There were 4,207 American Indian or Alaskan Native students enrolled in Pima County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 2% decrease from from the 4,292 American Indian or Alaskan Native 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, American Indian or Alaskan Native students made up 2.9% of the student body making them the third least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 283 schools in Pima County, Indian Oasis Primary Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian or Alaskan Native students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 279 students, making up 80.6% 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.
A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor markets 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.
| School name | % of American Indian or Alaskan Native Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson Magnet High School | 4% | 3,167 |
| Sunnyside High School | 2.2% | 2,205 |
| Desert View High School | 3.6% | 2,168 |
| Pueblo High School | 5.6% | 1,832 |
| Cholla High School | 6.1% | 1,763 |
| Flowing Wells High School | 1.5% | 1,692 |
| Rincon High School | 2.1% | 1,272 |
| Amphitheater High School | 4% | 1,160 |
| Sahuarita High School | 1% | 1,145 |
| Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence | 2.9% | 1,086 |
| Marana Middle School | 1.7% | 907 |
| Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School | 1.5% | 839 |
| Mansfeld Middle Magnet School | 2.4% | 817 |
| Flowing Wells Junior High School | 1.5% | 817 |
| Sierra 2-8 School | 1.6% | 792 |
| C.E. Rose Elementary School | 1.8% | 781 |
| Pistor Middle School | 8.3% | 723 |
| Valencia Middle School | 7.9% | 723 |
| Math and Science Success Academy | 5.2% | 712 |
| Elvira Elementary School | 2% | 695 |
| Palo Verde High Magnet School | 2.9% | 692 |
| Hollinger K-8 School | 2% | 686 |
| Challenger Middle School | 6.3% | 655 |
| John E. White Elementary School | 10.1% | 641 |
| Catalina High School | 4.2% | 599 |
| Amphitheater Middle School | 3.9% | 563 |
| Vesey Elementary School | 8.4% | 561 |
| Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School | 5% | 560 |
| Doolen Middle School | 2% | 540 |
| Roberts Naylor | 2.6% | 536 |
| Apollo Middle School | 2.6% | 536 |
| Raul Grijalva Elementary School | 6% | 533 |
| Liberty Elementary School | 4.5% | 511 |
| Alternative Computerized Education (ACE) Charter High School | 5.9% | 511 |
| Lineweaver Elementary School | 3% | 501 |
| Mission Manor Elementary School | 2.4% | 499 |
| Miller Elementary School | 11.3% | 478 |
| L.M. Prince School | 4.1% | 465 |
| John B. Wright Elementary School | 3.9% | 457 |
| Santa Clara Elementary School | 16% | 455 |
| Morgan Maxwell School | 6.8% | 454 |
| Ombudsman – Charter Valencia | 39.1% | 443 |
| Pima Rose Academy | 5.2% | 442 |
| Safford K-8 School | 6.1% | 425 |
| La Cima Middle School | 2.9% | 421 |
| Southgate Academy | 7.4% | 403 |
| Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School | 2.8% | 398 |
| Robles Elementary School | 9.5% | 377 |
| Tolson Elementary School | 3% | 371 |
| Indian Oasis Primary Elementary School | 80.6% | 346 |
| AGAVE Middle and High School | 4.9% | 328 |
| Henry Hank Oyama | 3.5% | 315 |
| Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School | 4.2% | 311 |
| E.C. Nash School | 6.4% | 295 |
| Harriet Johnson Primary School | 28.3% | 290 |
| Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School | 3.9% | 282 |
| STAR Academic High School | 6.4% | 280 |
| Ajo Elementary School | 7.8% | 268 |
| Anna Lawrence Intermediate School | 43.2% | 266 |
| Utterback Middle School | 4.9% | 264 |
| Baboquivari High School | 94.6% | 260 |
| Maldonado Amelia Elementary School | 8.1% | 258 |
| Indian Oasis Intermediate Elementary School | 95.3% | 255 |
| Wakefield Middle School | 5.4% | 223 |
| AmeriSchools Academy – Country Club | 6.4% | 187 |
| Frances J. Warren Elementary School | 9.4% | 160 |
| Baboquivari Middle School | 96.4% | 140 |
| Pima Partnership School, The | 14.5% | 110 |
| Ha:san Preparatory & Leadership School | 93.4% | 91 |
| Alternative High School | 94.3% | 70 |
