Auditor General Spending Report
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2020 Arizona Auditor General Spending Report (HTML)
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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—AdministrationDistrict 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: $7,4592017 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: 17.82017 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%