1 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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Deer Valley USD CTD: 070297
Students and Teacher Information
Measure 2017
Students per teacher 17.2 17.2 17.1 17.0
Average years of teacher experience 12.3 12.5 12.5 12.5 Percentage of teachers in first 3 years 16% 16% 15% 15%
2018 2019 2020 Name: Deer Valley USD
CTD: Deer Valley USDOpPrGp: 0 GrpScale: 54167
series 2 series 3 series 1 Label Positioning:
Year AvgTeachSal Prop301 StateAvg Is AvgTeachSal Greater than StateAvg?
2017 $46,416 $4,874 $48,372 No Yes = series 2 label on top and series 1 label on bottom.
2018 $46,957 $6,029 $48,951 No No = series 1 label on top and series 2 label on bottom.
2019 $49,855 $6,149 $52,441 No
2020 $54,167 $8,046 $54,814
CTD ShortName Group AvgTeachSal Y1AvgTeachSal Y2AvgTeachSal Y3AvgCSFSal Y1AvgCSFSal Y2AvgCSFSal Y3AvgTeachSal Y4
070297 Deer Valley USD 46416 46957 49855 4874 6029 6149 54167
Normalized/Adjusted Data Values for District:
070297 Deer Valley USD 0 46416 46957 49855 4874 6029 6149
$46,416 $46,957 $49,855 $54,167
$4,874 $6,029 $6,149 $8,046
$48,372 $48,951 $52,441 $54,814
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District average teacher salary District amount from Prop 301 State average teacher salary
Deer Valley USD CTD: 070297
Students and Teacher Information
District
Total federal relief grant spending $ 35,928 $ 5,534,223 Per pupil federal relief grant spending $ 1 $ 149
Peer average
Deer Valley USD CTD: 070297
Instructional Spending Percentages
Lowest Highest
2014 2004 2019 2020
58.3% 62.8% 59.5% 59.7%
Most recent years
Name: Deer Valley Unified School District
CTD: 070297 OpPrGp: Eff1 GrpScale: GrpScale1
Operational Area Pct Change
Instr -1.0%
StudSup 0.6%
InstrSup -0.5%
Admin 1.1%
Plant 0.4%
Food -0.3%
Trans -0.3%
DistrictName OpPeerGrp CTD GrpScale Instr StudSup
Deer Valley Unified School
District Eff1 070297 GrpScale1 -1.0% 0.6%
-1.0%
0.6%
-0.5%
1.1% 0.4%
-0.3% -0.3%
-5%
0%
5%
Per pupil spending by area Deer Valley USD
Area 2019 2020 2020 2020
Classroom spending
Instruction $ 4,760 $ 5,022 $ 5,072 $ 5,016 Student support 619 654 831 796 Instruction support 298 356 447 513 Nonclassroom spending
Administration 779 806 773 936 Plant operations 863 893 964 1,048 Food service 337 335 332 432 Transportation 340 348 362 395 Total operational 7,996 8,414 8,781 9,136 Land and buildings 746 1,265 764 1,053 Equipment 271 362 401 533 Interest 212 248 289 273 Other 266 237 221 175 Total nonoperational 1,495 2,112 1,675 2,034 Total per pupil spending $ 9,491 $ 10,526 $ 10,456 $ 11,170
Peer average
State average District
Name: CTDS:
Operational measures relative to peer averages
Deer Valley USD 070297000
Operational
area Measure District
Peer average
State average Administration
Cost per pupil $$880066 $773 $936 Students per
administrative position 82 77 65
Plant operations
Cost per square foot $$66..4466 $6.40 $6.55 Square footage per
student 113388 152 160
Food service Cost per meal $$33..4499 $3.50 $3.46
Very low Low Comparable High Very high Cost per rider $$11,,339944 $1,301 $1,370 Transportation Cost per mile $$55..6600 $4.60 $4.28
Instruction 59.7%59.7% Instruction, 59.7%
Student support 7.8%7.8% Student support, 7.8%
Instruction support 4.2%4.2% Instruction support, 4.2% Inst + Stud Supp + Inst Supp
Administration 9.6%9.6% Administration, 9.6% 71.7%
Plant operations 10.6%10.6% Plant operations, 10.6% 28.3%
Food service 4.0%4% Food service, 4%
Transportation 4.1%4.1% Transportation, 4.1% 71.7%
auto sum (should = 100) 100.0% 28.3%
CTD: 070297
DistrictName: Deer Valley USD Do not make changes to Pie Chart
Classroom spending, 71.7%
Instruction, 59.7%
Student support, 7.8%
Instruction support, 4.2%
Nonclassroom spending, 28.3%
Administration, 9.6%
Plant operations, 10.6%
Food service, 4%
Transportation, 4.1%
Instruction 59.7%
Peer average 57.3%
Deer Valley Unified School District
Maricopa County Students attending; Size: 32,632; Very large
Peer group(s): Operational 1 and Transportation 3
15-year change in students attending: Less than 1%
Legislative district(s): 1, 15, 20, and 22 Special education population: 12%
District location: Suburb English learner population: 2%
Number of schools: 38 Poverty rate (2019): 9%
Graduation rate (2019): 95% Free/reduced meal eligibility: 28%
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