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Over a dozen schools in Arizona have closed or will close at the end of the 2024-25 school year. Here’s what you need to know. ... Roosevelt, and Isaac school districts have all closed or plan to close schools: The Cave Creek Unified School District is closing Lone Mountain Elementary and Desert Sun Academy in July.

Arizona's public school enrollment is declining due to demographic shifts and changing educational preferences, accelerated by the pandemic. Charter, private, and home schools have continued growing, but Arizona’s district public school enrollment peaked over a decade ago. A massive injection of new funding and resources over the past few ...

One factor is the end of COVID-19 funds. The Auditor General said Arizona schools spent $3.5 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money. That one-time funding has come to an end.

By Staff Reporter | A new dashboard tracks the school closures taking place throughout Arizona. The dashboard comes from the Common Sense Institute (CSI), a nonpartisan organization which primarily produces research on Arizona’s economy. Since January, those schools which have closed or consolidated operated in the Maricopa, Navajo, and Yavapai counties within the following school districts ...

A report by the Arizona Auditor General's office warns that dozens of Arizona school districts are at risk of going over budget and insolvent with few solutions available.

Phoenix Elementary School District officials have decided to close Heard and Dunbar Elementary schools, citing concerns of declining student enrollment. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Watch Now

By Staff Reporter | A newly launched dashboard is providing insights into school closures across Arizona. Developed by the Common Sense Institute (CSI), a nonpartisan organization focused on Arizona’s economic research, this tool offers critical data regarding educational trends in the state. Since January, several schools have closed or consolidated, particularly in Maricopa, Navajo, and […]

Since the 2021 to 2022 school year, between 4% to 5% of kids living in the district went to charters or other districts, totaling about 50 kids last school year.

The Roosevelt Elementary School District is shutting down five elementary schools because of low enrollment and amid a $5 million budget deficit. By Alexis Dominguez Published : Dec. 6, 2024 at 6: ...

More school districts in Arizona are looking at the future and trying to figure out what to do as enrollment in public school districts declines. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now. 1 ...

The Roosevelt School District Governing Board voted Thursday to close five schools as the district tries to get a handle on a $5 million budget deficit. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Watch Now

PHOENIX — School districts across the Valley and across Arizona are facing tough decisions amid budget shortfalls. While some districts point to declining enrollment as the key factor in the ...

Furthermore, district data suggests that the budget deficit is due to reliance on COVID-19 aid. The Roosevelt School District received more than $67 million in ESSER funds, which were awarded between March 2020-21, and have since been tapped dry. The 2022-23 school year saw a 4% decline in revenue after increasing by $30 million from 2020 to 2022.

Earlier this week, Mesa Public Schools announced it would be eliminating some jobs next school year due to a decline in enrollment. It’s a trend that one expert says will likely cause more schools to make changes. Over the past several months, many Arizona school districts have considered or approved school closures due to declines in enrollment.

PHOENIX (AZFamily)—As another public school district considers closing schools, state superintendent Tom Horne said the community should not be worried about the Arizona public school system ...

Other districts, including Phoenix Elementary, Cave Creek Unified and Peoria Unified, are considering closing schools, and districts in Tempe and Mesa have made staffing cuts. This didn’t happen overnight. Arizona’s school closures are largely the product of 30 years of aggressive so-called “school choice” policies that have created one ...

And Paradise Valley Unified School District’s governing board voted to close three schools last spring due to lack of enrollment.. Arizona has a plethora of school choice, including charter ...

Roosevelt School District board votes to close 5 Phoenix schools, but not without opposition Dec 6, 2024, 8:57 AM | Updated: 12:30 pm

A district spokesperson told ABC15 on Tuesday night that the board voted to close down the two schools and redraw district boundaries. Dozens of families have spoken out against the closures at ...