There were 39,752 white students enrolled in Pima County schools in the 2025-26 school year, a 4.7% decrease from the 41,698 white students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
Data showed that Pima County enrolled 139,176 students at the time. Among them, white students made up 28.6% of the student body making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 293 schools in Pima County, Marana High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2025-26 school year, with 1,135 students making up 48% of the school’s total enrollment.
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.
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 2025-26 School Year
Enrollment in Pima County Schools During 2025-26 School Year
| School name | % of White Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson Magnet High School | 14.7% | 2,651 |
| Pima County Schools Superintendent’s Diploma Program | 26.1% | 2,445 |
| Marana High School | 48% | 2,367 |
| Sunnyside High School | 1.3% | 2,202 |
| Desert View High School | 4% | 1,952 |
| Catalina Foothills High School | 52.2% | 1,849 |
| Cienega High School | 42.9% | 1,835 |
| Mountain View High School | 44.7% | 1,784 |
| Pueblo High School | 2.8% | 1,739 |
| Canyon Del Oro High School | 55.6% | 1,708 |
| Flowing Wells High School | 17.7% | 1,695 |
| Ironwood Ridge High School | 56.9% | 1,527 |
| Cholla High School | 7.5% | 1,513 |
| Mica Mountain High School | 42.4% | 1,385 |
| Sahuarita High School | 29.4% | 1,239 |
| Legacy Traditional School – Northwest Tucson | 42.5% | 1,237 |
| Tucson Unified Virtual Academy | 19.3% | 1,200 |
| Anza Trail | 28.3% | 1,192 |
| Sahuaro High School | 28.9% | 1,159 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence | 42.8% | 1,129 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson | 45.2% | 1,124 |
| Rincon High School | 20.4% | 1,076 |
| Walden Grove High School | 34.9% | 1,076 |
| McCorkle PK-8 | 2.6% | 1,059 |
| University High School | 38% | 1,011 |
| Dove Mountain K-8 | 49.9% | 945 |
| Marana Middle School | 48.8% | 944 |
| Andrada Polytechnic High School | 49.8% | 910 |
| Wrightson Ridge K-8 School | 22.8% | 891 |
| Empire High School | 51.1% | 890 |
| Amphitheater High School | 11.2% | 859 |
| La Paloma Academy (Lakeside) | 24.3% | 845 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona | 60% | 842 |
| Twin Peaks Elementary School | 50.1% | 830 |
| Lawrence W. Cross Middle School | 56.6% | 829 |
| Tanque Verde High School | 71.7% | 815 |
| Desert Willow Elementary School | 36.2% | 802 |
| Sabino High School | 44.8% | 788 |
| Sierra 2-8 School | 4% | 783 |
| Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School | 2.4% | 780 |
| BASIS Tucson Primary School | 18.8% | 775 |
| Math and Science Success Academy | 2.9% | 769 |
| BASIS Tucson North | 27% | 759 |
| C. E. Rose Elementary School | 2% | 759 |
| Old Vail Middle School | 49.2% | 758 |
| Acacia Elementary School | 44.3% | 749 |
| Esmond Station School | 43% | 740 |
| Desert Sky Middle School | 37% | 727 |
| Palo Verde High Magnet School | 18.9% | 726 |
| Flowing Wells Junior High School | 20.4% | 711 |
| Orange Grove Middle School | 55.6% | 700 |
| Rincon Vista Middle School | 40.1% | 696 |
| Mansfeld Middle Magnet School | 19% | 693 |
| Sonoran Science Academy – Tucson | 38.4% | 687 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence – Central Tucson | 36.3% | 681 |
| Senita Valley Elementary School | 45.7% | 676 |
| Eastpointe High School | 24.5% | 666 |
