Pima County’s student body comprised mostly of Latino students in 2022-23 school year

Joshua Peebles, Principal | Alice Vail Middle School

By Tucson Standard

Aug 3, 2024

The majority of students in Pima County schools were Latino in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Of the 143,604 students attending Pima County schools, 56% were Latino. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 30.1% of Pima County students.

In the previous school year, Latino students were also the most common group in Pima County, representing 55.4% of the student body.

Pantano High School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which had 42% white students and 39.8% Latino students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 1.1% when compared to the previous year.

Additionally, WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across the U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.

A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor marks for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

Ethnic Composition of Pima County Schools Enrollment (2022-23)

Students’ Ethnicity Percentage in Pima County Schools in 2022-23 School Year

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Acacia Elementary School	White	50.7%	738
Academy Del Sol - Hope	Latino	90.7%	514
Academy of Math and Science	Latino	73.6%	583
Academy of Tucson Elementary School	White	48.1%	181
Academy of Tucson High School	White	45.8%	166
Academy of Tucson Middle School	White	47.1%	153
Adventure School	Latino	57%	121
AGAVE Middle and High School	Latino	62.8%	328
Agua Caliente School	White	75.1%	470
Ajo Elementary School	Latino	70.9%	268
Ajo High School	Latino	76.1%	134
Alice Vail Middle School	Latino	50.7%	631
Alta Vista High School	Latino	94.7%	487
Altar Valley Middle School	Latino	55.6%	196
Alternative Computerized Education (ACE) Charter High School	Latino	52.4%	511
Alternative High School	American Indian or Alaska Native	94.3%	70
AmeriSchools Academy - Country Club	Latino	71.1%	187
Amphi Academy Online	Latino	48.3%	240
Amphitheater High School	Latino	65.7%	1,160
Amphitheater Middle School	Latino	63.9%	563
Andrada Polytechnic High School	White	58.7%	652
Anna Henry Elementary School	Latino	39.8%	266
Anna Lawrence Intermediate School	Latino	50%	266
Annie Kellond Elementary School	Latino	51.4%	420
Anza Trail	Latino	55.7%	1,224
Apollo Middle School	Latino	92.7%	536
Baboquivari High School	American Indian or Alaska Native	94.6%	260
Baboquivari Middle School	American Indian or Alaska Native	96.4%	140
BASIS Oro Valley	White	42.5%	565
BASIS Oro Valley Primary	White	31.4%	666
BASIS Tucson North	White	34.3%	801
BASIS Tucson Primary	Latino	43%	805
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	Latino	80.1%	428
Blenman Elementary School	Latino	49.4%	267
Bloom Elementary	Latino	50.8%	362
Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School	Latino	68.1%	382
Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School	Latino	55.7%	465
Borton Primary Magnet School	Latino	63%	276
Butterfield Elementary School	White	49.5%	481
C.E. Rose Elementary School	Latino	95%	781
Canyon Del Oro High School	White	55.6%	1,691
Canyon Rose Academy	Latino	60.8%	176
Canyon Rose Academy-East	White	51.4%	70
Canyon View Elementary School	White	59.4%	394
Carden of Tucson	Latino	52.5%	61
Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School	Latino	73.8%	282
Catalina Foothills High School	White	54.5%	1,887
Catalina High School	Latino	51.4%	599
