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Washington Elementary School District (4260), AZ: schools, enrollment and spending
Washington Elementary School District (4260) runs 33 public schools with 18,816 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 17.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Arizona figure of 17.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 33
- Students
- 18,816
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,110
- Students per teacher
- 17.0
- AZ: 17.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4650 W Sweetwater Ave, Glendale, AZ 85304
- Phone
- (602)347-2600
- County
- Maricopa County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0409060
- State district ID
- AZ-4260
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,639
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 85.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.0
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 (20,183), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $244.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $55.1 million
- State revenue
- $112.6 million
- Local revenue
- $76.3 million
- Total spending
- $238.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,827
- Salaries
- $127.6 million53.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $102.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 22.6%
- State: 46.1%
- Local: 31.3%
Arizona overall
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 36.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,827
Arizona$11,583
United States$16,826
Schools in Washington Elementary School District (4260)
By level: 5 middle, 28 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Abraham Lincoln Traditional SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 593 | 19.1 |
| Acacia Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 806 | 21.2 |
| Alta Vista Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 531 | 19.0 |
| Arroyo Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 504 | 15.8 |
| Cactus Wren Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 413 | 14.2 |
| Chaparral Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 415 | 14.3 |
| Cholla Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 681 | 17.9 |
| Desert Foothills Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 621 | 15.5 |
| Desert View Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 344 | 13.2 |
| Ironwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 434 | 16.1 |
| John Jacobs Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 439 | 15.7 |
| Lakeview Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 458 | 18.3 |
| Lookout Mountain SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 979 | 20.4 |
| Manzanita Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 539 | 15.9 |
| Maryland Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 594 | 17.0 |
| Moon Mountain SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 474 | 14.4 |
| Mountain Sky Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 672 | 21.7 |
| Mountain View Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 903 | 15.8 |
| Ocotillo SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 604 | 17.8 |
| Orangewood SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 797 | 19.0 |
| Palo Verde Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 797 | 18.1 |
| Richard E Miller SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 414 | 17.2 |
| Roadrunner Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 629 | 21.7 |
| Royal Palm Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 465 | 17.2 |
| Sahuaro SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 560 | 16.5 |
| Shaw Butte SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 688 | 16.0 |
| Sunburst SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 556 | 19.2 |
| Sunnyslope Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 684 | 18.5 |
| Sunset SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 497 | 18.4 |
| Sweetwater SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 483 | 10.5 |
| Tumbleweed Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 441 | 15.8 |
| Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 720 | 17.1 |
| Washington Elementary School District Online Learning Academ | Elementary | K to 8 | 81 |
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
- 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
- Kyrene Elementary District (4267) 13,313 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.