Regular local school district · Maricopa County
Litchfield Elementary District (4281), AZ: schools, enrollment and spending
Litchfield Elementary District (4281) runs 19 public schools with 10,755 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 20.2 students per teacher is 2.5 higher than the Arizona figure of 17.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 10,755
- Teachers (FTE)
- 533
- Students per teacher
- 20.2
- AZ: 17.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 272 E Sagebrush St, Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
- Phone
- (623)535-6000
- County
- Maricopa County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0404380
- State district ID
- AZ-4281
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,321
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 512 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 30.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.2
Arizona17.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (10,254), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $101.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.3 million
- State revenue
- $52.2 million
- Local revenue
- $37.1 million
- Total spending
- $95.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,327
- Salaries
- $56.7 million59.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $43.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 51.3%
- Local: 36.5%
Arizona overall
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 36.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,327
Arizona$11,583
United States$16,826
Schools in Litchfield Elementary District (4281)
By level: 3 middle, 13 elementary, 3 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Barbara B. Robey Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 595 | 18.6 |
| Belen Soto Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 1,123 | 23.9 |
| Corte Sierra Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 564 | 20.1 |
| Dreaming Summit Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 655 | 18.2 |
| L. Thomas Heck Middle School | Elementary | K to 8 | 471 | 12.7 |
| Litchfield Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 653 | 19.8 |
| Litchfield Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Mabel Padgett Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 664 | 19.0 |
| Palm Valley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 643 | 20.7 |
| Palm Valley Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Rancho Santa Fe Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 482 | 17.9 |
| Rancho Santa Fe Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Scott L Libby Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 560 | 19.3 |
| Verrado Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 847 | 21.2 |
| Verrado Heritage Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 1,014 | 22.0 |
| Verrado Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 731 | 21.5 |
| Western Sky Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 952 | 26.4 |
| White Tanks Learning Center | Elementary | K to 8 | 19 | 6.3 |
| Wigwam Creek Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 782 | 21.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Maricopa County
- Mesa Unified District (4235) 55,821 students
- Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) 41,421 students
- Peoria Unified School District (4237) 34,436 students
- Deer Valley Unified District (4246) 32,265 students
- Gilbert Unified District (4239) 31,560 students
- Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) 26,183 students
- Phoenix Union High School District (4286) 25,800 students
- Dysart Unified District (4243) 23,078 students
- Scottsdale Unified District (4240) 20,682 students
- Washington Elementary School District (4260) 18,816 students
- Glendale Union High School District (4285) 16,092 students
- American Leadership Academy Inc. (4348) 15,291 students
- Queen Creek Unified District (4245) 15,065 students
- Tolleson Union High School District (4288) 13,931 students
- Cartwright Elementary District (4282) 13,436 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.