School District Financial Risk Analysis

State results

Number of school districts at high risk for each measure

Additional information about each measure, including how each measure was calculated and how districts were identified as high risk for each measure, is available on the Measures page.

Overall results and individual measure results

Select State-wide or a specific county or legislative district in the first dropdown menu below to view that groups’ districts’ results. Select “All measures” or an individual measure in the second dropdown menu to view all measures’ or an individual measure’s results.

District Among the highest-risk districts County Legislative district(s) High-risk measures
Agua Fria UHSD
Maricopa County 22, 23, 25, and 29
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Aguila ESD
Maricopa County 30
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Ajo USD
Pima County 23
  • Change in weighted student count
Alhambra ESD
Maricopa County 24 and 26
  • Change in weighted student count
Alpine ESD
Apache County 6
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Altar Valley ESD
Pima County 16, 21, and 23
  • No high-risk measures
Amphitheater USD
Pima County 17, 18, and 20
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
Antelope UHSD
Yuma County 23 and 25
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Apache ESD
Cochise County 19
  • No high-risk measures
Apache Junction USD
Pinal County 7, 10, and 15
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Arlington ESD
Maricopa County 25
  • No high-risk measures
Ash Creek ESD
Cochise County 19
  • Frozen tax rate
Ash Fork JUSD
Yavapai County 1 and 6
  • No high-risk measures
Avondale ESD
Maricopa County 22 and 23
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
Baboquivari USD
Pima County 23
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Bagdad USD
Yavapai County 1
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Balsz ESD
Maricopa County 8
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Beaver Creek ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Benson USD
Cochise County 19
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Bicentennial UHSD
La Paz County 30
  • Operating budget limit reserve
Bisbee USD
Cochise County 19 and 21
  • No high-risk measures
Blue ESD
Greenlee County 19
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Blue Ridge USD
Navajo County 6 and 7
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
Bonita ESD
Graham County 19
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Frozen tax rate
Bouse ESD
La Paz County 30
  • No high-risk measures
Bowie USD
Cochise County 19
  • Small school budget limit adjustment
  • Frozen tax rate
Buckeye ESD
Maricopa County 23 and 25
  • No high-risk measures
Buckeye UHSD
Maricopa County 23 and 25
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Bullhead City ESD
Mohave County 30
  • Change in weighted student count
Camp Verde USD
Yavapai County 1
  • No high-risk measures
Canon ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Cartwright ESD
Maricopa County 24 and 26
  • Change in weighted student count
Casa Grande ESD
Pinal County 16 and 23
  • No high-risk measures
Casa Grande UHSD
Pinal County 16 and 23
  • No high-risk measures
Catalina Foothills USD
Pima County 17 and 18
  • No high-risk measures
Cave Creek USD
Maricopa County 3
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Cedar USD
1 of 3
highest-risk
districts
 Navajo County 6
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Receivership
Chandler USD
Maricopa County 12, 13, 14, and 15
  • Change in weighted student count
Chinle USD
Apache County 6
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Chino Valley USD
Yavapai County 1
  • No high-risk measures
Clarkdale-Jerome ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • No high-risk measures
Cochise ESD
Cochise County 19
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Colorado City USD
Mohave County 30
  • No high-risk measures
Colorado River UHSD
Mohave County 30
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Concho ESD
Apache County 6
  • No high-risk measures
Congress ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Continental ESD
Pima County 19 and 21
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Coolidge USD
Pinal County 16
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Cottonwood-Oak Creek ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • Change in weighted student count
  • General Fund change in fund balance
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Crane ESD
Yuma County 23 and 25
  • No high-risk measures
Creighton ESD
Maricopa County 4, 5, and 8
  • Change in weighted student count
Crown King ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Deer Valley USD
Maricopa County 2, 3, 27, and 28
  • No high-risk measures
Double Adobe ESD
1 of 3
highest-risk
districts
 Cochise County 19
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • Small school budget limit adjustment
  • Frozen tax rate
Douglas USD
Cochise County 19
  • Change in weighted student count
Duncan USD
Greenlee County 19
  • No high-risk measures
Dysart USD
Maricopa County 25, 28, and 29
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
Elfrida ESD
Cochise County 19
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
  • Small school budget limit adjustment
  • Frozen tax rate
Eloy ESD
Pinal County 16
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Flagstaff USD
Coconino County 1, 6, and 7
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Florence USD
Pinal County 7, 15, 16, and 17
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Flowing Wells USD
Pima County 16, 17, 18, and 20
  • No high-risk measures
Fountain Hills USD
Maricopa County 3
  • Change in weighted student count
Fowler ESD
