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Chandler Unified School District
District details
School board members: 5
Students: 42,832 (2023-2024)
Schools: 46 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Chandler Unified School District is a school district in Arizona (Maricopa County). During the 2024 school year, 42,832 students attended one of the district's 46 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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• 2024
• 2022
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• 2010

Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large

General election

General election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claudia Mendoza (Nonpartisan)	19.4	58,544
✔		Ryan Heap (Nonpartisan)	18.9	57,178
✔		Barbara Mozdzen (Nonpartisan)	16.6	50,137
		Leanna DeKing (Nonpartisan)	15.6	47,026
		Zeyna Pruzhanovsky (Nonpartisan)	15.3	46,200
		Eloyce Gillespie (Nonpartisan)	14.0	42,160
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	642

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 301,887
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Omar Chaudry (Nonpartisan)

Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large

General election

General election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large (2 seats)

Kurt Rohrs and Patti Serrano defeated Charlotte Golla, incumbent Lara Bruner, and Marilou Estes in the general election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kurt Rohrs (Nonpartisan)	23.5	34,471
✔		Patti Serrano (Nonpartisan)	23.3	34,177
	Submit photo	Charlotte Golla (Nonpartisan)	19.8	29,060
		Lara Bruner (Nonpartisan)	19.0	27,765
	Submit photo	Marilou Estes (Nonpartisan)	14.1	20,586
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	351

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 146,410
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Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large

General election

General election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large (3 seats)

Incumbent Barbara Mozdzen, Joel Wirth, and Jason Olive defeated Sharon Tuttle in the general election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Mozdzen (Nonpartisan)	33.3	75,592
✔	Submit photo	Joel Wirth (Nonpartisan)	31.3	71,026
✔		Jason Olive (Nonpartisan)	30.1	68,402
		Sharon Tuttle (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)	2.4	5,353
		Other/Write-in votes	3.0	6,761

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 227,134
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Evans (Nonpartisan)

Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large

General election

General election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lara Bruner (Nonpartisan)	24.9	30,649
✔		Lindsay Love (Nonpartisan)	22.2	27,310
		Robert Rice (Nonpartisan)	17.3	21,340
	Submit photo	Jim Robinson (Nonpartisan)	12.8	15,733
		Noemy Esparza-Isaacson (Nonpartisan)	11.8	14,593
		Joshua Askey (Nonpartisan)	11.0	13,559

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 123,184
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Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large

General election

General election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large

Incumbent David Evans, incumbent Karen McGee, and incumbent Barbara Mozdzen won election in the general election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large on November 8, 2016.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	David Evans (Nonpartisan)
✔	Submit photo	Karen McGee (Nonpartisan)
✔		Barbara Mozdzen (Nonpartisan)

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Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large

General election

General election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large

Incumbent Annette Auxier and incumbent Robert Rice won election in the general election for Chandler Unified School District Governing Board At-large on November 2, 2010.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Annette Auxier (Nonpartisan)
✔		Robert Rice (Nonpartisan)

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Election rules

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Arizona are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in even-numbered years.

See law: Arizona Statute Section 15-424 & 16-211

Election system

School board members in Arizona are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

See law: Arizona Statute Section 16-211

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Arizona are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates.

See law: Arizona Statutes Section 15-422 and Section 16-502

Winning an election

School board candidates that receive the largest number of votes in the general election are elected to office.

See law: Arizona Statute Section 15-424

Term length and staggering

School board members in Arizona have four-year terms. Certain school board members have initial two-year terms when a new district is formed or when a district is changing the number of board members in order to establish a staggered election schedule.

See law: Arizona Statute Section 15-424

As close to half of school board members as possible are elected every two years. Upon the formation of a new district, all board members are elected at one election and the initial terms of the two winning candidates receiving lower numbers of votes are shortened to two years to achieve staggering.

See law: Arizona Statue Section 15-424

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School board members are elected at large.

See law: Arizona Statute Section 15-427 & 15-429

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The school board candidate filing deadline in Arizona is 120 days before the election date.

See law: Arizona Statue Section 16-311

School board candidates can circulate their nomination petitions starting when the filling window opens 150 days before the election, which is 30 days before the filing deadline.

