Tucson Standard

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