There were 43,158 white students enrolled in Pima County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 3.3% decrease from from the 44,623 white students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
Data showed that Pima County welcomed 143,604 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students made up 30.1% of the student body making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 283 schools in Pima County, Marana High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,266 students, making up 53% of the school’s total student body.
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.
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 2022-23 School Year
Enrollment in Pima County Schools During 2022-23 School Year
| School name | % of White Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson Magnet High School | 14.8% | 3,167 |
| Marana High School | 53% | 2,388 |
| Sunnyside High School | 1.4% | 2,205 |
| Desert View High School | 3.8% | 2,168 |
| Cienega High School | 47.5% | 1,912 |
| Catalina Foothills High School | 54.5% | 1,887 |
| Mountain View High School | 46.5% | 1,834 |
| Pueblo High School | 2.7% | 1,832 |
| Cholla High School | 7.5% | 1,763 |
| Flowing Wells High School | 21.7% | 1,692 |
| Canyon Del Oro High School | 55.6% | 1,691 |
| Ironwood Ridge High School | 60.5% | 1,557 |
| Sahuaro High School | 30.4% | 1,432 |
| Legacy Traditional School – Northwest Tucson | 50.5% | 1,316 |
| Rincon High School | 18.3% | 1,272 |
| Anza Trail | 36.5% | 1,224 |
| Amphitheater High School | 13.7% | 1,160 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence | 43.5% | 1,146 |
| Sahuarita High School | 33.6% | 1,145 |
| Walden Grove High School | 34.8% | 1,139 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson | 48.9% | 1,098 |
| Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence | 3.9% | 1,086 |
| University High School | 41.5% | 1,061 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona | 60% | 1,021 |
| Twin Peaks Elementary School | 52.1% | 940 |
| Marana Middle School | 55.7% | 907 |
| Empire High School | 54.1% | 875 |
| Sabino High School | 51.7% | 862 |
| La Paloma Academy | 27.1% | 862 |
| Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School | 2.3% | 839 |
| Richard B. Wilson Junior School | 63.7% | 838 |
| Mansfeld Middle Magnet School | 19.1% | 817 |
| Flowing Wells Junior High School | 24.5% | 817 |
| BASIS Tucson Primary | 27.2% | 805 |
| BASIS Tucson North | 34.3% | 801 |
| Old Vail Middle School | 55.6% | 795 |
| Wrightson Ridge K-8 School | 26.5% | 795 |
| Sierra 2-8 School | 2.7% | 792 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence – Central Tucson | 37.3% | 785 |
| C.E. Rose Elementary School | 1.7% | 781 |
| Desert Sky Middle School | 38.8% | 762 |
| Lawrence W. Cross Middle School | 59.3% | 757 |
| Gladden Farms Elementary | 56.4% | 748 |
| Acacia Elementary School | 50.7% | 738 |
| Esmond Station School | 50.7% | 738 |
| Mesquite Elementary School | 38.5% | 733 |
| Pistor Middle School | 5.1% | 723 |
| Valencia Middle School | 8.6% | 723 |
| Sonoran Science Academy – Tucson | 35.4% | 723 |
| Math and Science Success Academy | 3.2% | 712 |
| Tanque Verde High School | 72.4% | 711 |
| Desert Willow Elementary School | 38.5% | 709 |
| Senita Valley Elementary School | 48% | 702 |
| Sycamore Elementary School | 50.8% | 699 |
| Rincon Vista Middle School | 42.5% | 696 |
| Elvira Elementary School | 2.3% | 695 |
| Palo Verde High Magnet School | 26.4% | 692 |
| La Paloma Academy | 23.3% | 690 |
| Hollinger K-8 School | 4.7% | 686 |
| Orange Grove Middle School | 57.8% | 677 |
| BASIS Oro Valley Primary | 31.4% | 666 |
| Coronado K-8 School | 49.5% | 665 |
| Challenger Middle School | 3.1% | 655 |
| Ocotillo Ridge Elementary | 58% | 652 |
| Andrada Polytechnic High School | 58.7% | 652 |
| Tanque Verde Elementary School | 72.7% | 644 |
| John E. White Elementary School | 5% | 641 |
| Continental Elementary School | 45.2% | 639 |
| Alice Vail Middle School | 28.4% | 631 |
| Los Amigos Elementary School | 3.4% | 621 |