Maricopa County 22
  • Change in weighted student count
Fredonia-Moccasin USD
Coconino County 6 and 30
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Ft. Thomas USD
Graham County 6 and 19
  • No high-risk measures
Gadsden ESD
Yuma County 23
  • No high-risk measures
Ganado USD
Apache County 6
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
Gila Bend USD
Maricopa County 23 and 25
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Gilbert USD
Maricopa County 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15
  • No high-risk measures
Glendale ESD
Maricopa County 24
  • Change in weighted student count
Glendale UHSD
Maricopa County 2, 5, 24, 26, and 27
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Globe USD
Gila County 7
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Grand Canyon USD
Coconino County 6
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Frozen tax rate
Hackberry ESD
Mohave County 6 and 30
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund change in fund balance
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Hayden-Winkelman USD
Gila County 7
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
  • Small school budget limit adjustment
  • Frozen tax rate
Heber-Overgaard USD
Navajo County 7
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Higley USD
Maricopa County 14 and 15
  • No high-risk measures
Hillside ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • No high-risk measures
Holbrook USD
Navajo County 6 and 7
  • No high-risk measures
Humboldt USD
Yavapai County 1
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Hyder ESD
Yuma County 25
  • Operating budget limit reserve
Isaac ESD
1 of 3
highest-risk
districts
 Maricopa County 26
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
  • Frozen tax rate
J.O. Combs USD
Pinal County 15
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Joseph City USD
Navajo County 6 and 7
  • No high-risk measures
Kayenta USD
Navajo County 6
  • No high-risk measures
Kingman USD
Mohave County 6 and 30
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Kirkland ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • No high-risk measures
Kyrene ESD
Maricopa County 9, 11, and 12
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
Lake Havasu USD
Mohave County 30
  • No high-risk measures
Laveen ESD
Maricopa County 11
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
Liberty ESD
Maricopa County 23 and 25
  • No high-risk measures
Litchfield ESD
Maricopa County 22, 25, and 29
  • Change in weighted student count
Littlefield USD
Mohave County 30
  • No high-risk measures
Littleton ESD
Maricopa County 16 and 22
  • No high-risk measures
Madison ESD
Maricopa County 4 and 5
  • No high-risk measures
Maine Consolidated SD
Coconino County 6 and 7
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Mammoth-San Manuel USD
Pinal County 7
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Marana USD
Pima County 16, 17, and 18
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Maricopa USD
Pinal County 16
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
Mayer USD
Yavapai County 1
  • No high-risk measures
McNary ESD
Apache County 6
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
McNeal ESD
Cochise County 19
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Small school budget limit adjustment
  • Frozen tax rate
Mesa USD
Maricopa County 3, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, and 15
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Miami USD
Gila County 7
  • Change in weighted student count
Mingus UHSD
Yavapai County 1
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Mobile ESD
Maricopa County 23
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Mohave Valley ESD
Mohave County 30
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Mohawk Valley ESD
Yuma County 23 and 25
  • No high-risk measures
Morenci USD
Greenlee County 19
  • No high-risk measures
Morristown ESD
Maricopa County 29 and 30
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Murphy ESD
Maricopa County 11
  • Change in weighted student count
Naco ESD
Cochise County 21
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Nadaburg USD
Maricopa County 28 and 29
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Nogales USD
Santa Cruz County 21
  • No high-risk measures
Oracle ESD
Pinal County 7, 16, and 17
  • No high-risk measures
Osborn ESD
Maricopa County 5
  • Change in weighted student count
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Owens-Whitney ESD
Mohave County 30
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
Page USD
Coconino County 6
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Palo Verde ESD
Maricopa County 25
  • No high-risk measures
Paloma ESD
Maricopa County 23
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Palominas ESD
Cochise County 19 and 21
  • No high-risk measures
Paradise Valley USD
Maricopa County 2, 3, 4, and 5
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Parker USD
La Paz County 30
  • No high-risk measures
Patagonia ESD
Santa Cruz County 19 and 21
  • No high-risk measures
Patagonia UHSD
Santa Cruz County 19 and 21
  • No high-risk measures
Payson USD
Gila County 7
  • Operating budget limit reserve
Peach Springs USD
Mohave County 6 and 30
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Pearce ESD
Cochise County 19
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Frozen tax rate
Pendergast ESD
Maricopa County 22
  • Change in weighted student count
Peoria USD
Maricopa County 24, 27, 28 and 29
  • No high-risk measures
Phoenix ESD
Maricopa County 5, 11, and 26
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Phoenix UHSD
Maricopa County 4, 5, 8, 11, 22, 24, and 26
  • No high-risk measures
Picacho ESD
Pinal County 16