See law: Arizona Statue Section 16-311

Newly elected school board members officially take office at the first organizational meeting of the school board, which must be held between the first and 15th day of January following the general election.

See law: Arizona Statute Section 15-321

 

Recall elections

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See also: States that allow school board recalls

Recall procedures

State	Specific grounds required?	Signature requirement	Petition circulation time	When recalls can start
Arizona	No	25% of votes cast for the office in the last regular election	120 days	Recalls cannot start until an official has been in office for six months

Recall efforts

2024

See also: Barbara Mozdzen recall, Chandler Unified School District, Arizona (2024)

An effort to recall Barbara Mozdzen from her position on the Chandler Unified School District governing board in Arizona did not go to a vote in 2024. The effort failed to qualify for the ballot.

The recall effort began in March 2024. To get the recall on the ballot, supporters would have had to collect 18,302 signatures by July 2, 2024.

Mozdzen joined the five-member governing board in 2008. She was re-elected to a four-year term on November 3, 2020. She received the most votes in that at-large race for three seats.

About the district

School board

The Chandler Unified School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Ryan Heap	At Large	2025	2029
Claudia Mendoza	At Large	2025	2029
Barbara Mozdzen	At Large	2008	2029
Kurt Rohrs	At Large	2023	2027
Patti Serrano	At Large	2023	2027

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Chandler Unified School District

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
Arizona House of Representatives District 13	Jeff Weninger	Republican Party	68%	86%
Arizona House of Representatives District 13	Julie Willoughby	Republican Party	68%	86%
Arizona House of Representatives District 14	Laurin Hendrix	Republican Party	24%	29%
Arizona House of Representatives District 14	Khyl Powell	Republican Party	24%	29%
Arizona House of Representatives District 12	Patricia Contreras	Democratic Party	5%	3%
Arizona House of Representatives District 12	Anastasia Travers	Democratic Party	5%	3%
Arizona House of Representatives District 15	Neal Carter	Republican Party	3%	1%
Arizona House of Representatives District 15	Michael Way	Republican Party	3%	1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$71,346,000	$1,644	13%
Local:	$232,722,000	$5,361	43%
State:	$240,421,000	$5,538	44%
Total:	$544,489,000	$12,543

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$507,740,000	$11,559
Total Current Expenditures:	$420,904,000	$9,582
Instructional Expenditures:	$242,846,000	$5,528	48%
Student and Staff Support:	$58,565,000	$1,333	12%
Administration:	$34,345,000	$781	7%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$85,148,000	$1,938	17%
Total Capital Outlay:	$45,432,000	$1,034
Construction:	$27,926,000	$635
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$11,373,000	$258
Interest on Debt:	$25,147,000	$572

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	49	77	25	30	15-19	53	57
2018-2019	57	82	35	38	27	63	66
2017-2018	61	83	38	41	37	64	69
2016-2017	57	79	37	37	37		66
2015-2016	55	78	35	36	32		64
2014-2015	57	80	39	36	39		65
2013-2014	77	91	61	60	64		85
2012-2013	77	89	62	61	65		85
2011-2012	77	90	64	60	63		85
2010-2011	75	90	64	57	59		83

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	57	77	40	39	25-29	62	64
2018-2019	59	79	43	41	29	65	67
2017-2018	60	77	43	42	32	65	68
2016-2017	57	76	40	38	35		65
2015-2016	56	73	42	37	34		65
2014-2015	56	72	42	36	36		64
2013-2014	89	94	81	77	81		94
2012-2013	88	93	78	76	77		93
2011-2012	87	94	80	75	76		93
2010-2011	85	95	78	72	75		92

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	93	95	85-89	89	>=90	85-89	95
2018-2019	93	97	85-89	89	80-89	90-94	95
2017-2018	92	96	90-94	87	>=90	90-94	94
2016-2017	93	>=95	90-94	89	90-94		95
2015-2016	94	>=95	>=95	89	80-89		96
2014-2015	91	90-94	90-94	88	80-89		93
2013-2014	91	>=95	85-89	85	>=90		94
2012-2013	92	>=95	90-94	88	80-89		94
2011-2012	93	>=95	85-89	89	>=90		94
2010-2011	92	>=95	90-94	85	>=90		95

