Carol Leeson, Principal | Cavett Elementary School
Carol Leeson, Principal | Cavett Elementary School
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 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Orange Grove Middle School• Liberty Traditional Charter School - Saddleback• Winifred Harelson Elementary School• Holladay Intermediate Magnet School• Ajo Elementary School• Tucson International Academy• Baboquivari High School• Agave Middle And High School• Saca Online• Southern Arizona Community Academy• Compass High School• Picture Rocks Elementary• Sky Islands• Rincon High School• Miles-Exploratory Learning Center• Vail Innovation Center• Old Vail Middle School• Cholla High School• Copper Creek Elementary School• Hudlow Elementary School• Sam Hughes Elementary School• Rio Vista Elementary School• Desert Willow Elementary School• Drachman Primary Magnet School• Raul Grijalva Elementary School• Tia East• John B. Wright Elementary School• Laura N. Banks Elementary School• Copper View Elementary School• Mission Manor Elementary School• Palo Verde High Magnet School• Vail Academy & High School• Anna Lawrence Intermediate School• Craycroft Elementary School• Amphi Academy Online• McCorkle Pk-8• Anza Trail• Ironwood Elementary School• Ppep Tec - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center• La Paloma Academy-South• Sonoran Science Academy - Davis Monthan• Elvira Elementary School• Youth Works Charter High School• Nosotros Academy• La Cima Middle School• Alternative Middle School• Khalsa School• Valencia Middle School• J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School• Future Investment Middle School• Summit View Elementary School• Homer Davis Elementary School• Ombudsman - Charter Valencia• Booth-Fickett Math/Science Magnet School• Annie Kellond Elementary School• Tanque Verde Elementary School• Davidson Elementary School• Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson• Paulo Freire Freedom School - Downtown• Eastpointe High School• Maldonado Amelia Elementary School• Robert Richardson Elementary School• Utterback Middle School• Flowing Wells Digital Campus• Los Ninos Elementary School• Altar Valley Middle School• Mansfeld Middle School• Apollo Middle School• Tia West• Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School• Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School• Corona Foothills Middle School• Ochoa Elementary School• Esperero Canyon Middle School• Sentinel Peak High School• Doolen Middle School• Math And Science Success Academy• Safford K-8 School• Quail Run Elementary School• Academy Adventures Midtown• Alta Vista High School• Sahuarita Intermediate School• John E. White Elementary School• Sunrise Drive Elementary School• Ford Elementary School• Teenage Parent Program - Tapp• Challenger Middle School• Desert Sky Community School• Baboquivari Middle School• Lawrence W. Cross Middle School• Fruchthendler Elementary School• Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School• Canyon Rose Academy• Pcjted - Mountain View High School• Richard B. Wilson Junior School• Tucson Preparatory School• Pantano High School• Walden Grove High School• Academy of Tucson Middle School• Sonoran Science Academy East• Andrada Polytechnic High School• Pima Vocational High School• Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet• Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School• Wheeler Elementary School• Agua Caliente School• Star Academic High School• Desert Rose Academy Charter School• Marana High School• Rivera Elementary School• C.e. Rose Elementary School• Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School• Pueblo High School• Presidio School• Irene Erickson Elementary School• Desert View High School• Leman Academy of Excellence• Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School• Canyon Del Oro High School• La Paloma Academy• Changemaker High School• Coyote Trail Elementary School• Indian Oasis Primary School• Rillito Center• Lineweaver Elementary School• Academy of Math and Science• Myers-Ganoung Elementary School• Robins Elementary School• Flowing Wells Junior High School• Ha:san Preparatory & Leadership School• Da Vinci Tree Academy• Senita Valley Elementary School• Morgan Maxwell School• Sabino High School• Pistor Middle School• Roadrunner Elementary School• Manzo Elementary School• Sycamore Elementary School• Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School• Sunnyside High School• Santa Clara Elementary School• W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School• Basis Tucson North• Basis Oro Valley• Davis Bilingual Magnet School• Howell Peter Elementary School• Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona• Liberty Elementary School• La Paloma Academy (lakeside)• Santa Rita High School• Laguna Elementary School• Rincon Vista Middle School• Anna Henry Elementary School• Sunnyside Online Success Academy• Mountain Rose Academy• Lynn Urquides• Copper Ridge Elementary• Butterfield Elementary School• Sonoran Science Academy - Tucson• Magee Middle School• Pima Partnership Academy• Collier Elementary School• Desert Sky Middle School• Gale Elementary School• W.v. Whitmore Elementary School• The Innovation Academy• Emily Gray Junior High School• Acacia Elementary School• Alternative High School• Mexicayotl Academy• Sahuarita Middle School• Leman Virtual Academy• Project More High School• Marion Donaldson Elementary School• University High School• Las Puertas Community School• Toltecali High School• Cavett Elementary School• Manzanita School• Pueblo Gardens Elementary School• Edge High School - Himmel Park• Hollinger Elementary School• City High School• Academy Del Sol - Hope• Academy of Tucson High School• Wrightson Ridge K-8 School• Alternative Computerized Education (ace) Charter High School• Flowing Wells High School• Blenman Elementary School• Dietz Elementary School• Marana Distance Learning• Pima Rose Academy• Esmond Station School• Tucson Country Day School• Mary Meredith K-12 School• Cragin Elementary School• Tortolita Middle School• Cienega High School• Secrist Middle School• Mesa Verde Elementary School• Catalina Foothills High School• L.m. Prince School• Children Reaching for the Sky Preparatory School• Twin Peaks Elementary School• Dunham Elementary School• Tanque Verde High School• Great Expectations Academy• Painted Sky Elementary School• San Fernando Elementary School• Pima Partnership School, The• Wakefield Middle School• Skyview High School• Ocotillo Ridge Elementary School• Coronado K-8 School• Soleng Tom Elementary School• Los Amigos Elementary School• Ventana Vista Elementary School• Southside Community School• Robles Elementary School• Tucson High School• Esperanza Elementary School• Catalina High Magnet School• Marshall Elementary School• Satori Charter School• Roberts Naylor• Canyon Rose Academy-East• Lulu Walker School• Indian Oasis Intermediate Elementary School• Henry Hank Oyama• Drexel Elementary School• Continental Elementary School• Borton Primary Magnet School• Academy Of Tucson Elementary School• Frances J. Warren Elementary School• Civano Charter School• Van Buskirk Elementary School• Sahuarita High School• E.c. Nash School• Edge High School - Northwest• Sierra 2-8 School• Highland Free School• Hermosa Montessori Charter• Ajo High School• Robison Elementary School• Harold Steele Elementary School• Sahuaro High School• Canyon View Elementary School• Harriet Johnson Primary School• Paulo Freire Freedom School - University• Mcat High School• Southgate Academy• Marana Middle School• Carden Of Tucson• Adventure School• Amphitheater High School• Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson• Degrazia Elementary School• Mesquite Elementary School• Centennial Elementary School• Basis Tucson• Alice Vail Middle School• Mission View Elementary School• Gridley Middle School• Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School• Amphitheater Middle School• Empire High School• Tolson Elementary School• Tucson International Academy Midvale• Walter Douglas Elementary School• Sopori Elementary School• Cottonwood Elementary School• Amerischools Academy - Country Club• Envision High School• Miller Elementary School• Helen Keeling Elementary School• Vesey Elementary School• Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School• Gladden Farms Elementary• Bloom Elementary School• Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School
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