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Pima USD
Graham County 6 and 19
  • No high-risk measures
Pine Strawberry ESD
Gila County 7
  • No high-risk measures
Pinon USD
Navajo County 6
  • General Fund change in fund balance
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Pomerene ESD
Cochise County 19
  • No high-risk measures
Prescott USD
Yavapai County 1
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Quartzsite ESD
La Paz County 30
  • Change in weighted student count
Queen Creek USD
Maricopa County 15
  • No high-risk measures
Ray USD
Pinal County 6 and 7
  • Change in weighted student count
Red Mesa USD
Apache County 6
  • No high-risk measures
Red Rock ESD
Pinal County 16 and 17
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Riverside ESD
Maricopa County 22
  • No high-risk measures
Roosevelt ESD
Maricopa County 11
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
Round Valley USD
Apache County 6
  • No high-risk measures
Sacaton ESD
Pinal County 16
  • Change in weighted student count
Saddle Mountain USD
Maricopa County 25
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Safford USD
Graham County 6 and 19
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Sahuarita USD
Pima County 19 and 21
  • No high-risk measures
Salome Consolidated ESD
La Paz County 30
  • No high-risk measures
San Carlos USD
Gila County 6 and 7
  • No high-risk measures
San Fernando ESD
Pima County 21
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
San Simon USD
Cochise County 19
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Small school budget limit adjustment
  • Frozen tax rate
Sanders USD
Apache County 6
  • No high-risk measures
Santa Cruz ESD
Santa Cruz County 21
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Frozen tax rate
Santa Cruz Valley UHSD
Pinal County 16 and 17
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Santa Cruz Valley USD
Santa Cruz County 19 and 21
  • No high-risk measures
Scottsdale USD
Maricopa County 3, 4, and 8
  • Change in weighted student count
Sedona-Oak Creek JUSD
Yavapai County 1
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Seligman USD
Yavapai County 1
  • No high-risk measures
Sentinel ESD
Maricopa County 23 and 25
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Show Low USD
Navajo County 7
  • No high-risk measures
Sierra Vista USD
Cochise County 19
  • Change in weighted student count
Skull Valley ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Snowflake USD
Navajo County 7
  • No high-risk measures
Solomon ESD
Graham County 6 and 19
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Somerton ESD
Yuma County 23 and 25
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Frozen tax rate
Sonoita ESD
Santa Cruz County 19
  • No high-risk measures
St. David USD
Cochise County 19
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • General Fund change in fund balance
St. Johns USD
Apache County 6
  • No high-risk measures
Stanfield ESD
Pinal County 16 and 23
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Sunnyside USD
Pima County 20, 21, and 23
  • Change in weighted student count
Superior USD
Pinal County 7
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Tanque Verde USD
Pima County 17
  • No high-risk measures
Tempe ESD
Maricopa County 8, 9, 11, and 12
  • Change in weighted student count
Tempe UHSD
Maricopa County 8, 9, 11, and 12
  • Change in weighted student count
Thatcher USD
Graham County 19
  • No high-risk measures
Tolleson ESD
Maricopa County 22
  • Change in weighted student count
Tolleson UHSD
Maricopa County 16 and 22
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Toltec ESD
Pinal County 16
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Tombstone USD
Cochise County 19
  • Capital monies redirected to operations
Tonto Basin ESD
Gila County 7
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • General Fund operating reserve ratio
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
  • Small school budget limit adjustment
  • Frozen tax rate
Topock ESD
Mohave County 30
  • No high-risk measures
Tuba City USD
Coconino County 6
  • Change in weighted student count
Tucson USD
Pima County 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, and 23
  • Change in weighted student count
Union ESD
Maricopa County 16 and 22
  • Change in weighted student count
Vail USD
Pima County 17, 19, and 21
  • No high-risk measures
Valentine ESD
Mohave County 6 and 30
  • Operating budget limit reserve
Valley UHSD
Cochise County 19
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Small school budget limit adjustment
  • Frozen tax rate
Vernon ESD
Apache County 6
  • No high-risk measures
Washington ESD
Maricopa County 2, 5, 24, 26, and 27
  • Change in weighted student count
Wellton ESD
Yuma County 23 and 25
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Wenden ESD
La Paz County 30
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Whiteriver USD
Navajo County 6
  • No high-risk measures
Wickenburg USD
Maricopa County 1, 25, 29, and 30
  • No high-risk measures
Willcox USD
Cochise County 19
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Williams USD
Coconino County 6 and 7
  • No high-risk measures
Wilson ESD
Maricopa County 11
  • Change in weighted student count
Window Rock USD
Apache County 6
  • Change in weighted student count
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Winslow USD
Navajo County 6 and 7
  • No high-risk measures
Yarnell ESD
Yavapai County 1
  • Capital budget limit reserves
  • General Fund operating margin ratio
  • General Fund change in fund balance
Young ESD
Gila County 7
  • Operating budget limit reserve
  • Capital budget limit reserves
Yucca ESD
Mohave County 30
  • No high-risk measures
Yuma ESD
Yuma County 23 and 25
  • No high-risk measures
Yuma UHSD
Yuma County 23 and 25
  • No high-risk measures