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Somerton Elementary District (4500), AZ: schools, enrollment and spending
Somerton Elementary District (4500) runs 8 public schools with 2,986 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 20.0 students per teacher is 2.3 higher than the Arizona figure of 17.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,986
- Teachers (FTE)
- 149
- Students per teacher
- 20.0
- AZ: 17.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 343 N Carlisle Ave, Somerton, AZ 85350
- Phone
- (928)341-6000
- County
- Yuma County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0407890
- State district ID
- AZ-4500
- Total staff (FTE)
- 418
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 498 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.0
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 (2,832), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $28.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.7 million
- State revenue
- $18.4 million
- Local revenue
- $4.2 million
- Total spending
- $25.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $8,974
- Salaries
- $14.8 million58.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.0%
- State: 65.0%
- Local: 14.9%
Arizona overall
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 36.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$8,974
Arizona$11,583
United States$16,826
Schools in Somerton Elementary District (4500)
By level: 1 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bravie T. Soto Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 229 | 19.1 |
| Desert Sonora Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 406 | 17.7 |
| Encanto Learning CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 403 | 19.2 |
| Orange Grove Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 412 | 21.7 |
| Somerton Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 697 | 22.5 |
| Somerton Virtual Learning Institute | Elementary | K to 8 | 0 | |
| Sun Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 260 | 21.7 |
| Tierra Del Sol Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 579 | 18.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Yuma County
- Yuma Union High School District (4507) 11,217 students
- Yuma Elementary District (4499) 9,102 students
- Crane Elementary District (4501) 5,727 students
- Gadsden Elementary District (4505) 5,196 students
- Harvest Power Community Development Group Inc. (79501) 1,643 students
- Juniper Tree Academy (79064) 881 students
- Carpe Diem Collegiate High School (80001) 230 students
- Wellton Elementary District (4504) 209 students
- Antelope Union High School District (4506) 199 students
- Mohawk Valley Elementary District (4503) 156 students
- Yuma Private Industry Council Inc. (4509) 101 students
- Hyder Elementary District (4502) 88 students
- Yuma County Juvenile Justice Center (79524) 11 students
- Yuma County Sheriff's Office (79472) 9 students
- Southwest Technical Education District of Yuma (ST (92705) 8 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.