South Pima News

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.

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