Sarah Andricopoulos, Principal | Tucson.com
Sarah Andricopoulos, Principal | Tucson.com
Data showed that Pima County welcomed 153,895 students at the time. Among them, white students made up 29% of the student body making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 282 schools in Pima County, Marana High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,261 students, making up 51.8% 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.
Ethnicities in Pima County in 2023-24 School Year
Enrollment in Pima County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
| School name | % of White Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson Magnet High School | 14.8% | 2,962 |
| Marana High School | 51.8% | 2,433 |
| Sunnyside High School | 1.3% | 2,220 |
| Desert View High School | 3.6% | 2,151 |
| Mountain View High School | 45.4% | 1,882 |
| Cienega High School | 45.9% | 1,871 |
| Catalina Foothills High School | 52.8% | 1,866 |
| Pueblo High School | 2.3% | 1,756 |
| Canyon Del Oro High School | 56.6% | 1,741 |
| Flowing Wells High School | 21.4% | 1,711 |
| Cholla High School | 8.8% | 1,585 |
| Ironwood Ridge High School | 57.7% | 1,562 |
| Sahuaro High School | 30.2% | 1,386 |
| Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson | 47.6% | 1,275 |
| AGAVE Middle and High School | 18.3% | 1,253 |
| Anza Trail | 32.6% | 1,235 |
| Rincon High School | 20.6% | 1,215 |
| Sahuarita High School | 32.4% | 1,184 |
| Walden Grove High School | 32.8% | 1,157 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence | 42.4% | 1,145 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson | 48.9% | 1,119 |
| Amphitheater High School | 14% | 1,118 |
| Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence | 3.4% | 1,054 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona | 55.7% | 1,017 |
| University High School | 38.5% | 999 |
| Twin Peaks Elementary School | 53.5% | 954 |
| Marana Middle School | 52.4% | 925 |
| Empire High School | 52.2% | 894 |
| La Paloma Academy | 27.1% | 865 |
| Sabino High School | 47.5% | 864 |
| BASIS Tucson Primary | 22% | 828 |
| Wrightson Ridge K-8 School | 25.9% | 827 |
| Mansfeld Middle Magnet School | 18.4% | 822 |
| Old Vail Middle School | 53.7% | 804 |
| Richard B. Wilson Junior School | 63.3% | 788 |
| Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School | 1.7% | 777 |
| Lawrence W. Cross Middle School | 59.8% | 769 |
| Flowing Wells Junior High School | 25% | 767 |
| Desert Sky Middle School | 38.6% | 760 |
| C.E. Rose Elementary School | 1.8% | 759 |
| Desert Willow Elementary School | 37.9% | 758 |
| BASIS Tucson North | 31.3% | 750 |
| Gladden Farms Elementary | 54.2% | 747 |
| Esmond Station School | 47.4% | 737 |
| Acacia Elementary School | 50.4% | 732 |
| Tanque Verde High School | 70.6% | 731 |
| Andrada Polytechnic High School | 55.3% | 729 |
| Ocotillo Ridge Elementary | 56.3% | 723 |
| Math and Science Success Academy | 2.9% | 718 |
| Rincon Vista Middle School | 42.3% | 714 |
| Leman Academy of Excellence - Central Tucson | 37% | 713 |
| Senita Valley Elementary School | 45.6% | 711 |
| Sierra 2-8 School | 1.9% | 699 |
| Sonoran Science Academy - Tucson | 35.2% | 698 |
| Palo Verde High Magnet School | 24.9% | 676 |
| Mesquite Elementary School | 37.5% | 675 |
| Sycamore Elementary School | 49.3% | 673 |
| Orange Grove Middle School | 57.6% | 672 |
| La Paloma Academy | 22.2% | 658 |
| Elvira Elementary School | 2.5% | 653 |
| Coronado K-8 School | 46.9% | 652 |
| BASIS Oro Valley Primary | 31.2% | 648 |
| Continental Elementary School | 41.9% | 626 |
| John E. White Elementary School | 5% | 623 |
| Tanque Verde Elementary School | 72% | 621 |
| Copper View Elementary School | 30.2% | 620 |
| Valencia Middle School | 7.6% | 620 |
| Roberts Naylor | 11.7% | 613 |
| Los Amigos Elementary School | 3.1% | 611 |
| Catalina High School | 16.6% | 609 |
| Academy of Math and Science | 11.4% | 606 |
| Hollinger K-8 School | 4.3% | 600 |
| Challenger Middle School | 2.7% | 595 |
| Craycroft Elementary School | 8.1% | 595 |
| Corona Foothills Middle School | 54.5% | 595 |
