Pima County’s student body comprised mostly of Latino students in 2023-24 school year

Joshua Peebles, Principal | Alice Vail Middle School

By Tucson Standard

Aug 23, 2024

The majority of students in Pima County schools were Latino in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Of the 153,895 students attending Pima County schools, 56.7% were Latino. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 29% of Pima County students.

In the previous school year, Latino students were also the most common group in Pima County, representing 56% of the student body.

Collier Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which had 42.5% Latino students and 42.5% white students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased by 7.2% when compared to the previous year.

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.

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

Ethnic Composition of Pima County Schools Enrollment (2023-24)

Students’ Ethnicity Percentage in Pima County Schools in 2023-24 School Year

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Acacia Elementary School	White	50.4%	732
Academy Del Sol - Hope	Latino	88%	508
Academy of Math and Science	Latino	79.4%	606
Academy of Tucson Elementary School	White	48.3%	147
Academy of Tucson High School	White	52%	152
Academy of Tucson Middle School	Latino	45.8%	144
Adventure School	Latino	63.4%	123
AGAVE Middle and High School	Latino	63.9%	1,253
Agua Caliente School	White	73.7%	426
Ajo Elementary School	Latino	71.5%	270
Ajo High School	Latino	67.9%	134
Alice Vail Middle School	Latino	49.8%	574
Alta Vista High School	Latino	96%	474
Altar Valley Middle School	Latino	59.3%	172
Alternative Computerized Education (ACE) Charter High School	Latino	52.8%	496
Alternative High School	American Indian or Alaska Native	96%	100
AmeriSchools Academy - Country Club	Latino	71.6%	155
Amphi Academy Online	White	43.5%	147
Amphitheater High School	Latino	66.2%	1,118
Amphitheater Middle School	Latino	62.1%	535
Andrada Polytechnic High School	White	55.3%	729
Anna Henry Elementary School	Latino	42.7%	246
Anna Lawrence Intermediate School	Latino	58.8%	187
Annie Kellond Elementary School	Latino	51.7%	373
Anza Trail	Latino	58.2%	1,235
Apollo Middle School	Latino	91.7%	503
Baboquivari High School	American Indian or Alaska Native	93%	243
Baboquivari Middle School	American Indian or Alaska Native	96.5%	115
BASIS Oro Valley	White	40.9%	569
BASIS Oro Valley Primary	White	31.2%	648
BASIS Tucson North	White	31.3%	750
BASIS Tucson Primary	Latino	46.5%	828
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	Latino	79.8%	450
Blenman Elementary School	Latino	46.2%	290
Bloom Elementary	Latino	46.4%	358
Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School	Latino	71.5%	403
Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School	Latino	55.2%	373
Borman Elementary School	White	42.9%	462
Borton Primary Magnet School	Latino	63.5%	277
Butterfield Elementary School	Latino	44.9%	486
C.E. Rose Elementary School	Latino	94.7%	759
Canyon Del Oro High School	White	56.6%	1,741
Canyon Rose Academy	Latino	64.9%	211
Canyon Rose Academy-East	White	45.2%	42
Canyon View Elementary School	White	59.5%	388
Carden of Tucson	Latino	50.8%	65
Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School	Latino	75.1%	297
Catalina Foothills High School	White	52.8%	1,866
Catalina High School	Latino	48.6%	609
Cavett Elementary School	Latino	85.6%	201
Centennial Elementary School	Latino	68.3%	439
Challenger Middle School	Latino	88.1%	595
Children Reaching for the Sky Preparatory	Latino	72.7%	66
Cholla High School	Latino	83.5%	1,585
Cienega High School	White	45.9%	1,871
City High School	Latino	44.6%	177
Civano Charter School	White	55.6%	142
Collier Elementary School	Latino	42.5%	113
Compass High School	Latino	43.9%	440
Continental Elementary School	Latino	50.2%	626
Copper Creek Elementary School	White	56%	298
Copper Ridge Elementary	White	53.2%	374
Copper View Elementary School	Latino	58.1%	620
Corona Foothills Middle School	White	54.5%	595
Coronado K-8 School	Latino	48.3%	652
Cottonwood Elementary School	Latino	42.5%	527
Coyote Trail Elementary School	White	51%	465
Cragin Elementary School	Latino	52.4%	269
Craycroft Elementary School	Latino	77%	595
Da Vinci Tree Academy	Latino	55.2%	252
Davidson Elementary School	Latino	54.8%	250
Davis Bilingual Magnet School	Latino	66.4%	304
Degrazia Elementary School	Latino	47.9%	353
Desert Rose Academy Charter School	Latino	65.7%	137
Desert Sky Community School	White	54.5%	44
Desert Sky Middle School	Latino	45.5%	760
