
2017 State average teacher salary: $48,372
2018 State average teacher salary: $48,951
2019 State average teacher salary: $52,441
2020 State average teacher salary: $54,814
2017 District students per teacher: 16.2
2018 District students per teacher: 16.3
2019 District students per teacher: 15.9
2020 District students per teacher: 15.7
2017 District average years of teacher experience: 12.2%
2018 District average years of teacher experience: 12.0%
2019 District average years of teacher experience: 12.2%
2020 District average years of teacher experience: 12.5%
2017 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years: 20%
2018 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years: 19%
2019 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years: 19%
2020 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years: 19%
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Text Based Arizona Auditor General Arizona School District Spending Report Fiscal Year 2019
This document provides a text-based representation of the numbers and other information presented in the graphics on Flagstaff Unified School District’s summary page. All data is for fiscal year 2019 unless otherwise noted.
Descriptive information
- District name: Flagstaff Unified School District
- County: Coconino
- Operational peer group: 2
- Transportation peer group: T-5
- Student achievement peer group: 2
- Legislative district(s): 6 and 7
- District location: City
- Number of schools: 15
- Graduation rate for fiscal year 2018: 86%
- Students attending: 9,178
- District size: Large
- 5-year change in students attending: 1% decrease
- Special education population: 15%
- English learner population: 4%
- Poverty rate for fiscal year 2018: 12%
- Free/reduced meal eligibility: 41%
Table showing District’s instructional spending percentage by fiscal year
- 2001 instructional spending percentage: 61.3%
- 2002 instructional spending percentage: 60.7%
- 2003 instructional spending percentage: 61.3%
- 2004 instructional spending percentage: 58.4%
- 2005 instructional spending percentage: 57.9%
- 2006 instructional spending percentage: 58.3%
- 2007 instructional spending percentage: 58.5%
- 2008 instructional spending percentage: 56.9%
- 2009 instructional spending percentage: 57.2%
- 2010 instructional spending percentage: 56.1%
- 2011 instructional spending percentage: 57.0%
- 2012 instructional spending percentage: 54.8%
- 2013 instructional spending percentage: 54.2%
- 2014 instructional spending percentage: 53.6%
- 2015 instructional spending percentage: 53.5%
- 2016 instructional spending percentage: 52.5%
- 2017 instructional spending percentage: 51.9%
- 2018 instructional spending percentage: 53.0%
- 2019 instructional spending percentage: 52.2%
Pie chart showing spending by operational area
- Instruction: 52.2%
- Peer average instruction: 54.0%
- Classroom spending, which includes instruction, student support, and instruction support spending: 69.7%
- Instruction: 52.2%
- Student support: 8.2%
- Instruction support: 9.3%
- Nonclassroom spending, which includes administration, plant operations, food service, and transportation spending: 30.3%
- Administration: 9.2%
- Plant operations: 11.3%
- Food service: 3.2%
- Transportation: 6.6%
Table showing operational measures relative to peer averages
- Operational area—Administration
- District administration cost per pupil: $894
- Peer average administration cost per pupil: $842
- District’s administration cost per pupil relative to peer average: High State average administration cost per pupil: $903
- District students per administrative position: 74
- Peer average students per administrative position: 66 State average students per administrative position: 66
Operational area—Plant operations
- District plant operations cost per square foot: $6.09
- Peer average plant operations cost per square foot: $6.59
- District’s plant operations cost per square foot relative to peer average: Low State average plant operations cost per square foot: $6.49
- District plant operations square footage per student: 179
- Peer average plant operations square footage per student: 150
- District’s plant operations square footage per student relative to peer average: Very High State average plant operations square footage per student: 158
Operational area—Food service
- District food service cost per meal: $3.48
- Peer average food service cost per meal: $3.25
- District’s food service cost per meal relative to peer average: High State average food service cost per meal: $3.08
- Operational area—Transportation
- District transportation cost per mile: $3.83
- Peer average transportation cost per mile: $4.10
- District’s transportation cost per mile relative to peer average: Low State average transportation cost per mile: $4.29
- District transportation cost per rider: $1,549
- Peer average transportation cost per rider: $1,775
- District’s transportation cost per rider relative to peer average: Low State average transportation cost per rider: $1,424
Table showing per pupil spending
Operational spending
- 2018 District instruction per pupil spending: $4,657 2019 District instruction per pupil spending: $5,039
