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Productivity

	Rating
Basic Return on Investment Index
Adjusted Return on Investment Index
Predicted Efficiency Index

Achievement

	District	State
4th grade math	10%	77%
4th grade reading	28%	73%
8th grade math	21%	68%
8th grade reading	32%	71%
High school math	20%	64%
High school reading	20%	66%

Demographics

	District	State
Low income	95%	33%
Special education	26%	18%
Limited English proficient (LEP)	73%	5%
White	3%	81%
Black	0%	1%
Hispanic	1%	8%
Asian or Pacific Islander	0%	1%
American Indian or Alaskan Native	96%	9%

Finance

		Amount	Amount per student	Percent
Total revenue:		$14,286,000	$41,772	—
	Revenue by source
	Federal:	$5,529,000	$16,167	39%
	State:	$7,336,000	$21,450	51%
	Local:	$1,421,000	$4,155	10%
Total expenditures		$12,836,000	$37,532	—
	Total current expenditures	$11,281,000	$32,985	—
	Instructional expenditures	$6,896,000	$20,164	61%
	Student and staff support	$527,000	$1,541	5%
	Administration	$1,750,000	$5,117	16%
	Operations, food service, other	$2,108,000	$6,164	19%
	Total capital outlay	$857,000	$2,506	—
	Construction	$167,000	$488	—
	Total non-elementary and secondary education, and other	$2,000	$6	—
	Interest on debt	$0	$0	—

Other fiscal indicators

	District	District rank in the state	State's lowest-spending districts*	State's highest-spending districts**	Range of spending in the state***
Per pupil expenditure, unadjusted:	$32,985	43 out of 43	$12,301	$25,531	$13,229
Per pupil expenditure, after adjusting for differences in cost of living:	$41,327	43 out of 43	$14,354	$31,987	$17,633
Per pupil expenditure, after adjusting for differences in cost of living and student needs:	$21,077	43 out of 43	$10,941	$19,547	$8,606

* 5th percentile of per pupil expenditures

** 95th percentile of per pupil expenditures

*** The difference between the 95th and the 5th percentile

Sources and Notes: For achievement, we looked at the percent of students scoring proficient or above according to state-defined proficiency standards for each grade. In the demographic section, the state average represents the average value for that indicator for all of the districts included in our analysis. In the achievement section, the state average represents the average score for all of the districts in the state.

For spending and demographic information, we relied on 2008 data complied by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. For overall school district achievement results, we used 2008 data complied by the New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project, and for district achievement data disaggregated by student subgroups, we relied on 2008 data from GreatSchools, a California-based company that publishes school performance data. A small number of states and districts were missing data for certain demographic indicators, necessitating the use of proxies. For more information on our sources, use of proxies, and our approach to calculating educational productivity, please consult our detailed methodology.