| Copper View Elementary School | 30.8% | 616 |
| Corona Foothills Middle School | 54.1% | 604 |
| Catalina High School | 15.9% | 599 |
| Manzanita School | 60.3% | 595 |
| Craycroft Elementary School | 8.3% | 590 |
| Academy of Math and Science | 15.3% | 583 |
| Sahuarita Middle School | 31.7% | 580 |
| Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School | 44.3% | 569 |
| BASIS Oro Valley | 42.5% | 565 |
| Amphitheater Middle School | 11.7% | 563 |
| Vesey Elementary School | 10.5% | 561 |
| Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School | 8.4% | 560 |
| Quail Run Elementary School | 45.3% | 559 |
| Walter Douglas Elementary School | 10.5% | 552 |
| Vail Academy & High School | 41.3% | 552 |
| Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet | 2.2% | 544 |
| Doolen Middle School | 25.4% | 540 |
| Tortolita Middle School | 45.6% | 540 |
| Roberts Naylor | 12.3% | 536 |
| Apollo Middle School | 2.4% | 536 |
| Raul Grijalva Elementary School | 4.3% | 533 |
| Gridley Middle School | 37% | 530 |
| Sunrise Drive Elementary School | 49.3% | 525 |
| Academy Del Sol – Hope | 5.3% | 514 |
| Alternative Computerized Education (ACE) Charter High School | 30.1% | 511 |
| Tucson Country Day School | 63.1% | 510 |
| Cottonwood Elementary School | 45% | 505 |
| Lineweaver Elementary School | 32.1% | 501 |
| Esperero Canyon Middle School | 56.7% | 501 |
| Mission Manor Elementary School | 4.2% | 499 |
| Coyote Trail Elementary School | 50.4% | 496 |
| Robins Elementary School | 14.6% | 494 |
| Esperanza Elementary School | 3.6% | 494 |
| Picture Rocks Elementary | 61.3% | 493 |
| Alta Vista High School | 2.5% | 487 |
| La Paloma Academy-South | 6% | 486 |
| Butterfield Elementary School | 49.5% | 481 |
| Miller Elementary School | 4.2% | 478 |
| Agua Caliente School | 75.1% | 470 |
| Ventana Vista Elementary School | 56.2% | 470 |
| J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School | 32.8% | 469 |
| Sonoran Science Academy East | 35.2% | 466 |
| Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School | 17.8% | 465 |
| L.M. Prince School | 13.1% | 465 |
| John B. Wright Elementary School | 16.8% | 457 |
| Compass High School | 41.9% | 456 |
| Santa Clara Elementary School | 4.8% | 455 |
| Morgan Maxwell School | 9.3% | 454 |
| Centennial Elementary School | 28% | 447 |
| Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School | 49% | 445 |
| Ombudsman – Charter Valencia | 4.1% | 443 |
| Pima Rose Academy | 5.2% | 442 |
| Winifred Harelson Elementary School | 61.1% | 434 |
| Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School | 7.2% | 428 |
| Safford K-8 School | 6.6% | 425 |
| La Cima Middle School | 15.2% | 421 |
| Annie Kellond Elementary School | 34.5% | 420 |
| Emily Gray Junior High School | 69% | 419 |
| Wheeler Elementary School | 28.6% | 416 |
| Homer Davis Elementary School | 16.1% | 411 |
| Los Ninos Elementary School | 4.6% | 411 |
| The Innovation Academy | 63.7% | 411 |
| Lynn Urquides | 3.2% | 407 |
| Summit View Elementary | 4.7% | 404 |
| Southgate Academy | 7.9% | 403 |
| Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School | 24.6% | 398 |
| Copper Ridge Elementary | 58.5% | 398 |
| Canyon View Elementary School | 59.4% | 394 |
| Santa Rita High School | 29% | 393 |
| Sahuarita Intermediate School | 31.6% | 392 |
| Dietz K-8 School | 25.1% | 390 |
| Laguna Elementary School | 20.8% | 389 |
| Painted Sky Elementary School | 60.7% | 389 |
| Ironwood Elementary School | 52.6% | 384 |
| Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School | 17.8% | 382 |
| Pueblo Gardens Elementary | 3.7% | 382 |
| Irene Erickson Elementary School | 19.4% | 381 |
| Lulu Walker School | 29.9% | 381 |
| Robles Elementary School | 28.9% | 377 |
| Presidio School | 33.5% | 376 |
| Roadrunner Elementary School | 53.4% | 373 |
| Tolson Elementary School | 8.6% | 371 |
| Bloom Elementary | 28.2% | 362 |
| Degrazia Elementary School | 41.7% | 360 |
| Magee Middle School | 35.3% | 348 |
| Manzo Elementary School | 7% | 341 |
