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Payson High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
301 S Mclane Rd
Payson, AZ 85541
Phone
(928) 472-5788
District
PAYSON UNIFIED DISTRICT (4209)
County
GILA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
797
Classroom Teachers
42

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

6

(10 is best)

Better than 56.7% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Payson High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
39%
33%
43%
26%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
18
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 230 28.9%
Grade 10 182 22.8%
Grade 11 184 23.1%
Grade 12 201 25.2%
Total 797 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 70.8% 67.6% 37.3%
Black 0.5% 0.8% 5.8%
Hispanic 25.8% 27.9% 48.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.6% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.2% 3.0% 5.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 16.4% 23.3% 28.9%
Free lunch eligible 16.4% 23.3% 27.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,578 7,359,197
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 43.3 63
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.4% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.1% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 18.6% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.3% 24.0%
65 OR OLDER 36.6% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,621 2,714,124
Single Parent Households With Children 5.6% 8.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.6% 88.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.1% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.8% 14.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.9% 16.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.9% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 22.7% 18.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.9% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.3% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 11.3% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,214 $10,109,386 43.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $853 $2,046,347 8.7%
Staff $481 $1,153,919 4.9%
General Administration $180 $431,820 1.8%
School Administration $441 $1,057,959 4.5%
Operation $1,053 $2,526,147 10.8%
Transportation $555 $1,331,445 5.7%
Other $298 $714,902 3.1%
Total Support $3,860 $9,260,140 39.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,677 $4,023,123 17.2%
Total Expenditures $9,752 $23,395,048 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,784 $5,455,780,644 45.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $717 $817,413,358 6.8%
Staff $438 $499,269,446 4.2%
General Administration $167 $190,613,734 1.6%
School Administration $483 $550,946,830 4.6%
Operation $1,016 $1,158,685,840 9.6%
Transportation $332 $378,527,947 3.1%
Other $407 $464,329,479 3.9%
Total Support $3,560 $4,059,673,334 33.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,200 $2,509,151,950 20.9%
Total Expenditures $10,544 $12,024,681,898 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%