Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 3.2% of Sunnyside Unified District’s student body in 2024-25 school year

Sunnyside Unified District Superintendent Jose Gastelum (2023) - Sunnyside Unified District
Sunnyside Unified District Superintendent Jose Gastelum (2023) - Sunnyside Unified District
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There were 444 white students enrolled in Sunnyside Unified District schools in the 2024-25 school year, 3.9% less than the previous year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Sunnyside Unified District welcomed 13,962 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, white students comprised 3.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Sunnyside Unified District roughly covers schools within Pima County and has a main office in Tucson.

Among the 20 schools in Sunnyside Unified District, Desert View High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 77 students.

Arizona ranks dead last in educational success among U.S. states, according to World Population Review, which graded states based on K–12 performance, funding, higher education, and safety.

Arizona’s K-12 enrollment is shifting amid a declining school-aged population, projected to drop by 40,000 by 2028, according to the Common Sense Institute.

Racial and ethnic enrollment data may be incomplete or suppressed due to unavailable or unreported figures for some student groups.

Ethnicities in Sunnyside Unified District in 2024-25 School Year

White Enrollment Trends in Sunnyside Unified District, 2020-21—2024-25
Year Total District Enrollment Total White Students White %
2021 14,928 1,169 7.8%
2022 14,544 474 3.3%
2023 14,534 468 3.2%
2024 14,140 462 3.3%
2025 13,962 444 3.2%


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