| Gale Elementary School | 40.3% | 335 |
| AGAVE Middle and High School | 20.7% | 328 |
| Drachman Primary Magnet School | 22.9% | 327 |
| Sam Hughes Elementary | 38% | 324 |
| Fruchthendler Elementary School | 51.6% | 322 |
| Robert Richardson Elementary School | 43.3% | 321 |
| Rio Vista Elementary School | 21% | 315 |
| Henry Hank Oyama | 5.7% | 315 |
| W.V. Whitmore Elementary School | 31% | 313 |
| Miles-Exploratory Learning Center | 23.8% | 311 |
| Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School | 11.9% | 311 |
| Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School | 29.3% | 311 |
| Laura N. Banks Elementary | 16.6% | 308 |
| Secrist Middle School | 28.1% | 303 |
| Nosotros Academy | 6.3% | 301 |
| Copper Creek Elementary School | 59.9% | 297 |
| Soleng Tom Elementary School | 43.2% | 296 |
| E.C. Nash School | 7.5% | 295 |
| Myers-Ganoung Elementary School | 17.6% | 290 |
| Davis Bilingual Magnet School | 28.7% | 289 |
| Mesa Verde Elementary School | 57.5% | 287 |
| Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School | 16% | 282 |
| Davidson Elementary School | 27.8% | 281 |
| Borton Primary Magnet School | 26.4% | 276 |
| Eastpointe High School | 19.2% | 271 |
| Ajo Elementary School | 14.6% | 268 |
| Blenman Elementary School | 12.4% | 267 |
| Anna Henry Elementary School | 36.1% | 266 |
| Anna Lawrence Intermediate School | 4.5% | 266 |
| Utterback Middle School | 8% | 264 |
| Khalsa School | 65.3% | 262 |
| Cragin Elementary School | 23.8% | 260 |
| Robison Elementary School | 15% | 260 |
| Maldonado Amelia Elementary School | 5.8% | 258 |
| Helen Keeling Elementary School | 10.6% | 254 |
| Howell Peter Elementary | 27% | 248 |
| Harold Steele Elementary School | 28.7% | 247 |
| Amphi Academy Online | 40% | 240 |
| Da Vinci Tree Academy | 31.1% | 238 |
| Marshall Elementary School | 49.1% | 234 |
| Marion Donaldson Elementary School | 35.1% | 225 |
| Wakefield Middle School | 10.8% | 223 |
| Great Expectations Academy | 49.5% | 214 |
| Hermosa Montessori Charter | 66.5% | 212 |
| Holladay Intermediate Magnet School | 5.4% | 204 |
| Ford Elementary | 27.5% | 200 |
| Sonoran Science Academy – Davis Monthan | 34.5% | 197 |
| Altar Valley Middle School | 31.1% | 196 |
| Mountain Rose Academy | 43.3% | 187 |
| AmeriSchools Academy – Country Club | 12.8% | 187 |
| City High School | 40.9% | 186 |
| MCAT High School | 49.7% | 183 |
| Academy of Tucson Elementary School | 48.1% | 181 |
| Canyon Rose Academy | 30.1% | 176 |
| Skyview High School | 23.6% | 174 |
| Cavett Elementary School | 6.4% | 173 |
| W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School | 26.5% | 166 |
| Academy of Tucson High School | 45.8% | 166 |
| Hudlow Elementary School | 28.2% | 163 |
| Frances J. Warren Elementary School | 7.5% | 160 |
| Dunham Elementary School | 29.1% | 158 |
| PPEP TEC – Celestino Fernandez Learning Center | 7.8% | 154 |
| Academy of Tucson Middle School | 47.1% | 153 |
| Desert Rose Academy Charter School | 24.5% | 143 |
| Leman Virtual Academy | 43% | 142 |
| Ajo High School | 14.2% | 134 |
| Civano Charter School | 59.7% | 124 |
| Adventure School | 27.3% | 121 |
| Satori Charter School | 65.5% | 119 |
| Collier Elementary School | 43% | 114 |
| Southern Arizona Community Academy | 31.2% | 112 |
| Sopori Elementary School | 15.6% | 109 |
| Tucson Preparatory School | 17.6% | 108 |
| Vail Innovation Center | 48.6% | 107 |
| Edge High School – Himmel Park | 20.6% | 97 |
| Pantano High School | 42% | 88 |
| Sentinel Peak High School | 25.3% | 87 |
| TIA East | 14.9% | 87 |
| Rillito Center | 44.6% | 83 |
| Flowing Wells Digital Campus | 30.1% | 83 |
| Paulo Freire Freedom School – University | 47.2% | 72 |
| Sky Islands | 48.6% | 70 |
| Canyon Rose Academy-East | 51.4% | 70 |
| Paulo Freire Freedom School – Downtown | 40.9% | 66 |
| Carden of Tucson | 44.3% | 61 |
| EDGE High School – Northwest | 47.5% | 61 |
| Marana Distance Learning | 54.7% | 53 |
| Highland Free School | 52.3% | 44 |
| Desert Sky Community School | 76.9% | 39 |
| Mary Meredith K-12 School | 40.7% | 27 |