| Pistor Middle School | 5.3% | 586 |
| Manzanita School | 61.9% | 582 |
| Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School | 39.8% | 580 |
| Vesey Elementary School | 12.6% | 580 |
| Alice Vail Middle School | 29.8% | 574 |
| Quail Run Elementary School | 44.5% | 571 |
| BASIS Oro Valley | 40.9% | 569 |
| Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School | 8.3% | 563 |
| Vail Academy & High School | 40% | 560 |
| Walter Douglas Elementary School | 9.5% | 539 |
| Amphitheater Middle School | 12.1% | 535 |
| Lineweaver Elementary School | 30.7% | 528 |
| Cottonwood Elementary School | 42.1% | 527 |
| Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet | 3.1% | 524 |
| Tortolita Middle School | 46.3% | 523 |
| Gridley Middle School | 36% | 514 |
| Esperero Canyon Middle School | 56.8% | 509 |
| Sahuarita Middle School | 29.3% | 509 |
| Academy Del Sol - Hope | 5.7% | 508 |
| Pima Rose Academy | 6.4% | 503 |
| Apollo Middle School | 2.4% | 503 |
| Tucson Country Day School | 61% | 503 |
| La Paloma Academy-South | 5.6% | 502 |
| Alternative Computerized Education (ACE) Charter High School | 30.2% | 496 |
| Drexel Elementary School | 2.6% | 496 |
| Picture Rocks Elementary | 58.2% | 490 |
| Sunrise Drive Elementary School | 46.1% | 490 |
| Mission Manor Elementary School | 3.5% | 487 |
| Butterfield Elementary School | 44.2% | 486 |
| Doolen Middle School | 23.8% | 483 |
| Sonoran Science Academy East | 34.1% | 481 |
| Robins Elementary School | 15.7% | 477 |
| Raul Grijalva Elementary School | 3.2% | 476 |
| Southgate Academy | 7.1% | 476 |
| J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School | 31.2% | 468 |
| Esperanza Elementary School | 4.3% | 465 |
| Coyote Trail Elementary School | 51% | 465 |
| Borman Elementary School | 42.9% | 462 |
| Miller Elementary School | 5.7% | 453 |
| Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School | 7.8% | 450 |
| Compass High School | 42% | 440 |
| Centennial Elementary School | 26.7% | 439 |
| Ventana Vista Elementary School | 52.5% | 434 |
| Santa Clara Elementary School | 5.3% | 433 |
| Painted Sky Elementary School | 60.2% | 432 |
| Emily Gray Junior High School | 70.9% | 429 |
| L.M. Prince School | 15.2% | 428 |
| Winifred Harelson Elementary School | 58.9% | 428 |
| Los Ninos Elementary School | 6.1% | 426 |
| Agua Caliente School | 73.7% | 426 |
| The Innovation Academy | 63.1% | 425 |
| Rivera Elementary School | 2.9% | 421 |
| John B. Wright Elementary School | 14.1% | 417 |
| Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School | 46.6% | 412 |
| Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School | 24.9% | 410 |
| Summit View Elementary | 4.2% | 407 |
| Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School | 18.6% | 403 |
| Laguna Elementary School | 18% | 400 |
| Canyon View Elementary School | 59.5% | 388 |
| Lulu Walker School | 27.1% | 387 |
| Lynn Urquides | 3.6% | 386 |
| Wheeler Elementary School | 31% | 381 |
| Homer Davis Elementary School | 12.6% | 380 |
| Eastpointe High School | 20.8% | 379 |
| Roadrunner Elementary School | 51.3% | 378 |
| Copper Ridge Elementary | 53.2% | 374 |
| Robles Elementary School | 30.7% | 374 |
| Annie Kellond Elementary School | 34.6% | 373 |
| Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School | 15.5% | 373 |
| Presidio School | 27.7% | 372 |
| Morgan Maxwell School | 10.5% | 372 |
| Ironwood Elementary School | 51.5% | 371 |
| Ombudsman - Charter Valencia | 4.4% | 367 |
| Sam Hughes Elementary | 42% | 364 |
| Tolson Elementary School | 7.5% | 361 |
| Safford K-8 School | 5.3% | 359 |
| Bloom Elementary | 29.1% | 358 |
| Rio Vista Elementary School | 24% | 358 |
| Sahuarita Intermediate School | 33.3% | 357 |
| La Cima Middle School | 14.1% | 355 |
| Dietz K-8 School | 23.5% | 353 |
| Degrazia Elementary School | 39.4% | 353 |
| Manzo Elementary School | 8.1% | 346 |
| Henry Hank Oyama | 5.3% | 337 |
| Santa Rita High School | 31.8% | 333 |
| Irene Erickson Elementary School | 19.6% | 326 |
| Fruchthendler Elementary School | 50.8% | 325 |
| Pueblo Gardens Elementary | 3.7% | 323 |