| Sycamore Elementary School | 48.6% | 660 |
| Corona Foothills Middle School | 52.1% | 637 |
| Continental Elementary School | 37.8% | 635 |
| Mesquite Elementary School | 31.1% | 634 |
| Vesey Elementary School | 11.6% | 628 |
| Elvira Elementary School | 1.5% | 615 |
| Alice Vail Middle School | 28.8% | 600 |
| Roberts Naylor | 7.7% | 599 |
| Academy of Math and Science | 10.7% | 597 |
| John E. White Elementary School | 4.3% | 585 |
| La Paloma Academy | 18.5% | 584 |
| Manzanita School | 63.1% | 577 |
| Cottonwood Elementary School | 36.9% | 575 |
| Academy Del Sol – Star Valley | 5.8% | 570 |
| Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School | 8.1% | 569 |
| Los Amigos Elementary School | 4.8% | 568 |
| Vail Academy & High School | 32.4% | 565 |
| BASIS Oro Valley Primary School | 27.4% | 563 |
| Valencia Middle School | 8.4% | 559 |
| Craycroft Elementary School | 8.2% | 559 |
| Gladden Farms Elementary School | 48.7% | 556 |
| BASIS Oro Valley | 33.4% | 545 |
| Catalina High School | 19.5% | 534 |
| Tanque Verde Elementary School | 70.7% | 533 |
| Coronado K-8 School | 41% | 527 |
| Hollinger K-8 School | 3.6% | 524 |
| Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School | 5.7% | 524 |
| Pistor Middle School | 5.2% | 522 |
| Lineweaver Elementary School | 26.9% | 521 |
| Copper View Elementary School | 26.7% | 521 |
| Challenger Middle School | 2.7% | 515 |
| Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet | 2% | 511 |
| Quail Run Elementary School | 40% | 502 |
| Tucson Country Day School | 58% | 500 |
| Ocotillo Ridge Elementary School | 51% | 500 |
| Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School | 44.5% | 499 |
| Esperero Canyon Middle School | 52.9% | 497 |
| Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School | 37.9% | 496 |
| La Paloma Academy-South | 4.6% | 495 |
| Gridley Middle School | 41% | 488 |
| Apollo Middle School | 2.3% | 488 |
| Tortolita Middle School | 46.3% | 486 |
| Douglas Elementary School | 9.3% | 483 |
| Miller Elementary School | 5.8% | 480 |
| Alta Vista High School | 1.3% | 478 |
| Sunrise Drive Elementary School | 50.6% | 478 |
| Drexel Elementary School | 1.3% | 474 |
| Agua Caliente School | 75.2% | 472 |
| Raul Grijalva Elementary School | 4.1% | 468 |
| Sonoran Science Academy East | 33.6% | 464 |
| Alternative Computerized Education (ACE) Charter High School | 24.2% | 458 |
| Mission Manor Elementary School | 2.2% | 449 |
| Picture Rocks Elementary School | 58.9% | 448 |
| Compass High School | 46.6% | 438 |
| The Innovation Academy | 62.9% | 437 |
| Sahuarita Middle School | 25.3% | 434 |
| J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School | 29% | 434 |
| Liberty Elementary School | 1.8% | 433 |
| Centennial Elementary School | 16.5% | 425 |
| Borman K-8 School | 40.7% | 425 |
| Esperanza Elementary School | 5% | 422 |
| Los Ninos Elementary School | 6.2% | 420 |
| Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School | 27.2% | 419 |
| Coyote Trail Elementary School | 54.3% | 416 |
| Painted Sky Elementary School | 61% | 415 |
| Pima Rose Academy | 4.9% | 412 |
| Doolen Middle School | 25.2% | 412 |
| Emily Gray Junior High School | 66.5% | 412 |
| Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School | 17% | 411 |
| Butterfield Elementary School | 37.8% | 410 |
| Lynn Urquides | 5.2% | 406 |
| Rivera Elementary School | 1.2% | 405 |
| Amphitheater Middle School | 14.9% | 403 |
| Annie Kellond Elementary School | 35.6% | 396 |
| Santa Clara Elementary School | 3.8% | 396 |
