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See Appendix A for information, such as districts included in each peer group, and Appendix C for sources and methodology.
Arizona Auditor General Arizona School District Spending—Fiscal Year 2020 | March 2021 | Report 21-201
Spending by operational area
Operational measures relative to peer averages
Per pupil spending by area
Percentage point change in spending by
operational area
(fiscal year 2015 versus 2020)
Instruction
Student support
Instruction support
Administration
Plant operations
Food service
Transportation
COVID-19 federal relief grant spending
Average teacher salary and other measures
Lowest, highest, and 2 most recent fiscal years’
instructional spending percentages between
2001 and 2020
Districts can use COVID-19 federal relief grants from March 2020 through
September 2022. Amounts above were used by June 30, 2020.
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Continental ESD CTD: 100339
Students and Teacher Information
Measure
2017
Students per teacher 13.6 14.1 15.6 14.5
Average years of teacher experience 9.1 11.8 12.2 11.4
Percentage of teachers in first 3 years 14% 15% 13% 17%
2018 2019 2020
Name: Continental ESD
CTD:
Continental ESD
OpPrGp: 0 GrpScale: 41761
series 2 series 3 series 1 Label Positioning:
Year AvgTeachSal Prop301 StateAvg Is AvgTeachSal Greater than StateAvg?
2017 $43,489 $5,130 $48,372 No Yes = series 2 label on top and series 1 label on bottom.
2018 $42,967 $6,151 $48,951 No No = series 1 label on top and series 2 label on bottom.
2019 $46,783 $6,111 $52,441 No
2020 $41,761 $7,796 $54,814
CTD ShortName Group
AvgTeachSal Y1
AvgTeachSal Y2
AvgTeachSal Y3
AvgCSFSal Y1
AvgCSFSal Y2
AvgCSFSal Y3
AvgTeachSal Y4
100339 Continental ESD 43489 42967 46783 5130 6151 6111 41761
Normalized/Adjusted Data Values for District:
100339
Continental ESD
0 43489 42967 46783 5130 6151 6111
$42,967
$46,783
$41,761
$5,130
$6,151
$6,111
$7,796
$48,951
$52,441
$54,814
$0
$15,000
$30,000
$45,000
$60,000
$75,000
2017 2018 2019 2020
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District average teacher salary District amount from Prop 301
State average teacher salary
Continental ESD CTD: 100339
Students and Teacher Information
District
Total federal relief grant spending 50,000$ 125,249$
Per pupil federal relief grant spending 83$ 50$
Peer
average
Continental ESD CTD: 100339
Instructional Spending Percentages
Lowest Highest
2015 2009 2019 2020
53.2% 62.8% 54.7% 54.3%
Most recent years
Name: Continental Elementary School District
CTD: 100339 OpPrGp: Eff9 GrpScale: GrpScale1
Operational Area Pct Change
Instr 1.1%
StudSup 2.7%
InstrSup -1.2%
Admin -1.4%
Plant -0.7%
Food -0.6%
Trans 0.1%
DistrictName OpPeerGrp CTD GrpScale Instr StudSup
Continental Elementary
School District
Eff9 100339 GrpScale1 1.1% 2.7%
1.1%
2.7%
-1.2%
-1.4%
-0.7%
-0.6%
0.1%
-5%
0%
5%
Per pupil spending by area Continental ESD
Area
2019 2020
2020 2020
Classroom spending
Instruction
4,992$ 4,771$ 4,770$ 5,016$
Student support
709 770 627 796
Instruction support
186 103 433 513
Nonclassroom spending
Administration
1,324 1,248 1,207 936
Plant operations
1,045 1,026 1,077 1,048
Food service
303 346 562 432
Transportation
567 529 507 395
Total operational
9,126 8,793 9,183 9,136
Land and buildings
20 15 283 1,053
Equipment
777 496 443 533
Interest
966 848 145 273
Other
228 212 134 175
Total nonoperational
1,991 1,571 1,005 2,034
Total per pupil spending
11,117$ 10,364$ 10,188$ 11,170$
Peer
average
State
average
District
Name:
CTDS:
Operational measures relative to peer averages
Continental ESD
100339000
Operational
area
Measure District
Peer
average
State
average
Administration
Cost per pupil $
$
1
1
,
,
2
2
4
4
8
8
$1,207 $936
Students per
administrative position
46 58 65
Plant
operations
Cost per square foot $
$
5
5
.
.
1
1
0
0
$6.61 $6.55
Square footage per
student
2
2
0
0
1
1
167 160
Food service Cost per meal $
$
3
3
.
.
0
0
0
0
$3.22 $3.46
Very low
Low
Comparable
High
Very high
Cost per rider $
$
7
7
4
4
5
5
$799 $1,370
Transportation
Cost per mile $
$
2
2
.
.
7
7
8
8
$3.70 $4.28
Instruction
54.3% 54.3%
Instruction, 54.3%
Student support
8.7% 8.7% Student support, 8.7%
Instruction support
1.2% 1.2% Instruction support, 1.2% Inst + Stud Supp + Inst Supp
Administration
14.2% 14.2% Administration, 14.2% 64.2%
Plant operations
11.7% 11.7% Plant operations, 11.7% 35.8%
Food service
3.9% 3.9% Food service, 3.9%
Transportation
6.0% 6% Transportation, 6% 64.2%
auto sum (should = 100) 100.0% 35.8%
CTD: 100339
DistrictName: Continental ESD
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Classroom spending, 64.2%
Instruction, 54.3%
Student support, 8.7%
Instruction support, 1.2%
Nonclassroom spending, 35.8%
Administration, 14.2%
Plant operations, 11.7%
Food service, 3.9%
Transportation, 6%
Instruction
54.3%
Peer average
51.8%
Continental Elementary School District
Pima County Students attending; Size: 604; Medium
Peer group(s): Operational 9 and Transportation 6
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5-year change in students attending:
12% increase
Legislative district(s): 2 and 14 Special education population: 14%
District location: Rural English learner population: 3%
Number of schools: 1 Poverty rate (2019): 7%
Graduation rate (2019): N/A Free/reduced meal eligibility: 31%
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