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Descriptive information

District name: Marana Unified School District County: Pima

Operational peer group: 2 Transportation peer group: 5 Legislative district(s): 9 and 11 District location: Suburb Number of schools: 17

Graduation rate for fiscal year 2019: 88% Students attending: 12,202

District size: Large

5-year change in students attending: 2% increase Special education population:  16%

English learner population: 2% Poverty rate for fiscal year 2019: 9% Free/reduced meal eligibility: 41%

Pie chart showing spending by operational area

Instruction: 55.4%

Peer average instruction: 54.7%

Classroom spending, which includes instruction, student support, and instruction support spending: 69.4%

Instruction: 55.4%

Student support: 8.8%

Instruction support: 5.2%

Nonclassroom spending, which includes administration, plant operations, food service, and transportation spending:  30.6%

Administration: 9.8%

Plant operations: 9.9%

Food service: 5.2%

Transportation: 5.7%

Table showing operational measures relative to peer averages

Operational area—Administration

District administration cost per pupil: $871

Peer average administration cost per pupil: $855

District’s administration cost per pupil relative to peer average: Comparable

State average administration cost per pupil: $936

District students per administrative position: 60

Peer average students per administrative position: 65 State average students per administrative position: 65

Operational area—Plant operations

District plant operations cost per square foot: $5.45

Peer average plant operations cost per square foot: $6.79

District’s plant operations cost per square foot relative to peer average: Very Low

State average plant operations cost per square foot: $6.55

District plant operations square footage per student: 161

Peer average plant operations square footage per student: 147

District’s plant operations square footage per student relative to peer average: High

State average plant operations square footage per student: 160

Operational area—Food service

District food service cost per meal: $5.72

Peer average food service cost per meal: $3.89

District’s food service cost per meal relative to peer average: Very High

State average food service cost per meal: $3.46

Operational area—Transportation

District transportation cost per mile: $2.79

Peer average transportation cost per mile: $3.77

District’s transportation cost per mile relative to peer average: Very Low

State average transportation cost per mile: $4.28

District transportation cost per rider: $1,199

Peer average transportation cost per rider: $1,776

District’s transportation cost per rider relative to peer average: Very Low

State average transportation cost per rider: $1,370

Table showing per pupil spending

Operational spending

2019 District instruction per pupil spending: $4,747

2020 District instruction per pupil spending: $4,910

2020 Peer average instruction per pupil spending: $4,636

2020 State average instruction per pupil spending: $5,016

2019 District student support per pupil spending: $738

2020 District student support per pupil spending: $781

2020 Peer average student support per pupil spending: $715

2020 State average student support per pupil spending: $796

2019 District instruction support per pupil spending: $430

2020 District instruction support per pupil spending: $461

2020 Peer average instruction support per pupil spending: $514

2020 State average instruction support per pupil spending: $513

2019 District administration per pupil spending: $850

2020 District administration per pupil spending: $871

2020 Peer average administration per pupil spending: $855

2020 State average administration per pupil spending: $936

2019 District plant operations per pupil spending: $904

2020 District plant operations per pupil spending: $877

2020 Peer average plant operations per pupil spending: $988

2020 State average plant operations per pupil spending: $1,048

2019 District food service per pupil spending: $380

2020 District food service per pupil spending: $459

2020 Peer average food service per pupil spending: $362

2020 State average food service per pupil spending: $432

2019 District transportation per pupil spending: $637

2020 District transportation per pupil spending: $500

2020 Peer average transportation per pupil spending: $386

2020 State average transportation per pupil spending: $395

2019 District total operational per pupil spending: $8,686

2020 District total operational per pupil spending: $8,859

2020 Peer average total operational per pupil spending: $8,456

2020 State average total operational per pupil spending: $9,136

Nonoperational spending

2019 District land and buildings per pupil spending: $2,846

2020 District land and buildings per pupil spending: $1,596

2020 Peer average land and buildings per pupil spending: $1,754

2020 State average land and buildings per pupil spending: $1,053

2019 District equipment per pupil spending: $515

2020 District equipment per pupil spending: $780

2020 Peer average equipment per pupil spending: $553

2020 State average equipment per pupil spending: $533

2019 District interest per pupil spending: $547

2020 District interest per pupil spending: $552

2020 Peer average interest per pupil spending: $345

2020 State average interest per pupil spending: $273

2019 District other per pupil spending: $204

2020 District other per pupil spending: $190

2020 Peer average other per pupil spending: $153

2020 State average other per pupil spending: $175

2019 District total nonoperational per pupil spending: $4,112

2020 District total nonoperational per pupil spending: $3,118

2020 Peer average total nonoperational per pupil spending: $2,805

2020 State average total nonoperational per pupil spending: $2,034

Spending totals

2019 District total per pupil spending: $12,798

2020 District total per pupil spending: $11,977

2020 Peer average total per pupil spending: $11,261

2020 State average total per pupil spending: $11,170

Bar chart showing the percentage point change in spending by operational area (fiscal year 2015 versus 2020)

Instruction: 2.1%

Student support: 0.9%

Instruction support: 0.3%

Administration: -0.5%

Plant operations: -1.8%

Food service: 0.5%

Transportation: -1.5%

Table showing lowest, highest, and 2 most recent fiscal years’ instructional spending percentages between 2001 and 2020

Fiscal year of lowest instructional spending percentage: 2001 Lowest instructional spending percentage: 52.9%

Fiscal year of highest instructional spending percentage: 2004 Highest instructional spending percentage: 59.2%

2019 instructional spending percentage: 54.6%

2020 instructional spending percentage: 55.4%

Table showing COVID-19 federal relief grant spending

Districts can use COVID-19 federal relief grants from March 2020 through September 2022. The following amounts were used by June 30, 2020.

District total federal relief grant spending: $1,503,221 Peer average total federal relief grant spending: $555,597 District per pupil federal relief grant spending: $123

Peer average per pupil federal relief grant spending: $49

Line graph and table showing average teacher salary and other measures

2017 District average teacher salary: $45,844 2018 District average teacher salary: $45,128 2019 District average teacher salary: $48,746 2020 District average teacher salary: $52,016 2017 District amount from Prop 301: $5,864 2018 District amount from Prop 301: $6,913 2019 District amount from Prop 301: $7,561 2020 District amount from Prop 301: $7,459

2017 State average teacher salary: $48,372
2018 State average teacher salary:$48,951
2019 State average teacher salary: $52,441
2020 State average teacher salary: $54,814
2017 District students per teacher: 17.4
2018 District students per teacher: 17.4
2019 District students per teacher: 17.3
2020 District students per teacher: 17.8

2017 District average years of teacher experience:12.4
2018 District average years of teacher experience:12.7
2019 District average years of teacher experience:12.4
2020 District average years of teacher experience:12.5
2017 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years: 15%
2018 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years: 13%
2019 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years: 16%
2020 District percentage of teachers in first 3 years: 15%