Regular local school district · Gila County
Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215), AZ: schools, enrollment and spending
Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215) runs 1 public school with 79 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 26.3 students per teacher is 8.6 higher than the Arizona figure of 17.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 79
- Teachers (FTE)
- 3
- Students per teacher
- 26.3
- AZ: 17.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 445 S. Old West Hwy 188, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553
- Phone
- (928)479-2277
- County
- Gila County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0405760
- State district ID
- AZ-4215
- Total staff (FTE)
- 18
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district26.3
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 (69), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $209,000
- State revenue
- $587,000
- Local revenue
- $921,000
- Total spending
- $2.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $30,087
- Salaries
- $909,00043.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.2%
- State: 34.2%
- Local: 53.6%
Arizona overall
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 36.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$30,087
Arizona$11,583
United States$16,826
Schools in Tonto Basin Elementary District (4215)
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Tonto Basin Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 79 | 26.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Gila County
- Payson Unified District (4209) 2,200 students
- Globe Unified District (4208) 1,644 students
- San Carlos Unified District (4210) 1,438 students
- Miami Unified District (4211) 929 students
- Destiny School Inc. (6258) 376 students
- Hayden-Winkelman Unified District (4212) 306 students
- Pine Strawberry Elementary District (4214) 97 students
- Liberty High School (4216) 76 students
- Young Elementary District (4213) 46 students
- Gila County Regional School District (87600) 10 students
- Gila County Sheriff's Office (79544) 0 students
- Gila County Juvenile Detention (79494)
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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.