There were 6,384 African American students enrolled in Pima County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 0.5% decrease from from the 6,414 African American 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, African American students made up 4.4% of the student body making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 283 schools in Pima County, Tucson Magnet High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 190 students, making up 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.
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 African American Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson Magnet High School | 6% | 3,167 |
| Marana High School | 1.9% | 2,388 |
| Sunnyside High School | 1.2% | 2,205 |
| Desert View High School | 4% | 2,168 |
| Cienega High School | 3.8% | 1,912 |
| Catalina Foothills High School | 2.8% | 1,887 |
| Mountain View High School | 1.7% | 1,834 |
| Pueblo High School | 1.6% | 1,832 |
| Cholla High School | 2.4% | 1,763 |
| Flowing Wells High School | 2% | 1,692 |
| Canyon Del Oro High School | 2.2% | 1,691 |
| Ironwood Ridge High School | 1.3% | 1,557 |
| Sahuaro High School | 9.6% | 1,432 |
| Legacy Traditional School – Northwest Tucson | 1.4% | 1,316 |
| Rincon High School | 12% | 1,272 |
| Anza Trail | 2% | 1,224 |
| Amphitheater High School | 10.9% | 1,160 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence | 3.1% | 1,146 |
| Sahuarita High School | 2.5% | 1,145 |
| Walden Grove High School | 2% | 1,139 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson | 3.8% | 1,098 |
| University High School | 3.1% | 1,061 |
| Twin Peaks Elementary School | 1.6% | 940 |
| Marana Middle School | 1.4% | 907 |
| Empire High School | 3.2% | 875 |
| Sabino High School | 4.9% | 862 |
| La Paloma Academy | 12.4% | 862 |
| Richard B. Wilson Junior School | 2% | 838 |
| Mansfeld Middle Magnet School | 6% | 817 |
| Flowing Wells Junior High School | 2.4% | 817 |
| BASIS Tucson Primary | 5.6% | 805 |
| BASIS Tucson North | 4.6% | 801 |
| Old Vail Middle School | 3.1% | 795 |
| Wrightson Ridge K-8 School | 2.5% | 795 |
| Sierra 2-8 School | 4.7% | 792 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence – Central Tucson | 2.4% | 785 |
| Desert Sky Middle School | 3.4% | 762 |
| Lawrence W. Cross Middle School | 2.2% | 757 |
| Acacia Elementary School | 2.6% | 738 |
| Esmond Station School | 2.4% | 738 |
| Mesquite Elementary School | 4.5% | 733 |
| Pistor Middle School | 1.8% | 723 |
| Sonoran Science Academy – Tucson | 7.5% | 723 |
| Math and Science Success Academy | 1.5% | 712 |
| Desert Willow Elementary School | 5.9% | 709 |
| Senita Valley Elementary School | 2.8% | 702 |
| Sycamore Elementary School | 3.9% | 699 |
| Rincon Vista Middle School | 6% | 696 |
| Palo Verde High Magnet School | 13.7% | 692 |
| La Paloma Academy | 12.5% | 690 |
| BASIS Oro Valley Primary | 3.6% | 666 |
| Challenger Middle School | 1.7% | 655 |
| Ocotillo Ridge Elementary | 2.5% | 652 |
| Andrada Polytechnic High School | 2.9% | 652 |
| Alice Vail Middle School | 9% | 631 |
| Copper View Elementary School | 2.8% | 616 |
| Corona Foothills Middle School | 3.8% | 604 |
| Catalina High School | 15.4% | 599 |
| Craycroft Elementary School | 7.5% | 590 |
| Academy of Math and Science | 7% | 583 |
| Sahuarita Middle School | 3.3% | 580 |
| BASIS Oro Valley | 2.8% | 565 |
| Amphitheater Middle School | 13% | 563 |
| Vesey Elementary School | 2.7% | 561 |
| Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School | 2.5% | 560 |
| Quail Run Elementary School | 2.7% | 559 |
| Walter Douglas Elementary School | 2.5% | 552 |
| Vail Academy & High School | 5.4% | 552 |
