The majority of students in Pima County schools were Latino in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
Of the 145,153 students attending Pima County schools, 55.4% were Latino. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 30.7% of Pima County students.
In the previous school year, Latino students still were the most common group in Pima County, representing 53.2% of the student body.
Winifred Harelson Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which included 42.5% of Latino students, 28.3% of African American students, 16% of White students, 3.7% of American Indian or Alaskan Native students, 3.7% of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students, and 3.5% of Multi-racial or non-Hispanic students.
In the 2021-22 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.6% when compared to the previous year.
In 2022 Arizona had roughly one teacher for every 19 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students’ school performance.
WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.
Demographics of Student Body in Pima County in the 2021-22 school year
Students’ Ethnicity Percentage in Pima County Schools in the 2021-22 school year
| School name | Most prevalent ethnic group | Percent of Total Student Body | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acacia Elementary School | White | 52.1% | 746 |
| Agua Caliente School | White | 73.5% | 472 |
| Ajo Elementary School | Latino | 71.1% | 280 |
| Ajo High School | Latino | 75.2% | 129 |
| Alice Vail Middle School | Latino | 50.4% | 716 |
| Altar Valley Middle School | Latino | 60.5% | 200 |
| Alternative High School | American Indian or Alaskan Native | 96.9% | 65 |
| Amphi Academy Online | Latino | 49.6% | 345 |
| Amphitheater High School | Latino | 63.6% | 1,160 |
| Amphitheater Middle School | Latino | 65% | 626 |
| Andrada Polytechnic High School | White | 59.4% | 630 |
| Anna Henry Elementary School | Latino | 37.5% | 253 |
| Anna Lawrence Intermediate School | American Indian or Alaskan Native | 50% | 210 |
| Annie Kellond Elementary School | Latino | 52.7% | 452 |
| Anza Trail | Latino | 53.6% | 1,171 |
| Apollo Middle School | Latino | 91.8% | 549 |
| Baboquivari High School | American Indian or Alaskan Native | 94.3% | 229 |
| Baboquivari Middle School | American Indian or Alaskan Native | 91% | 166 |
| Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School | Latino | 84.6% | 441 |
| Blenman Elementary School | Latino | 54.1% | 259 |
| Bloom Elementary | Latino | 54.6% | 337 |
| Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School | Latino | 69.4% | 369 |
| Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School | Latino | 52.8% | 451 |
| Borman Elementary School | White | 44.8% | 507 |
| Borton Primary Magnet School | Latino | 62.2% | 262 |
| C.E. Rose Elementary School | Latino | 95.3% | 806 |
| Canyon Del Oro High School | White | 55% | 1,613 |
| Canyon View Elementary School | White | 58.8% | 422 |
| Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School | Latino | 67.6% | 296 |
| Catalina Foothills High School | White | 54.4% | 1,854 |
| Catalina High School | Latino | 49.6% | 566 |
| Cavett Elementary School | Latino | 82.4% | 187 |
| Centennial Elementary School | Latino | 65.8% | 403 |
| Challenger Middle School | Latino | 90% | 718 |
| Cholla High School | Latino | 81% | 1,709 |
| Cienega High School | White | 48.2% | 1,906 |
| Collier Elementary School | Latino | 44.8% | 134 |
| Continental Elementary School | Latino | 48.8% | 649 |
| Copper Creek Elementary School | White | 61.3% | 318 |
| Copper Ridge Elementary | White | 56.3% | 407 |
| Copper View Elementary School | Latino | 57.6% | 627 |
| Corona Foothills Middle School | White | 55.2% | 592 |
| Coronado K-8 School | Latino | 48.2% | 666 |
| Cottonwood Elementary School | White | 46.9% | 525 |