Desert View High School	Latino	86.5%	2,151
Desert Willow Elementary School	Latino	46.6%	758
Dietz K-8 School	Latino	50.7%	353
Doolen Middle School	Latino	47%	483
Drachman Primary Magnet School	Latino	65.2%	302
Drexel Elementary School	Latino	90.1%	496
Dunham Elementary School	Latino	52.9%	157
E.C. Nash School	Latino	66.2%	293
Eastpointe High School	Latino	55.9%	379
Edge High School - Himmel Park	Latino	57.3%	103
EDGE High School - Northwest	White	54.1%	61
Elvira Elementary School	Latino	92.6%	653
Emily Gray Junior High School	White	70.9%	429
Empire High School	White	52.2%	894
Envision High School	Latino	82.7%	75
Esmond Station School	White	47.4%	737
Esperanza Elementary School	Latino	90.5%	465
Esperero Canyon Middle School	White	56.8%	509
Flowing Wells Digital Campus	Latino	68.4%	57
Flowing Wells High School	Latino	73%	1,711
Flowing Wells Junior High School	Latino	68.4%	767
Ford Elementary	Latino	47.4%	211
Frances J. Warren Elementary School	Latino	82%	189
Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School	Latino	56.6%	304
Fruchthendler Elementary School	White	50.8%	325
Future Investment Middle School	Latino	73.3%	30
Gale Elementary School	Latino	44.3%	318
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	Latino	95.2%	777
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet	Latino	94.1%	524
Gladden Farms Elementary	White	54.2%	747
Great Expectations Academy	Latino	47.5%	202
Gridley Middle School	Latino	45.3%	514
Harold Steele Elementary School	Latino	45.1%	226
Harriet Johnson Primary School	Latino	65.9%	270
Helen Keeling Elementary School	Latino	68.2%	239
Henry Hank Oyama	Latino	85.8%	337
Hermosa Montessori Charter	White	65.8%	222
Highland Free School	White	41.7%	36
Holladay Intermediate Magnet School	Latino	68.8%	205
Hollinger K-8 School	Latino	92%	600
Homer Davis Elementary School	Latino	84.5%	380
Howell Peter Elementary	Latino	43%	249
Hudlow Elementary School	Latino	55.5%	164
Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School	Latino	58.5%	410
Indian Oasis Intermediate Elementary School	American Indian or Alaska Native	85.8%	260
Indian Oasis Primary Elementary School	American Indian or Alaska Native	85.4%	336
Irene Erickson Elementary School	Latino	54.9%	326
Ironwood Elementary School	White	51.5%	371
Ironwood Ridge High School	White	57.7%	1,562
J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School	Latino	60.5%	468
John B. Wright Elementary School	Latino	47.7%	417
John E. White Elementary School	Latino	82.5%	623
Khalsa School	White	65.1%	255
L.M. Prince School	Latino	57.2%	428
La Cima Middle School	Latino	73%	355
La Paloma Academy	Latino	60.8%	658
La Paloma Academy	Latino	55.7%	865
La Paloma Academy-South	Latino	93%	502
Laguna Elementary School	Latino	74.2%	400
Las Puertas Community School	Latino	76.9%	39
Laura N. Banks Elementary	Latino	77.8%	288
Lawrence W. Cross Middle School	White	59.8%	769
Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson	White	47.6%	1,275
Leman Academy of Excellence	Latino	46%	1,145
Leman Academy of Excellence - Central Tucson	Latino	50.8%	713
Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson	White	48.9%	1,119
Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona	White	55.7%	1,017
Leman Virtual Academy	White	49.5%	111
Liberty Elementary School	Latino	92.2%	526
Liberty Traditional Charter School - Saddleback	Latino	96.8%	252
Lineweaver Elementary School	Latino	52.3%	528
Los Amigos Elementary School	Latino	94.4%	611
Los Ninos Elementary School	Latino	79.8%	426
Lulu Walker School	Latino	58.7%	387
Lynn Urquides	Latino	90.2%	386
Magee Middle School	Latino	42.1%	304
Maldonado Amelia Elementary School	Latino	80.9%	256
Mansfeld Middle Magnet School	Latino	67.4%	822
Manzanita School	White	61.9%	582
Manzo Elementary School	Latino	87%	346
Marana Distance Learning	White	55.6%	63
Marana High School	White	51.8%	2,433
Marana Middle School	White	52.4%	925
Marion Donaldson Elementary School	Latino	46.8%	235
Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School	Latino	49.8%	580
Marshall Elementary School	White	45.4%	273
Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence	Latino	91.8%	1,054
Mary Meredith K-12 School	Latino	50%	24
Math and Science Success Academy	Latino	88.4%	718
MCAT High School	White	50.3%	165
Mesa Verde Elementary School	White	56.6%	281
Mesquite Elementary School	Latino	41.9%	675
Mexicayotl Academy	Latino	78.8%	33
Miles-Exploratory Learning Center	Latino	63.1%	293
Miller Elementary School	Latino	79.7%	453
Mission Manor Elementary School	Latino	91%	487
Mission View Elementary School	Latino	92.9%	238