| Doolen Middle School | 14.8% | 540 |
| Tortolita Middle School | 2% | 540 |
| Roberts Naylor | 19.8% | 536 |
| Gridley Middle School | 5.3% | 530 |
| Alternative Computerized Education (ACE) Charter High School | 9.6% | 511 |
| Cottonwood Elementary School | 3% | 505 |
| Lineweaver Elementary School | 4% | 501 |
| Coyote Trail Elementary School | 2.4% | 496 |
| Robins Elementary School | 3.2% | 494 |
| Drexel Elementary School | 4.7% | 487 |
| J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School | 3% | 469 |
| Sonoran Science Academy East | 6.2% | 466 |
| Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School | 16.6% | 465 |
| L.M. Prince School | 16.8% | 465 |
| John B. Wright Elementary School | 26% | 457 |
| Compass High School | 5.5% | 456 |
| Morgan Maxwell School | 5.7% | 454 |
| Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School | 7.5% | 428 |
| Safford K-8 School | 5.6% | 425 |
| La Cima Middle School | 5% | 421 |
| Annie Kellond Elementary School | 5% | 420 |
| Wheeler Elementary School | 9.9% | 416 |
| Homer Davis Elementary School | 2.9% | 411 |
| Los Ninos Elementary School | 9% | 411 |
| Lynn Urquides | 2.7% | 407 |
| Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School | 5.5% | 398 |
| Canyon View Elementary School | 3.8% | 394 |
| Santa Rita High School | 9.2% | 393 |
| Sahuarita Intermediate School | 3.3% | 392 |
| Dietz K-8 School | 16.4% | 390 |
| Laguna Elementary School | 4.9% | 389 |
| Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School | 7.3% | 382 |
| Pueblo Gardens Elementary | 4.2% | 382 |
| Irene Erickson Elementary School | 10.8% | 381 |
| Presidio School | 6.9% | 376 |
| Tolson Elementary School | 4.9% | 371 |
| Bloom Elementary | 11.9% | 362 |
| Degrazia Elementary School | 4.7% | 360 |
| Magee Middle School | 7.8% | 348 |
| Gale Elementary School | 4.5% | 335 |
| AGAVE Middle and High School | 4.9% | 328 |
| Drachman Primary Magnet School | 9.2% | 327 |
| Sam Hughes Elementary | 4.6% | 324 |
| Rio Vista Elementary School | 5.1% | 315 |
| W.V. Whitmore Elementary School | 6.1% | 313 |
| Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School | 12.9% | 311 |
| Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School | 4.8% | 311 |
| Secrist Middle School | 11.6% | 303 |
| Copper Creek Elementary School | 4.4% | 297 |
| E.C. Nash School | 11.2% | 295 |
| Myers-Ganoung Elementary School | 20.3% | 290 |
| Davis Bilingual Magnet School | 5.9% | 289 |
| Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School | 4.6% | 282 |
| Davidson Elementary School | 6.4% | 281 |
| Borton Primary Magnet School | 5.1% | 276 |
| Eastpointe High School | 12.5% | 271 |
| Blenman Elementary School | 18.4% | 267 |
| Anna Henry Elementary School | 9.8% | 266 |
| Utterback Middle School | 8% | 264 |
| Cragin Elementary School | 12.7% | 260 |
| Robison Elementary School | 5.8% | 260 |
| Helen Keeling Elementary School | 11.8% | 254 |
| Howell Peter Elementary | 12.9% | 248 |
| Harold Steele Elementary School | 19% | 247 |
| Amphi Academy Online | 6.2% | 240 |
| Da Vinci Tree Academy | 5.9% | 238 |
| Marshall Elementary School | 5.6% | 234 |
| Marion Donaldson Elementary School | 5.3% | 225 |
| Holladay Intermediate Magnet School | 15.2% | 204 |
| Ford Elementary | 11% | 200 |
| AmeriSchools Academy – Country Club | 9.1% | 187 |
| Canyon Rose Academy | 7.4% | 176 |
| Skyview High School | 10.9% | 174 |
| Cavett Elementary School | 8.1% | 173 |
| Academy of Tucson High School | 6.6% | 166 |
| Hudlow Elementary School | 8% | 163 |
| Dunham Elementary School | 7% | 158 |
| Southern Arizona Community Academy | 9.8% | 112 |
| Tucson Preparatory School | 10.2% | 108 |