| Cragin Elementary School | Latino | 52.2% | 274 |
| Craycroft Elementary School | Latino | 80% | 555 |
| Davidson Elementary School | Latino | 52.8% | 248 |
| Davis Bilingual Magnet School | Latino | 58.2% | 280 |
| Desert Sky Middle School | Latino | 45.6% | 792 |
| Desert View High School | Latino | 86.5% | 2,027 |
| Desert Willow Elementary School | Latino | 44.9% | 779 |
| Dietz K-8 School | Latino | 53% | 400 |
| Doolen Middle School | Latino | 44.8% | 572 |
| Drachman Primary Magnet School | Latino | 61.7% | 334 |
| Drexel Elementary School | Latino | 88.8% | 463 |
| Dunham Elementary School | Latino | 42.9% | 154 |
| E.C. Nash School | Latino | 71.3% | 300 |
| Elvira Elementary School | Latino | 93.6% | 613 |
| Emily Gray Junior High School | White | 69% | 422 |
| Empire High School | White | 56.8% | 859 |
| Esmond Station School | White | 52.6% | 730 |
| Esperanza Elementary School | Latino | 92.1% | 481 |
| Esperero Canyon Middle School | White | 55.3% | 519 |
| Flowing Wells Digital Campus | Latino | 69.9% | 143 |
| Flowing Wells High School | Latino | 73% | 1,689 |
| Flowing Wells Junior High School | Latino | 70.2% | 825 |
| Ford Elementary | Latino | 48.4% | 221 |
| Frances J. Warren Elementary School | Latino | 79.7% | 202 |
| Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School | Latino | 54.2% | 336 |
| Fruchthendler Elementary School | White | 53.9% | 345 |
| Gale Elementary School | White | 42.8% | 360 |
| Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School | Latino | 93.3% | 840 |
| Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet | Latino | 93.2% | 518 |
| Gridley Middle School | Latino | 43.4% | 606 |
| Harold Steele Elementary School | Latino | 40.9% | 237 |
| Helen Keeling Elementary School | Latino | 61.5% | 288 |
| Henry Hank Oyama | Latino | 85.1% | 308 |
| Holladay Intermediate Magnet School | Latino | 73% | 189 |
| Hollinger K-8 School | Latino | 92% | 637 |
| Homer Davis Elementary School | Latino | 76.1% | 389 |
| Howell Peter Elementary | Latino | 47.4% | 232 |
| Hudlow Elementary School | Latino | 53.8% | 186 |
| Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School | Latino | 59.6% | 403 |
| Indian Oasis Intermediate Elementary School | American Indian or Alaskan Native | 96% | 224 |
| Indian Oasis Primary Elementary School | American Indian or Alaskan Native | 80.5% | 329 |
| Irene Erickson Elementary School | Latino | 59.8% | 371 |
| Ironwood Ridge High School | White | 63% | 1,631 |
| J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School | Latino | 57.9% | 511 |
| John B. Wright Elementary School | Latino | 42.5% | 431 |
| John E. White Elementary School | Latino | 81% | 638 |
| L.M. Prince School | Latino | 56.5% | 462 |
| La Cima Middle School | Latino | 69.5% | 430 |
| Laguna Elementary School | Latino | 71.2% | 379 |
| Laura N. Banks Elementary | Latino | 76.3% | 295 |
| Lawrence W. Cross Middle School | White | 57.4% | 754 |
| Liberty Elementary School | Latino | 93.5% | 537 |
| Lineweaver Elementary School | Latino | 50% | 562 |
| Los Amigos Elementary School | Latino | 94.9% | 604 |
| Los Ninos Elementary School | Latino | 81.2% | 409 |
| Lulu Walker School | Latino | 59.7% | 375 |
| Lynn Urquides | Latino | 90.7% | 407 |
| Magee Middle School | Latino | 42.9% | 361 |
| Maldonado Amelia Elementary School | Latino | 83.6% | 219 |
| Mansfeld Middle Magnet School | Latino | 67.3% | 901 |
| Manzanita School | White | 58.1% | 608 |
| Manzo Elementary School | Latino | 88% | 341 |
| Marion Donaldson Elementary School | Latino | 48.4% | 221 |
| Marshall Elementary School | White | 43.9% | 253 |
| Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence | Latino | 90.3% | 1,151 |
| Mary Meredith K-12 School | Latino | 51.9% | 27 |
| Mesa Verde Elementary School | White | 58.4% | 327 |
| Mesquite Elementary School | Latino | 42.4% | 713 |