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	42,832	-2.1
2022-2023	43,716	-0.5
2021-2022	43,923	0.3
2020-2021	43,790	-4.5
2019-2020	45,749	-0.5
2018-2019	45,968	3.1
2017-2018	44,536	0.4
2016-2017	44,352	3.4
2015-2016	42,843	1.4
2014-2015	42,252	2.4
2013-2014	41,257	2.7
2012-2013	40,163	1.5
2011-2012	39,555	1.7
2010-2011	38,876	1.9
2009-2010	38,147	2.4
2008-2009	37,223	3.1
2007-2008	36,064	6.0
2006-2007	33,911	6.0
2005-2006	31,879	7.2
2004-2005	29,578	9.0
2003-2004	26,915	9.0
2002-2003	24,497	4.5
2001-2002	23,383	7.2
2000-2001	21,703	13.9
1999-2000	18,690	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Chandler Unified School District (%)	Arizona K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.6	4.2
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	11.7	3.2
Black	5.5	5.8
Hispanic	29.8	48.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.4	0.4
Two or More Races	6.5	4.3
White	44.6	33.9

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Chandler Unified School District had 2,431.23 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 17.62.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	24.10
Kindergarten:	99.00
Elementary:	1,391.51
Secondary:	916.62
Total:	2,431.23

Chandler Unified School District employed 22.00 district administrators and 81.00 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	22.00
District Administrative Support:	136.41
School Administrators:	81.00
School Administrative Support:	177.86

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	627.13
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	98.52
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	50.02
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	48.50
Librarians/Media Specialists:	41.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	626.84
Other Support Services:	669.30

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Chandler Unified School District operates 46 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Anna Marie Jacobson Elementary School	634	PK-6
Arizona College Prep High School	2,024	7-12
Arizona College Prep Middle School	750	6-8
Audrey & Robert Ryan Elementary	576	PK-6
Basha Elementary	608	PK-6
Basha High School	2,892	6-12
Bogle Junior High School	1,066	7-8
Chandler High School	3,487	8-12
Chandler Online Academy	353	KG-12
Chandler Traditional Academy-Freedom	626	PK-6
Chandler Traditional Academy - Goodman	591	PK-6
Chandler Traditional Academy-Humphrey	456	PK-6
Chandler Traditional Academy - Independence	809	PK-6
Chandler Traditional Academy - Liberty Campus	718	PK-6
Charlotte Patterson Elementary	800	PK-6
Dr. Camille Casteel High School	2,971	7-12
Dr. Gary And Annette Auxier Elementary School	582	PK-6
Dr Howard K Conley Elementary School	743	PK-6
Frye Elementary School	540	PK-6
Galveston Elementary School	488	PK-6
Haley Elementary	704	PK-6
Hamilton High School	3,675	8-12
Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary	758	PK-6
Ira A. Fulton Elementary	535	PK-6
Jane D. Hull Elementary	511	PK-6
John & Carol Carlson Elementary	622	PK-6
John M Andersen Elementary School	480	PK-6
John M Andersen Jr High School	743	6-8
Ken 'Chief' Hill Learning Academy	0
Knox Gifted Academy	675	PK-6
Navarrete Elementary	417	PK-6
Pathways Learning Center	0
Perry High School	2,601	8-12
Riggs Elementary	837	PK-6
Robert And Danell Tarwater Elementary	753	PK-6
Robert J.C. Rice Elementary School	813	PK-6
Rudy G Bologna Elementary	435	PK-6
Sanborn Elementary School	555	PK-6
San Marcos Elementary School	371	PK-6
Santan Elementary	623	PK-6
Santan Junior High School	1,180	7-8
Shumway Leadership Academy	483	PK-6
T. Dale Hancock Elementary School	695	PK-6
Weinberg Gifted Academy	748	PK-6
Willie & Coy Payne Jr. High	1,127	7-8
Willis Junior High School	777	7-8

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