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Safford Unified District (4218), AZ: schools, enrollment and spending
Safford Unified District (4218) runs 6 public schools with 2,874 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 20.1 students per teacher is 2.4 higher than the Arizona figure of 17.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,874
- Teachers (FTE)
- 143
- Students per teacher
- 20.1
- AZ: 17.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 734 W 11th St, Safford, AZ 85546
- Phone
- (928)348-7000
- County
- Graham County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0407240
- State district ID
- AZ-4218
- Total staff (FTE)
- 294
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 575 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.1
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 (2,741), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $26.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.9 million
- State revenue
- $15.1 million
- Local revenue
- $6.6 million
- Total spending
- $25.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,410
- Salaries
- $16.0 million61.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.6%
- State: 56.7%
- Local: 24.7%
Arizona overall
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 36.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,410
Arizona$11,583
United States$16,826
Schools in Safford Unified District (4218)
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dorothy Stinson SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 539 | 19.2 |
| Lafe Nelson SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 471 | 22.4 |
| Mt Graham High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 86 | 17.2 |
| Ruth Powell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 575 | 20.5 |
| Safford High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 828 | 19.3 |
| Safford Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 375 | 20.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Graham County
- Thatcher Unified District (4219) 1,801 students
- Pima Unified District (4220) 1,033 students
- Fort Thomas Unified District (4221) 638 students
- Solomon Elementary District (4222) 179 students
- Discovery Plus Academy (6357) 119 students
- Triumphant Learning Center (4225) 101 students
- Bonita Elementary District (4224) 94 students
- Graham County Special Services (4217) 64 students
- Gila Institute for Technology (79387) 24 students
- Graham County School Superintendent (79543) 0 students
- Graham County Juvenile Detention (79539)
- Klondyke Elementary District (4223)
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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.