More Maricopa school district bonds and budget overrides are on track to pass than not this time around, based on initial results — fifteen districts slated to win their proposed bonds and overrides, while eight failed to do so — with a pattern of higher voter turnout linked to lower approval of bonds and overrides.
22 Maricopa County school districts had bonds and/or overrides. Those bonds and/or overrides that failed had a higher average voter turnout percentage than those bonds and/or overrides that passed: about 25 percent compared to 17 percent, respectively.
However, there was no apparent correlation between voter turnout and margins of victory on bonds or overrides approved.
One district, Mesa Unified School District, split on its approval of a bond and override. Voters approved the bond, while rejecting the budget override continuation.
The three lowest turnouts were Littleton Elementary School District (eight percent), Tolleson Union High School District (nine percent), and Tolleson Elementary High School District (nine percent).
The three highest turnouts were Fountain Hills Unified High School District (46 percent), Litchfield Elementary School District (25 percent), and Liberty Elementary School District (24 percent).
Failed so far:
- Deer Valley Unified School District (bond and override)
- Fountain Hills Unified School District (bond)
- Gila Bend Unified School District (override)
- Gilbert Unified School District (bond and override)
- Liberty Elementary School District (bond)
- Litchfield Elementary School District (bond)
- Mesa Unified School District (bond)
- Queen Creek Elementary School District (bond and override)
Passed so far:
- Agua Fria Union High School District (bond)
- Avondale Elementary School District (bond)
- Fowler Elementary School District (override)
- Glendale Elementary School District (bond, override, budget increase)
- Kyrene Elementary School District (bond and budget increase)
- Littleton Elementary School District (override)
- Madison Elementary School District (bond and override)
- Mesa Unified School District (override)
- Osborn Elementary School District (bond and budget increase)
- Paradise Valley Unified School District (bond)
- Pendergast Elementary School District (bond, override)
- Phoenix Union High School District (bond)
- Scottsdale Unified School District (override)
- Tolleson Elementary School District (bond)
- Tolleson Union High School District (bond)