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Blue Ridge reports 20% five‑year enrollment decline; classroom spending rises
Summary
Finance staff presented the district spending report showing a 20% five‑year enrollment drop, 66% of dollars going to classrooms, a roughly $1,600 increase in per‑pupil spending, and an 82% graduation rate figure that officials said is complicated by attendance coding and incarceration cases.
Miss Dungdale, the district finance presenter, gave the Blue Ridge Unified School District’s annual spending report and comparison prepared from the Arizona Auditor General’s data.
The presentation showed Blue Ridge’s five‑year student count is down about 20%, the district’s special‑education share is about 13% (compared with 14% statewide), English‑learner students make up roughly 5% of enrollment, and the reported graduation rate is about 82%. "It's very complicated," Miss Dungdale said of the graduation‑rate calculation, citing cohort rules that can classify jailed students as dropouts when local education programs are not available.
Why it matters: the Auditor General’s comparisons determine peer groups and are used…
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