- 2019 Peer average instruction per pupil spending: $4,521 2019 State average instruction per pupil spending: $4,869 2018 District student support per pupil spending: $687 2019 District student support per pupil spending: $794
- 2019 Peer average student support per pupil spending: $688 2019 State average student support per pupil spending: $754 2018 District instruction support per pupil spending: $788 2019 District instruction support per pupil spending: $898
- 2019 Peer average instruction support per pupil spending: $540 2019 State average instruction support per pupil spending: $497 2018 District administration per pupil spending: $769
- 2019 District administration per pupil spending: $894
- 2019 Peer average administration per pupil spending: $842 2019 State average administration per pupil spending: $903 2018 District plant operations per pupil spending: $1,044 2019 District plant operations per pupil spending: $1,088 2019 Peer average plant operations per pupil spending: $976
- 2019 State average plant operations per pupil spending: $1,027 2018 District food service per pupil spending: $286
- 2019 District food service per pupil spending: $308
- 2019 Peer average food service per pupil spending: $358 2019 State average food service per pupil spending: $438 2018 District transportation per pupil spending: $550 2019 District transportation per pupil spending: $634
- 2019 Peer average transportation per pupil spending: $457 2019 State average transportation per pupil spending: $417 2018 District total operational per pupil spending: $8,781 2019 District total operational per pupil spending: $9,655
- 2019 Peer average total operational per pupil spending: $8,382 2019 State average total operational per pupil spending: $8,905
Nonoperational spending
- 2018 District land and buildings per pupil spending: $442 2019 District land and buildings per pupil spending: $373
- 2019 Peer average land and buildings per pupil spending: $1,683 2019 State average land and buildings per pupil spending: $1,086 2018 District equipment per pupil spending: $577
- 2019 District equipment per pupil spending: $422
- 2019 Peer average equipment per pupil spending: $540 2019 State average equipment per pupil spending: $496 2018 District interest per pupil spending: $147
- 2019 District interest per pupil spending: $120
- 2019 Peer average interest per pupil spending: $254 2019 State average interest per pupil spending: $261 2018 District other per pupil spending: $218
- 2019 District other per pupil spending: $213
- 2019 Peer average other per pupil spending: $172 2019 State average other per pupil spending: $180
- 2018 District total nonoperational per pupil spending: $1,384 2019 District total nonoperational per pupil spending: $1,128
- 2019 Peer average total nonoperational per pupil spending: $2,649 2019 State average total nonoperational per pupil spending: $2,023
Spending totals
- 2018 District total per pupil spending: $10,165 2019 District total per pupil spending: $10,783
- 2019 Peer average total per pupil spending: $11,031 2019 State average total per pupil spending: $10,928
Bar chart showing the percentage point change in spending by operational area (fiscal year 2014 versus 2019)
- Instruction: -1.4%
- Student support: 1.0%
- Instruction support: 0.3%
- Administration: 0.6%
- Plant operations: -1.9%
- Food service: -0.4%
- Transportation: 1.8%
Line graph and table showing average teacher salary and other measures
- 2017 District average teacher salary: $43,134 2018 District average teacher salary: $44,896 2019 District average teacher salary: $48,477 2017 District amount from Prop 301: $5,702 2018 District amount from Prop 301: $7,008 2019 District amount from Prop 301: $6,700 2017 State average teacher salary: $48,372
- 2018 State average teacher salary: $48,951 2019 State average teacher salary: $52,441 2017 District students per teacher: 16.2
- 2018 District students per teacher: 16.3
- 2019 District students per teacher: 15.9
2017 District average years of teacher experience:
12.2
2018 District average years of teacher experience:
12.0
2019 District average years of teacher experience:
12.2
2017 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years
: 20%
2018 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years
: 19%
2019 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years
: 19%
Bar chart showing the percentages of students who passed State assessments
- District percentage of students who passed State Math assessments: 32%
- Peer average percentage of students who passed State Math assessments: 46% State average percentage of students who passed State Math assessments: 41%
- District percentage of students who passed State English Language Arts assessments: 37%
- Peer average percentage of students who passed State English Language Arts assessments: 47% State average percentage of students who passed State English Language Arts assessments: 40% District percentage of students who passed State Science assessments: 46%
- Peer average percentage of students who passed State Science assessments: 56% State average percentage of students who passed State Science assessments: 50%