Cavett Elementary School	Latino	83.2%	173
Centennial Elementary School	Latino	66.4%	447
Challenger Middle School	Latino	88.1%	655
Changemaker High School	Latino	81.2%	48
Children Reaching for the Sky Preparatory	Latino	76.7%	86
Cholla High School	Latino	81.6%	1,763
Cienega High School	White	47.5%	1,912
City High School	Latino	43.5%	186
Civano Charter School	White	59.7%	124
Collier Elementary School	Latino	46.5%	114
Compass High School	Latino	46.9%	456
Continental Elementary School	Latino	47.3%	639
Copper Creek Elementary School	White	59.9%	297
Copper Ridge Elementary	White	58.5%	398
Copper View Elementary School	Latino	59.1%	616
Corona Foothills Middle School	White	54.1%	604
Coronado K-8 School	White	49.5%	665
Cottonwood Elementary School	White	45%	505
Coyote Trail Elementary School	White	50.4%	496
Cragin Elementary School	Latino	54.2%	260
Craycroft Elementary School	Latino	79.3%	590
Da Vinci Tree Academy	Latino	52.9%	238
Davidson Elementary School	Latino	54.4%	281
Davis Bilingual Magnet School	Latino	58.8%	289
Degrazia Elementary School	Latino	45%	360
Desert Rose Academy Charter School	Latino	65%	143
Desert Sky Community School	White	76.9%	39
Desert Sky Middle School	Latino	47%	762
Desert View High School	Latino	87%	2,168
Desert Willow Elementary School	Latino	48.1%	709
Dietz K-8 School	Latino	48.5%	390
Doolen Middle School	Latino	45.9%	540
Drachman Primary Magnet School	Latino	59%	327
Drexel Elementary School	Latino	89.9%	487
Dunham Elementary School	Latino	51.9%	158
E.C. Nash School	Latino	70.8%	295
Eastpointe High School	Latino	60.1%	271
Edge High School - Himmel Park	Latino	64.9%	97
EDGE High School - Northwest	White	47.5%	61
Elvira Elementary School	Latino	93.1%	695
Emily Gray Junior High School	White	69%	419
Empire High School	White	54.1%	875
Envision High School	Latino	83.8%	80
Esmond Station School	White	50.7%	738
Esperanza Elementary School	Latino	90.1%	494
Esperero Canyon Middle School	White	56.7%	501
Flowing Wells Digital Campus	Latino	65.1%	83
Flowing Wells High School	Latino	72.6%	1,692
Flowing Wells Junior High School	Latino	68.7%	817
Ford Elementary	Latino	52%	200
Frances J. Warren Elementary School	Latino	79.4%	160
Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School	Latino	57.6%	311
Fruchthendler Elementary School	White	51.6%	322
Future Investment Middle School	Latino	83.3%	48
Gale Elementary School	Latino	44.5%	335
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	Latino	93.3%	839
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet	Latino	95%	544
Gladden Farms Elementary	White	56.4%	748
Great Expectations Academy	White	49.5%	214
Gridley Middle School	Latino	45.3%	530
Ha:san Preparatory & Leadership School	American Indian or Alaska Native	93.4%	91
Harold Steele Elementary School	Latino	42.1%	247
Harriet Johnson Primary School	Latino	63.8%	290
Helen Keeling Elementary School	Latino	66.9%	254
Henry Hank Oyama	Latino	85.7%	315
Hermosa Montessori Charter	White	66.5%	212
Highland Free School	White	52.3%	44
Holladay Intermediate Magnet School	Latino	70.6%	204
Hollinger K-8 School	Latino	92.1%	686
Homer Davis Elementary School	Latino	79.6%	411
Howell Peter Elementary	Latino	46.4%	248
Hudlow Elementary School	Latino	55.2%	163
Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School	Latino	60.1%	398
Indian Oasis Intermediate Elementary School	American Indian or Alaska Native	95.3%	255
Indian Oasis Primary Elementary School	American Indian or Alaska Native	80.6%	346
Irene Erickson Elementary School	Latino	55.6%	381
