There were 6,533 African American students enrolled in Pima County schools in the 2024-25 school year, a 17.9% decrease from the 7,956 African American students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
Data showed that Pima County welcomed 141,176 students at the time. Among them, African American students made up 4.6% of the student body making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 281 schools in Pima County, Tucson Magnet High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 181 students, making up 6.2% of the school’s total student body.
A 2023 study from Scholaroo ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor marks for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.
Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Ethnicities in Pima County in 2024-25 School Year
Enrollment in Pima County Schools During 2024-25 School Year
| School name | % of African American Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson Magnet High School | 6.2% | 2,932 |
| Marana High School | 2% | 2,435 |
| Sunnyside High School | 1.8% | 2,253 |
| Desert View High School | 4.1% | 2,098 |
| Cienega High School | 3.7% | 1,880 |
| Catalina Foothills High School | 1.9% | 1,864 |
| Mountain View High School | 2.6% | 1,825 |
| Pueblo High School | 1.7% | 1,815 |
| Canyon Del Oro High School | 1.7% | 1,755 |
| Flowing Wells High School | 2.2% | 1,736 |
| Cholla High School | 2.5% | 1,571 |
| Ironwood Ridge High School | 1.2% | 1,537 |
| Legacy Traditional School – Northwest Tucson | 2.5% | 1,283 |
| Sahuaro High School | 9.1% | 1,247 |
| Sahuarita High School | 2.6% | 1,215 |
| Anza Trail | 2.6% | 1,209 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence | 2.7% | 1,167 |
| AGAVE Middle and High School | 7% | 1,162 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson | 4.3% | 1,155 |
| Walden Grove High School | 2.6% | 1,151 |
| Rincon High School | 12% | 1,107 |
| Amphitheater High School | 10% | 990 |
| University High School | 3.6% | 982 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona | 1.8% | 944 |
| Marana Middle School | 2.2% | 938 |
| Twin Peaks Elementary School | 1.9% | 886 |
| Empire High School | 3.5% | 886 |
| Wrightson Ridge K-8 School | 2.7% | 862 |
| La Paloma Academy | 13.1% | 855 |
| Andrada Polytechnic High School | 2.6% | 836 |
| Lawrence W. Cross Middle School | 2.1% | 826 |
| Sabino High School | 5.9% | 816 |
| Old Vail Middle School | 3.2% | 808 |
| Desert Willow Elementary School | 6.5% | 800 |
| Sierra 2-8 School | 4.8% | 799 |
| Mansfeld Middle Magnet School | 7.1% | 792 |
| BASIS Tucson Primary | 9.3% | 785 |
| Acacia Elementary School | 2.3% | 778 |
| Palo Verde High Magnet School | 16.8% | 764 |
| Flowing Wells Junior High School | 2.5% | 756 |
| BASIS Tucson North | 6.4% | 752 |
| Gladden Farms Elementary | 1.6% | 741 |
| Desert Sky Middle School | 4.3% | 739 |
| Esmond Station School | 3.1% | 734 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence – Central Tucson | 2.7% | 731 |
| Ocotillo Ridge Elementary | 2.9% | 721 |
| Rincon Vista Middle School | 6.1% | 707 |
| Senita Valley Elementary School | 3.4% | 702 |
| Sonoran Science Academy – Tucson | 6.8% | 689 |
| Vesey Elementary School | 3% | 672 |
| Mesquite Elementary School | 5.3% | 638 |
| Sycamore Elementary School | 3% | 633 |
| La Paloma Academy | 13.4% | 628 |
| Vail Academy & High School | 7.6% | 620 |
| Corona Foothills Middle School | 3.6% | 619 |
| Los Amigos Elementary School | 2.1% | 613 |
| Roberts Naylor | 26% | 612 |
| Eastpointe High School | 13.7% | 600 |
| BASIS Oro Valley Primary | 5.2% | 598 |
| Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School | 3% | 598 |
| Challenger Middle School | 3.6% | 590 |