| Winifred Harelson Elementary School | 55.7% | 393 |
| Robins Elementary School | 14.5% | 392 |
| La Cima Middle School | 13.4% | 389 |
| Canyon View Elementary School | 57.6% | 387 |
| Ironwood Elementary School | 48.7% | 386 |
| Copper Ridge Elementary School | 54.3% | 385 |
| Laguna Elementary School | 15.7% | 383 |
| Sam Hughes Elementary School | 38.7% | 382 |
| John B. Wright Elementary School | 14.4% | 381 |
| Wheeler Elementary School | 33.7% | 380 |
| L. M. Prince School | 9.8% | 376 |
| Ventana Vista Elementary School | 48.1% | 372 |
| Degrazia Elementary School | 37% | 370 |
| Santa Rita High School | 30.2% | 368 |
| Dietz K-8 School | 24.2% | 368 |
| Roadrunner Elementary School | 47.7% | 367 |
| Innovation Technology High School | 10.1% | 366 |
| Legacy Traditional School – East Tucson | 23.1% | 363 |
| Morgan Maxwell School | 7.8% | 360 |
| Summit View Elementary School | 2.5% | 360 |
| Homer Davis Elementary School | 14% | 357 |
| Rio Vista Elementary School | 21.3% | 348 |
| Henry Hank Oyama | 6.6% | 347 |
| Pueblo Gardens Elementary School | 3.5% | 345 |
| W. V. Whitmore Elementary School | 29.1% | 344 |
| Nosotros Academy | 3.5% | 341 |
| Laura N. Banks Elementary School | 19.4% | 340 |
| Wakefield Middle School | 7.4% | 339 |
| Lulu Walker School | 25.5% | 337 |
| Safford K-8 School | 4.5% | 333 |
| Bloom Elementary School | 29.7% | 330 |
| Tolson Elementary School | 6.1% | 330 |
| Sahuarita Intermediate School | 28% | 329 |
| Presidio School | 23.8% | 324 |
| Blenman Elementary School | 14% | 321 |
| E. C. Nash School | 13.2% | 319 |
| Irene Erickson Elementary School | 19.1% | 319 |
| Drachman Primary Magnet School | 21.5% | 312 |
| Sahuarita Primary School | 30.4% | 309 |
| Fruchthendler Elementary School | 50.6% | 308 |
| Manzo Elementary School | 3.9% | 304 |
| Van Buskirk Elementary School | 3.6% | 304 |
| Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School | 15% | 301 |
| Robert Richardson Elementary School | 36.3% | 300 |
| Davidson Elementary School | 17.1% | 299 |
| Myers-Ganoung Elementary School | 19.8% | 298 |
| Ocotillo Early Learning Elementary School | 2.7% | 297 |
| Gale Elementary School | 33.7% | 297 |
| Soleng Tom Elementary School | 39.2% | 296 |
| Robles Elementary School | 33% | 288 |
| Miles-Exploratory Learning Center | 27.9% | 287 |
| Davis Bilingual Magnet School | 17.5% | 286 |
| Copper Creek Elementary School | 46.1% | 282 |
| Borton Primary Magnet School | 18.3% | 278 |
| Magee Middle School | 30.8% | 276 |
| Marshall Elementary School | 40.5% | 269 |
| Ajo Elementary School | 11.2% | 267 |
| Southgate Academy | 5.3% | 266 |
| Da Vinci Tree Academy | 33.1% | 266 |
| Utterback Middle School | 5.7% | 264 |
| Mesa Verde Elementary School | 58.8% | 257 |
| STAR Academic High School | 1.9% | 257 |
| Howell Peter Elementary School | 27.4% | 252 |
| Hermosa Montessori Charter | 62.8% | 247 |
| Anna Henry Elementary School | 36.4% | 247 |
| Harriet Johnson Primary School | 5.3% | 247 |
| Booth-Fickett Math/Science Magnet School | 17.2% | 244 |
| Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School | 6.3% | 238 |
| Maldonado Amelia Elementary School | 6.4% | 236 |
| Canyon Rose Academy | 19.3% | 233 |
| Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School | 23.9% | 222 |
| Helen Keeling Elementary School | 12.3% | 219 |
| Frances J. Warren Elementary School | 7.8% | 219 |
| Robison Elementary School | 9.3% | 216 |
| Harold Steele Elementary School | 28.8% | 215 |
