School Districts

District lacked effective controls to limit access to its campus; did not ensure its employees and Governing Board members complied with certain conflict-of-interest requirements; did not follow cash, credit cards...

In FY 2025, districts spent nearly $53 million less on instruction than the prior year, and for the third consecutive year, the State-wide instructional spending percentage (ISP) fell to a new low—52.1%. Although the State average teacher salary increased slightly to $65,613, average teacher salaries declined at 95 districts. Additionally, one-third of districts are potentially at higher financial risk because of declining student enrollment and related funding.

As part of their responsibility to prevent and detect fraud, Deer Valley Unified School District (District) officials took appropriate action by reporting to us alleged financial misconduct by Michelle Haworth...

This is an analysis of Arizona school district financial risk using the most current data available for 10 financial risk measures. We monitor each district’s overall financial risk of not...

District’s student assessment scores far exceeded peer and State averages, but the District lacked some internal controls related to cash handling and purchasing, and did not comply with IT security...