| Miles-Exploratory Learning Center | Latino | 63.1% | 309 |
| Miller Elementary School | Latino | 82.5% | 491 |
| Mission Manor Elementary School | Latino | 94% | 521 |
| Mission View Elementary School | Latino | 91.5% | 199 |
| Morgan Maxwell School | Latino | 75.6% | 468 |
| Myers-Ganoung Elementary School | Latino | 53.2% | 267 |
| Ochoa Elementary School | Latino | 87.5% | 152 |
| Ocotillo Ridge Elementary | White | 59.7% | 600 |
| Old Vail Middle School | White | 57.8% | 850 |
| Orange Grove Middle School | White | 59.3% | 669 |
| Painted Sky Elementary School | White | 60% | 335 |
| Palo Verde High Magnet School | Latino | 47.8% | 648 |
| Pantano High School | White | 43.9% | 66 |
| Pistor Middle School | Latino | 82% | 878 |
| Project More High School | Latino | 85.7% | 21 |
| Pueblo Gardens Elementary | Latino | 85.6% | 396 |
| Pueblo High School | Latino | 88.8% | 1,798 |
| Raul Grijalva Elementary School | Latino | 86.1% | 527 |
| Richard B. Wilson Junior School | White | 61.2% | 912 |
| Rillito Center | Latino | 42.7% | 75 |
| Rincon High School | Latino | 60.8% | 1,393 |
| Rincon Vista Middle School | White | 43.3% | 698 |
| Rio Vista Elementary School | Latino | 68.8% | 317 |
| Rivera Elementary School | Latino | 93.3% | 445 |
| Robert Richardson Elementary School | Latino | 52.8% | 326 |
| Roberts Naylor | Latino | 56.8% | 544 |
| Robins Elementary School | Latino | 71.9% | 430 |
| Robison Elementary School | Latino | 79.2% | 236 |
| Robles Elementary School | Latino | 59.8% | 366 |
| Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School | Latino | 85.8% | 569 |
| Sabino High School | White | 51.5% | 938 |
| Safford K-8 School | Latino | 81.8% | 434 |
| Sahuarita High School | Latino | 56.4% | 1,063 |
| Sahuarita Intermediate School | Latino | 57% | 398 |
| Sahuarita Middle School | Latino | 58.6% | 563 |
| Sahuaro High School | Latino | 46.3% | 1,499 |
| Sam Hughes Elementary | Latino | 50.9% | 336 |
| Santa Clara Elementary School | Latino | 78.2% | 441 |
| Santa Rita High School | Latino | 53% | 372 |
| Secrist Middle School | Latino | 52.5% | 318 |
| Senita Valley Elementary School | White | 48.1% | 665 |
| Sentinel Peak High School | Latino | 73.8% | 80 |
| Sierra 2-8 School | Latino | 89.6% | 863 |
| Soleng Tom Elementary School | White | 47% | 317 |
| Sopori Elementary School | Latino | 73.1% | 201 |
| STAR Academic High School | Latino | 88.6% | 273 |
| Summit View Elementary | Latino | 94.9% | 394 |
| Sunnyside High School | Latino | 93.6% | 2,166 |
| Sunnyside Online Success Academy | Latino | 91.5% | 351 |
| Sunrise Drive Elementary School | White | 51.2% | 533 |
| Sycamore Elementary School | White | 53.1% | 706 |
| Tanque Verde Elementary School | White | 72.5% | 655 |
| Tanque Verde High School | White | 75.8% | 666 |
| Teenage Parent Program – TAPP | Latino | 69.7% | 33 |
| The Innovation Academy | White | 64.9% | 405 |
| Tolson Elementary School | Latino | 80.2% | 339 |
| Tucson Magnet High School | Latino | 69.8% | 3,231 |
| Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School | Latino | 60.4% | 285 |
| University High School | White | 43.3% | 1,128 |
| Utterback Middle School | Latino | 79% | 238 |
| Vail Academy & High School | White | 40.3% | 474 |
| Vail Innovation Center | White | 50% | 146 |
| Valencia Middle School | Latino | 77.8% | 758 |
| Van Buskirk Elementary School | Latino | 94.6% | 261 |
| Ventana Vista Elementary School | White | 53.8% | 494 |
| Vesey Elementary School | Latino | 74.8% | 568 |
| W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School | Latino | 54.3% | 210 |
| W.V. Whitmore Elementary School | Latino | 44.3% | 300 |
| Walden Grove High School | Latino | 56.4% | 1,119 |
| Wheeler Elementary School | Latino | 51.8% | 407 |
| Winifred Harelson Elementary School | White | 63.1% | 471 |
