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Payson High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
301 S Mclane Rd
Payson, AZ 85541
Phone
(928) 472-5788
District
Payson Unified District (4209)
County
GILA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
748
Classroom Teachers
43

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

3

(10 is best)

Better than 25.1% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Payson High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
23%
40%
25%
44%
20%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
18
18
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 193 25.8%
Grade 10 224 29.9%
Grade 11 183 24.5%
Grade 12 148 19.8%
Total 748 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 67.8% 66.9% 36.4%
Black 0.8% 1.0% 5.9%
Hispanic 27.7% 28.6% 49.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.7% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 3.1% 2.9% 5.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 44.8%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 37.8%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 7.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 23,207 7,431,344
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 44.2 64
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 12.2% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 19.2% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.1% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 38.5% 18.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 11,281 2,796,790
Single Parent Households With Children 6.3% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.9% 89.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.9% 32.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.9% 19.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.8% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.9% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.7% 17.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.1% 14.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.1% 9.6%
$15,000 or less 7.4% 7.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,238 $11,958,000 41.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,053 $2,405,000 8.3%
Staff $631 $1,441,000 4.9%
General Administration $159 $362,000 1.2%
School Administration $469 $1,071,000 3.7%
Operation $1,335 $3,047,000 10.5%
Transportation $644 $1,471,000 5.0%
Other $380 $867,000 3.0%
Total Support $4,671 $10,664,000 36.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,856 $6,521,000 22.4%
Total Expenditures $12,765 $29,143,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,028 $5,737,989,000 45.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $769 $877,539,000 6.9%
Staff $469 $535,813,000 4.2%
General Administration $189 $215,431,000 1.7%
School Administration $504 $575,332,000 4.5%
Operation $1,055 $1,204,512,000 9.5%
Transportation $289 $329,985,000 2.6%
Other $428 $488,733,000 3.8%
Total Support $3,704 $4,227,345,000 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,420 $2,761,833,000 21.7%
Total Expenditures $11,151 $12,727,167,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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