| Gale Elementary School | 41.2% | 318 |
| Robert Richardson Elementary School | 41% | 305 |
| W.V. Whitmore Elementary School | 34.9% | 304 |
| Magee Middle School | 32.9% | 304 |
| Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School | 29.9% | 304 |
| Davis Bilingual Magnet School | 23.7% | 304 |
| Van Buskirk Elementary School | 4.3% | 303 |
| STAR Academic High School | 4% | 303 |
| Drachman Primary Magnet School | 21.2% | 302 |
| Copper Creek Elementary School | 56% | 298 |
| Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School | 14.8% | 297 |
| Miles-Exploratory Learning Center | 23.2% | 293 |
| E.C. Nash School | 11.9% | 293 |
| Blenman Elementary School | 11.7% | 290 |
| Laura N. Banks Elementary | 17.4% | 288 |
| Soleng Tom Elementary School | 40.4% | 282 |
| Mesa Verde Elementary School | 56.6% | 281 |
| Borton Primary Magnet School | 24.9% | 277 |
| Myers-Ganoung Elementary School | 20.9% | 277 |
| Marshall Elementary School | 45.4% | 273 |
| Ajo Elementary School | 11.5% | 270 |
| Robison Elementary School | 13% | 269 |
| Cragin Elementary School | 21.6% | 269 |
| Wakefield Middle School | 10.1% | 267 |
| Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School | 11.1% | 262 |
| Nosotros Academy | 5.7% | 261 |
| Maldonado Amelia Elementary School | 6.2% | 256 |
| Khalsa School | 65.1% | 255 |
| Secrist Middle School | 28.2% | 252 |
| Da Vinci Tree Academy | 30.6% | 252 |
| Davidson Elementary School | 28% | 250 |
| Howell Peter Elementary | 25.3% | 249 |
| Anna Henry Elementary School | 39.4% | 246 |
| Helen Keeling Elementary School | 12.6% | 239 |
| Marion Donaldson Elementary School | 42.1% | 235 |
| Harold Steele Elementary School | 28.3% | 226 |
| Sonoran Science Academy - Davis Monthan | 35.3% | 224 |
| Hermosa Montessori Charter | 65.8% | 222 |
| Utterback Middle School | 6.8% | 221 |
| Canyon Rose Academy | 25.6% | 211 |
| Ford Elementary | 36% | 211 |
| Holladay Intermediate Magnet School | 7.8% | 205 |
| Great Expectations Academy | 43.1% | 202 |
| Frances J. Warren Elementary School | 11.6% | 189 |
| City High School | 39% | 177 |
| Mountain Rose Academy | 44.3% | 174 |
| Altar Valley Middle School | 27.9% | 172 |
| MCAT High School | 50.3% | 165 |
| Hudlow Elementary School | 28.7% | 164 |
| W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School | 27.6% | 163 |
| Dunham Elementary School | 21.7% | 157 |
| AmeriSchools Academy - Country Club | 12.3% | 155 |
| Academy of Tucson High School | 52% | 152 |
| Academy of Tucson Elementary School | 48.3% | 147 |
| Amphi Academy Online | 43.5% | 147 |
| Academy of Tucson Middle School | 39.6% | 144 |
| Civano Charter School | 55.6% | 142 |
| Desert Rose Academy Charter School | 26.3% | 137 |
| Skyview High School | 18.5% | 135 |
| Ajo High School | 17.2% | 134 |
| Adventure School | 23.6% | 123 |
| PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center | 9% | 122 |
| Collier Elementary School | 42.5% | 113 |
| Leman Virtual Academy | 49.5% | 111 |
| Satori Charter School | 63.8% | 105 |
| Edge High School - Himmel Park | 24.3% | 103 |
| Sopori Elementary School | 14.6% | 103 |
| Southern Arizona Community Academy | 21% | 100 |
| Pantano High School | 39.8% | 98 |
| Vail Innovation Center | 54.4% | 90 |
| Sky Islands | 48.1% | 81 |
| TIA East | 15.3% | 72 |
| Rillito Center | 37.5% | 72 |
| Sentinel Peak High School | 22.9% | 70 |
| Carden of Tucson | 43.1% | 65 |
| Marana Distance Learning | 55.6% | 63 |
| Pima Vocational High School | 21% | 62 |
| Paulo Freire Freedom School - Downtown | 41.9% | 62 |
| Paulo Freire Freedom School - University | 46.8% | 62 |
| EDGE High School - Northwest | 54.1% | 61 |
| Flowing Wells Digital Campus | 28.1% | 57 |
| Desert Sky Community School | 54.5% | 44 |
| Canyon Rose Academy-East | 45.2% | 42 |
| Highland Free School | 41.7% | 36 |
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• 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• 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• Borman Elementary 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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