Morgan Maxwell School	Latino	72.6%	372
Mountain Rose Academy	Latino	47.7%	174
Mountain View High School	White	45.4%	1,882
Myers-Ganoung Elementary School	Latino	53.4%	277
Nosotros Academy	Latino	87.7%	261
Ochoa Elementary School	Latino	93.2%	190
Ocotillo Ridge Elementary	White	56.3%	723
Old Vail Middle School	White	53.7%	804
Ombudsman - Charter Valencia	Latino	52.6%	367
Orange Grove Middle School	White	57.6%	672
Painted Sky Elementary School	White	60.2%	432
Palo Verde High Magnet School	Latino	53.7%	676
Pantano High School	Latino	50%	98
Paulo Freire Freedom School - Downtown	Latino	46.8%	62
Paulo Freire Freedom School - University	White	46.8%	62
Picture Rocks Elementary	White	58.2%	490
Pima Partnership Academy	Latino	68.6%	35
Pima Partnership School, The	Latino	76.8%	125
Pima Rose Academy	Latino	85.5%	503
Pima Vocational High School	Latino	69.4%	62
Pistor Middle School	Latino	86%	586
PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center	Latino	83.6%	122
Presidio School	Latino	59.9%	372
Project More High School	Latino	54.5%	44
Pueblo Gardens Elementary	Latino	84.5%	323
Pueblo High School	Latino	92%	1,756
Quail Run Elementary School	Latino	44.5%	571
Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School	White	46.6%	412
Raul Grijalva Elementary School	Latino	88.4%	476
Richard B. Wilson Junior School	White	63.3%	788
Rillito Center	Latino	38.9%	72
Rincon High School	Latino	57%	1,215
Rincon Vista Middle School	White	42.3%	714
Rio Vista Elementary School	Latino	63.4%	358
Rivera Elementary School	Latino	94.3%	421
Roadrunner Elementary School	White	51.3%	378
Robert Richardson Elementary School	Latino	52.1%	305
Roberts Naylor	Latino	53.8%	613
Robins Elementary School	Latino	73%	477
Robison Elementary School	Latino	77.3%	269
Robles Elementary School	Latino	56.7%	374
Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School	Latino	85.6%	563
Sabino High School	White	47.5%	864
SACA Online	Latino	60.7%	28
Safford K-8 School	Latino	79.4%	359
Sahuarita High School	Latino	58.7%	1,184
Sahuarita Intermediate School	Latino	56%	357
Sahuarita Middle School	Latino	59.3%	509
Sahuaro High School	Latino	47%	1,386
Sam Hughes Elementary	Latino	47.5%	364
Santa Clara Elementary School	Latino	73.2%	433
Santa Rita High School	Latino	50.5%	333
Satori Charter School	White	63.8%	105
Secrist Middle School	Latino	52%	252
Senita Valley Elementary School	White	45.6%	711
Sentinel Peak High School	Latino	74.3%	70
Sierra 2-8 School	Latino	90.3%	699
Sky Islands	Latino	48.1%	81
Skyview High School	Latino	57.8%	135
Soleng Tom Elementary School	Latino	48.6%	282
Sonoran Science Academy - Davis Monthan	Latino	44.2%	224
Sonoran Science Academy - Tucson	Latino	42%	698
Sonoran Science Academy East	Latino	49.7%	481
Sopori Elementary School	Latino	81.6%	103
Southern Arizona Community Academy	Latino	57%	100
Southgate Academy	Latino	82.1%	476
Southside Community School	Latino	96.4%	225
STAR Academic High School	Latino	83.8%	303
Summit View Elementary	Latino	93.6%	407
Sunnyside High School	Latino	94.1%	2,220
Sunrise Drive Elementary School	White	46.1%	490
Sycamore Elementary School	White	49.3%	673
Tanque Verde Elementary School	White	72%	621
Tanque Verde High School	White	70.6%	731
Teenage Parent Program - TAPP	Latino	61.9%	21
The Innovation Academy	White	63.1%	425
TIA East	Latino	66.7%	72
TIA West	Latino	82.9%	117
Tolson Elementary School	Latino	77%	361
Toltecali High School	Latino	91.4%	139
Tortolita Middle School	White	46.3%	523
Tucson Country Day School	White	61%	503
Tucson International Academy	Latino	89.2%	65
Tucson International Academy Midvale	Latino	78.4%	139
Tucson Magnet High School	Latino	71.9%	2,962
Tucson Preparatory School	Latino	69.1%	55
Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School	Latino	64.9%	262
Twin Peaks Elementary School	White	53.5%	954
University High School	White	38.5%	999
Utterback Middle School	Latino	80.5%	221
Vail Academy & High School	Latino	41.2%	560
Vail Innovation Center	White	54.4%	90
Valencia Middle School	Latino	81.9%	620
Van Buskirk Elementary School	Latino	92.4%	303
Ventana Vista Elementary School	White	52.5%	434
Vesey Elementary School	Latino	75.3%	580
W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School	Latino	55.8%	163
W.V. Whitmore Elementary School	Latino	43.4%	304
Wakefield Middle School	Latino	82.4%	267
Walden Grove High School	Latino	58.9%	1,157
Walter Douglas Elementary School	Latino	84%	539
Wheeler Elementary School	Latino	49.3%	381
Winifred Harelson Elementary School	White	58.9%	428
Wrightson Ridge K-8 School	Latino	66%	827
Youth Works Charter High School	Latino	75.6%	41