Sarah Andricopoulos, Principal | Tucson.com
Sarah Andricopoulos, Principal | Tucson.com
Data showed that Pima County welcomed 153,895 students at the time. Among them, African American students made up 5.2% of the student body making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 282 schools in Pima County, Tucson Magnet High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 182 students, making up 6.1% 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 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 African American Students | Total Enrollment |
---|---|---|
Tucson Magnet High School | 6.1% | 2,962 |
Marana High School | 1.8% | 2,433 |
Sunnyside High School | 1.4% | 2,220 |
Desert View High School | 4.6% | 2,151 |
Mountain View High School | 2.5% | 1,882 |
Cienega High School | 4% | 1,871 |
Catalina Foothills High School | 2.1% | 1,866 |
Pueblo High School | 1.7% | 1,756 |
Canyon Del Oro High School | 2.2% | 1,741 |
Flowing Wells High School | 1.7% | 1,711 |
Cholla High School | 2.1% | 1,585 |
Ironwood Ridge High School | 1.5% | 1,562 |
Sahuaro High School | 10.3% | 1,386 |
Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson | 1.7% | 1,275 |
AGAVE Middle and High School | 7.3% | 1,253 |
Anza Trail | 2.5% | 1,235 |
Rincon High School | 12.3% | 1,215 |
Sahuarita High School | 2.2% | 1,184 |
Walden Grove High School | 2.1% | 1,157 |
Leman Academy of Excellence | 2.9% | 1,145 |
Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson | 3.4% | 1,119 |
Amphitheater High School | 10.7% | 1,118 |
Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona | 1.4% | 1,017 |
University High School | 3.5% | 999 |
Marana Middle School | 1.6% | 925 |
Empire High School | 3% | 894 |
La Paloma Academy | 11.7% | 865 |
Sabino High School | 6.2% | 864 |
Wrightson Ridge K-8 School | 2.7% | 827 |
Mansfeld Middle Magnet School | 6% | 822 |
Old Vail Middle School | 4% | 804 |
Flowing Wells Junior High School | 2.2% | 767 |
Desert Sky Middle School | 3.8% | 760 |
Desert Willow Elementary School | 5.9% | 758 |
BASIS Tucson North | 5.3% | 750 |
Esmond Station School | 2.3% | 737 |
Acacia Elementary School | 2.3% | 732 |
Andrada Polytechnic High School | 3% | 729 |
Ocotillo Ridge Elementary | 3.3% | 723 |
Math and Science Success Academy | 2.1% | 718 |
Rincon Vista Middle School | 5.3% | 714 |
Leman Academy of Excellence - Central Tucson | 3.5% | 713 |
Senita Valley Elementary School | 3.9% | 711 |
Sierra 2-8 School | 4% | 699 |
Sonoran Science Academy - Tucson | 7.9% | 698 |
Palo Verde High Magnet School | 13% | 676 |
Mesquite Elementary School | 4.9% | 675 |
Sycamore Elementary School | 3.4% | 673 |
La Paloma Academy | 13.5% | 658 |
BASIS Oro Valley Primary | 3.7% | 648 |
Continental Elementary School | 2.2% | 626 |
Copper View Elementary School | 3.4% | 620 |
Valencia Middle School | 2.7% | 620 |
Roberts Naylor | 24.6% | 613 |
Catalina High School | 18.9% | 609 |
Academy of Math and Science | 6.3% | 606 |
Challenger Middle School | 2.7% | 595 |
Craycroft Elementary School | 9.7% | 595 |
Corona Foothills Middle School | 3.7% | 595 |
Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School | 2.4% | 580 |
Alice Vail Middle School | 10.1% | 574 |
BASIS Oro Valley | 2.6% | 569 |
Vail Academy & High School | 5.9% | 560 |
Walter Douglas Elementary School | 2.2% | 539 |
Amphitheater Middle School | 14.2% | 535 |
Lineweaver Elementary School | 5.5% | 528 |
Cottonwood Elementary School | 4% | 527 |
Gridley Middle School | 6.4% | 514 |
Sahuarita Middle School | 3.9% | 509 |
Academy Del Sol - Hope | 4.3% | 508 |
Pima Rose Academy | 2.2% | 503 |
Tucson Country Day School | 2.2% | 503 |
Alternative Computerized Education (ACE) Charter High School | 8.5% | 496 |
Doolen Middle School | 14.9% | 483 |
Sonoran Science Academy East | 8.3% | 481 |
Robins Elementary School | 2.9% | 477 |
Southgate Academy | 3.6% | 476 |
Borman Elementary School | 11.9% | 462 |
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School | 5.6% | 450 |
Compass High School | 6.4% | 440 |
L.M. Prince School | 15.2% | 428 |
Los Ninos Elementary School | 9.2% | 426 |
John B. Wright Elementary School | 23.5% | 417 |
Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School | 3.9% | 412 |
Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School | 7.8% | 410 |
Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School | 5.2% | 403 |
Laguna Elementary School | 5.2% | 400 |
Lulu Walker School | 4.7% | 387 |
Wheeler Elementary School | 9.4% | 381 |
Eastpointe High School | 13.5% | 379 |
Copper Ridge Elementary | 3.5% | 374 |
Annie Kellond Elementary School | 5.1% | 373 |
Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School | 19.6% | 373 |
Presidio School | 4.8% | 372 |
Morgan Maxwell School | 5.9% | 372 |
Tolson Elementary School | 5.5% | 361 |
Safford K-8 School | 10.3% | 359 |
Bloom Elementary | 12% | 358 |
Rio Vista Elementary School | 5.9% | 358 |
La Cima Middle School | 5.4% | 355 |
Dietz K-8 School | 16.4% | 353 |
Degrazia Elementary School | 3.1% | 353 |
Santa Rita High School | 7.5% | 333 |
Irene Erickson Elementary School | 15.3% | 326 |
Pueblo Gardens Elementary | 6.8% | 323 |
Gale Elementary School | 3.5% | 318 |
W.V. Whitmore Elementary School | 7.6% | 304 |
Magee Middle School | 12.8% | 304 |
Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School | 5.6% | 304 |
Davis Bilingual Magnet School | 3.6% | 304 |
Drachman Primary Magnet School | 6% | 302 |
Miles-Exploratory Learning Center | 3.8% | 293 |
E.C. Nash School | 9.6% | 293 |
Blenman Elementary School | 25.5% | 290 |
Borton Primary Magnet School | 5.1% | 277 |
Myers-Ganoung Elementary School | 17.7% | 277 |
Marshall Elementary School | 5.1% | 273 |
Robison Elementary School | 5.2% | 269 |
Cragin Elementary School | 13.8% | 269 |
Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School | 13.4% | 262 |
Secrist Middle School | 9.5% | 252 |
Davidson Elementary School | 8% | 250 |
Howell Peter Elementary | 14.9% | 249 |
Anna Henry Elementary School | 7.3% | 246 |
Helen Keeling Elementary School | 10.5% | 239 |
Marion Donaldson Elementary School | 5.1% | 235 |
Harold Steele Elementary School | 17.3% | 226 |
Utterback Middle School | 8.1% | 221 |
Canyon Rose Academy | 5.7% | 211 |
Ford Elementary | 10.9% | 211 |
Holladay Intermediate Magnet School | 13.2% | 205 |
Cavett Elementary School | 5.5% | 201 |
Hudlow Elementary School | 6.7% | 164 |
Dunham Elementary School | 10.8% | 157 |
AmeriSchools Academy - Country Club | 10.3% | 155 |
Skyview High School | 13.3% | 135 |
Southern Arizona Community Academy | 14% | 100 |
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