Ironwood Elementary School	White	52.6%	384
Ironwood Ridge High School	White	60.5%	1,557
J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School	Latino	57.4%	469
John B. Wright Elementary School	Latino	43.5%	457
John E. White Elementary School	Latino	82.2%	641
Khalsa School	White	65.3%	262
L.M. Prince School	Latino	57.8%	465
La Cima Middle School	Latino	70.8%	421
La Paloma Academy	Latino	54.6%	862
La Paloma Academy	Latino	60.1%	690
La Paloma Academy-South	Latino	92.2%	486
Laguna Elementary School	Latino	71.7%	389
Las Puertas Community School	Latino	80.5%	41
Laura N. Banks Elementary	Latino	77.3%	308
Lawrence W. Cross Middle School	White	59.3%	757
Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson	White	50.5%	1,316
Leman Academy of Excellence	Latino	43.5%	1,146
Leman Academy of Excellence - Central Tucson	Latino	52.1%	785
Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson	White	48.9%	1,098
Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona	White	60%	1,021
Leman Virtual Academy	White	43%	142
Liberty Elementary School	Latino	92.8%	511
Liberty Traditional Charter School - Saddleback	Latino	94.8%	251
Lineweaver Elementary School	Latino	51.7%	501
Los Amigos Elementary School	Latino	93.9%	621
Los Ninos Elementary School	Latino	80.5%	411
Lulu Walker School	Latino	59.3%	381
Lynn Urquides	Latino	90.2%	407
Magee Middle School	Latino	44.3%	348
Maldonado Amelia Elementary School	Latino	82.2%	258
Mansfeld Middle Magnet School	Latino	66.6%	817
Manzanita School	White	60.3%	595
Manzo Elementary School	Latino	87.7%	341
Marana Distance Learning	White	54.7%	53
Marana High School	White	53%	2,388
Marana Middle School	White	55.7%	907
Marion Donaldson Elementary School	Latino	51.6%	225
Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School	Latino	48.2%	569
Marshall Elementary School	White	49.1%	234
Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence	Latino	91.3%	1,086
Mary Meredith K-12 School	White	40.7%	27
Math and Science Success Academy	Latino	89.2%	712
MCAT High School	White	49.7%	183
Mesa Verde Elementary School	White	57.5%	287
Mesquite Elementary School	Latino	42.2%	733
Mexicayotl Academy	Latino	73.7%	38
Miles-Exploratory Learning Center	Latino	62.1%	311
Miller Elementary School	Latino	81.2%	478
Mission Manor Elementary School	Latino	91.2%	499
Mission View Elementary School	Latino	90.9%	230
Morgan Maxwell School	Latino	73.1%	454
Mountain Rose Academy	Latino	47.6%	187
Mountain View High School	White	46.5%	1,834
Myers-Ganoung Elementary School	Latino	54.1%	290
Nosotros Academy	Latino	89.7%	301
Ochoa Elementary School	Latino	94%	167
Ocotillo Ridge Elementary	White	58%	652
Old Vail Middle School	White	55.6%	795
Ombudsman - Charter Valencia	Latino	54.6%	443
Orange Grove Middle School	White	57.8%	677
Painted Sky Elementary School	White	60.7%	389
Palo Verde High Magnet School	Latino	48.7%	692
Pantano High School	White	42%	88
Paulo Freire Freedom School - Downtown	Latino	45.5%	66
Paulo Freire Freedom School - University	White	47.2%	72
Picture Rocks Elementary	White	61.3%	493
Pima Partnership Academy	Latino	80.4%	51
Pima Partnership School, The	Latino	66.4%	110
Pima Rose Academy	Latino	87.3%	442
Pima Vocational High School	Latino	79.7%	59
Pistor Middle School	Latino	81.7%	723
PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center	Latino	83.1%	154
Presidio School	Latino	46%	376
Project More High School	Latino	82.6%	23
Pueblo Gardens Elementary	Latino	86.1%	382
Pueblo High School	Latino	88.7%	1,832
Quail Run Elementary School	White	45.3%	559
Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School	White	49%	445
Raul Grijalva Elementary School	Latino	85.6%	533
Richard B. Wilson Junior School	White	63.7%	838
Rillito Center	White	44.6%	83
Rincon High School	Latino	60.1%	1,272
Rincon Vista Middle School	White	42.5%	696
Rio Vista Elementary School	Latino	65.4%	315
Rivera Elementary School	Latino	95%	440
Roadrunner Elementary School	White	53.4%	373
Robert Richardson Elementary School	Latino	52.3%	321
Roberts Naylor	Latino	60.3%	536
Robins Elementary School	Latino	73.3%	494
Robison Elementary School	Latino	74.2%	260
Robles Elementary School	Latino	57.6%	377
Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School	Latino	82.1%	560
Sabino High School	White	51.7%	862
Safford K-8 School	Latino	78.1%	425
Sahuarita High School	Latino	57.5%	1,145
Sahuarita Intermediate School	Latino	55.4%	392
Sahuarita Middle School	Latino	58.8%	580
Sahuaro High School	Latino	47.8%	1,432
Sam Hughes Elementary	Latino	49.7%	324
San Fernando Elementary School	Latino	94.7%	19
Santa Clara Elementary School	Latino	75.8%	455
Santa Rita High School	Latino	49.9%	393
Satori Charter School	White	65.5%	119
Secrist Middle School	Latino	51.2%	303
Senita Valley Elementary School	White	48%	702
Sentinel Peak High School	Latino	70.1%	87
Sierra 2-8 School	Latino	89.4%	792
Sky Islands	White	48.6%	70
Skyview High School	Latino	60.3%	174
Soleng Tom Elementary School	Latino	47.6%	296
Sonoran Science Academy - Davis Monthan	Latino	45.2%	197
Sonoran Science Academy - Tucson	Latino	41.1%	723
Sonoran Science Academy East	Latino	47.2%	466
Sopori Elementary School	Latino	80.7%	109
Southern Arizona Community Academy	Latino	49.1%	112
Southgate Academy	Latino	81.1%	403
Southside Community School	Latino	95.7%	208
STAR Academic High School	Latino	88.2%	280
Summit View Elementary	Latino	94.1%	404
Sunnyside High School	Latino	93.7%	2,205
Sunnyside Online Success Academy	Latino	94.4%	108
Sunrise Drive Elementary School	White	49.3%	525
Sycamore Elementary School	White	50.8%	699
Tanque Verde Elementary School	White	72.7%	644
Tanque Verde High School	White	72.4%	711
Teenage Parent Program - TAPP	Latino	61.8%	34
The Innovation Academy	White	63.7%	411
TIA East	Latino	65.5%	87
TIA West	Latino	83.7%	123
Tolson Elementary School	Latino	78.2%	371
Toltecali High School	Latino	93.6%	125
Tortolita Middle School	White	45.6%	540
Tucson Country Day School	White	63.1%	510
Tucson International Academy	Latino	84.1%	69
Tucson International Academy Midvale	Latino	75.6%	127
Tucson Magnet High School	Latino	69.8%	3,167
Tucson Preparatory School	Latino	61.1%	108
Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School	Latino	61.4%	311
Twin Peaks Elementary School	White	52.1%	940
University High School	White	41.5%	1,061
Utterback Middle School	Latino	77.7%	264
Vail Academy & High School	Latino	42.6%	552
Vail Innovation Center	White	48.6%	107
Valencia Middle School	Latino	79.4%	723
Van Buskirk Elementary School	Latino	94.9%	274
Ventana Vista Elementary School	White	56.2%	470
Vesey Elementary School	Latino	75.2%	561
W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School	Latino	60.2%	166
W.V. Whitmore Elementary School	Latino	43.8%	313
Wakefield Middle School	Latino	81.2%	223
Walden Grove High School	Latino	57.7%	1,139
Walter Douglas Elementary School	Latino	82.8%	552
Wheeler Elementary School	Latino	50.5%	416
Winifred Harelson Elementary School	White	61.1%	434
Wrightson Ridge K-8 School	Latino	65%	795
Youth Works Charter High School	Latino	97.6%	41