| Marion Donaldson Elementary School | 34.6% | 214 |
| Cragin Elementary School | 19.8% | 212 |
| Secrist Middle School | 25.2% | 210 |
| Cavett Elementary School | 5.4% | 205 |
| Anna Lawrence Intermediate School | 4.9% | 203 |
| Khalsa School | 54.7% | 203 |
| Southside Community School | 0.5% | 202 |
| Mission View Elementary School | 3% | 199 |
| Ford Elementary School | 28.4% | 190 |
| AmeriSchools Academy – Tucson | 12.9% | 186 |
| McAT High School | 46.8% | 186 |
| Ombudsman – Charter Valencia | 4.3% | 185 |
| Catalina Foothills Valley View Early Learning Center | 57.5% | 181 |
| City High School | 37.4% | 179 |
| La Paloma Academy Marana | 27.9% | 179 |
| Ochoa Elementary School | 1.7% | 177 |
| MUSD Early Learning and Resource Center | 38.6% | 176 |
| Holladay Intermediate Magnet School | 4.5% | 176 |
| W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School | 24.3% | 169 |
| Colearn Academy Arizona | 63.7% | 168 |
| Hudlow Elementary School | 23.5% | 162 |
| Altar Valley Middle School | 21.5% | 149 |
| Academy of Tucson High School | 50.7% | 148 |
| The Pima Partnership School | 5.4% | 147 |
| Academy of Tucson Middle School | 38.7% | 142 |
| Great Expectations Academy | 46.1% | 141 |
| Adventure School | 23.6% | 140 |
| Emily Meschter Early Learning Center | 20.7% | 140 |
| Tucson International Academy Midvale | 5.8% | 139 |
| Ajo High School | 14.5% | 138 |
| Dunham Elementary School | 27.2% | 136 |
| Tucson International Academy | 10.4% | 135 |
| TIA West | 9% | 134 |
| Mountain Rose Academy | 40.6% | 133 |
| Civano Community K-8 School | 48.9% | 131 |
| Montessori Schoolhouse | 33.8% | 130 |
| Academy of Tucson Elementary School | 36.6% | 123 |
| Desert Rose Academy Charter School | 25.6% | 121 |
| Vail Inclusive Preschool | 43.7% | 119 |
| Academy Del Sol | 15.3% | 118 |
| Collier Elementary School | 46.8% | 111 |
| Sahuarita Digital Pathways Academy | 36.2% | 105 |
| Envision High School | 14.6% | 103 |
| PPEP TEC – Celestino Fernandez Learning Center | 2% | 101 |
| Desert Sage High School | 53.1% | 98 |
| Sopori Elementary School | 10.1% | 89 |
| Tucson Preparatory School | 5.6% | 89 |
| Satori Charter School | 53.4% | 88 |
| Pantano High School | 39% | 82 |
| Edge High School – Himmel Park | 30.4% | 79 |
| Paulo Freire Freedom School – University | 53.6% | 69 |
| Vail Blended Learning | 76.8% | 69 |
| Sonoran Virtual Academy | 20.6% | 68 |
| Canyon Rose Academy-East | 42.6% | 68 |
| Online School of Arizona | 27.3% | 66 |
| Amphi Academy Online | 39.4% | 66 |
| Leman Virtual Academy | 37.1% | 62 |
| Sentinel Peak High School | 22.6% | 62 |
| Vail Innovation Center | 58.1% | 62 |
| Rillito Center | 35.6% | 59 |
| Project More High School | 8.8% | 57 |
| Ha:san Preparatory & Leadership School | 1.8% | 56 |
| Carden of Tucson | 32.7% | 55 |
| Southern Arizona Community Academy | 15.7% | 51 |
| EDGE High School – Northwest | 44.7% | 47 |
| Las Puertas Community School | 4.4% | 45 |
| Paulo Freire Freedom School – Downtown | 39% | 41 |
| Desert Sky Community School | 51.5% | 33 |
| Arizona Online Charter School | 19.4% | 31 |
| Sky Islands | 35.5% | 31 |
| Youth Works Charter High School | 10% | 30 |
| Marana Distance Learning | 41.4% | 29 |
| Highland Free School | 35.7% | 28 |
| Pima Partnership Academy | 18.5% | 27 |
| SACA Online | 12% | 25 |
| Flowing Wells Digital Campus | 12.5% | 16 |
| Mary Meredith K-12 School | 26.7% | 15 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Arizona Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