| Craycroft Elementary School | 8.7% | 585 |
| Catalina High School | 25.4% | 578 |
| Academy of Math and Science | 5.7% | 576 |
| Alice Vail Middle School | 11% | 571 |
| Cottonwood Elementary School | 3.4% | 563 |
| Academy Del Sol – Hope | 4.7% | 558 |
| Copper View Elementary School | 3.2% | 556 |
| BASIS Oro Valley | 2.8% | 540 |
| Quail Run Elementary School | 2% | 539 |
| Lineweaver Elementary School | 6.7% | 525 |
| Valencia Middle School | 3.7% | 519 |
| Drexel Elementary School | 3.3% | 513 |
| Tucson Country Day School | 3.1% | 512 |
| Tortolita Middle School | 2.7% | 511 |
| Gridley Middle School | 8.4% | 501 |
| Sahuarita Middle School | 3% | 498 |
| Doolen Middle School | 19.1% | 488 |
| Sonoran Science Academy East | 8.4% | 467 |
| Borman Elementary School | 10.9% | 459 |
| Los Ninos Elementary School | 8.6% | 456 |
| Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School | 3.7% | 455 |
| Compass High School | 7.2% | 446 |
| Robins Elementary School | 3.2% | 437 |
| Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School | 6.2% | 435 |
| Amphitheater Middle School | 13.7% | 432 |
| Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School | 6.1% | 427 |
| John B. Wright Elementary School | 22% | 409 |
| Laguna Elementary School | 5% | 402 |
| Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School | 6.2% | 401 |
| Degrazia Elementary School | 4.8% | 394 |
| Canyon View Elementary School | 3.6% | 392 |
| Wheeler Elementary School | 10% | 391 |
| L.M. Prince School | 17.4% | 379 |
| Alternative Computerized Education (ACE) Charter High School | 6.8% | 366 |
| Annie Kellond Elementary School | 4.9% | 364 |
| Sam Hughes Elementary | 3.3% | 364 |
| Southgate Academy | 3.3% | 364 |
| Dietz K-8 School | 16.9% | 362 |
| W.V. Whitmore Elementary School | 10.8% | 361 |
| Lulu Walker School | 5.6% | 355 |
| Morgan Maxwell School | 7.1% | 354 |
| Pueblo Gardens Elementary | 5.7% | 353 |
| Presidio School | 5.2% | 344 |
| Irene Erickson Elementary School | 16.1% | 342 |
| Tolson Elementary School | 5.6% | 339 |
| Rio Vista Elementary School | 8.6% | 338 |
| La Cima Middle School | 6.5% | 337 |
| Bloom Elementary | 9.3% | 335 |
| Drachman Primary Magnet School | 5.7% | 334 |
| Gale Elementary School | 3.3% | 330 |
| Santa Rita High School | 10.9% | 330 |
| Blenman Elementary School | 19.9% | 316 |
| Safford K-8 School | 7.9% | 316 |
| Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School | 4.3% | 305 |
| E.C. Nash School | 7.2% | 305 |
| Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School | 20.4% | 299 |
| Myers-Ganoung Elementary School | 19.6% | 285 |
| Magee Middle School | 11% | 283 |
| Anna Henry Elementary School | 10.2% | 275 |
| Utterback Middle School | 8.9% | 270 |
| Marshall Elementary School | 9.6% | 270 |
| Davidson Elementary School | 10.7% | 270 |
| Secrist Middle School | 10.5% | 247 |
| Robison Elementary School | 4.5% | 246 |
| Harold Steele Elementary School | 11.4% | 245 |
| Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School | 16% | 244 |
| Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School | 5.4% | 239 |
| Howell Peter Elementary | 11.9% | 236 |
| Helen Keeling Elementary School | 7.4% | 230 |
| Cavett Elementary School | 5.3% | 227 |
| Canyon Rose Academy | 7.8% | 219 |
| Cragin Elementary School | 16% | 219 |
| Marion Donaldson Elementary School | 5.2% | 212 |
| W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School | 5.5% | 200 |
| Holladay Intermediate Magnet School | 16.7% | 186 |
| Ford Elementary | 9.3% | 182 |
| AmeriSchools Academy – Country Club | 7.8% | 167 |
| Hudlow Elementary School | 8.9% | 146 |
| Dunham Elementary School | 10.6% | 141 |
| Southern Arizona Community Academy | 17.2% | 64 |
