There were 25,341 Latino students enrolled in Pinal County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 14.2% more than the previous year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
Data showed that Pinal County welcomed 54,190 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Latino students made up 46.8% of the student body, making them the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 114 schools in Pinal County, Casa Grande Union High School recorded the highest enrollment of Latino students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 1,204 Latino students.
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.
Math scores fell the most from 2019 to 2022, while language arts scores decreased to a lesser extent from 2019 to 2022, according to the Nation’s Report Card.
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 Latino students | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Villa Oasis Interscholastic Center For Education (voice) | 85.7% | 84 |
| Eloy Junior High School | 84.8% | 264 |
| Santa Cruz Center for Success | 83.3% | 30 |
| Santa Cruz Valley Union High School | 82% | 272 |
| Curiel School | 81.2% | 234 |
| John F. Kennedy School | 77.5% | 182 |
| Picacho School | 77.5% | 160 |
| Eloy Intermediate School | 76.2% | 252 |
| Superior Junior/Senior High School | 75.6% | 160 |
| San Manuel High School | 73.2% | 194 |
| Ironwood School | 70.8% | 476 |
| Stanfield Elementary School | 70.6% | 411 |
| CAVIT – Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology | 69% | 42 |
| San Manuel Jr. High School | 68.8% | 112 |
| First Avenue Elementary School | 68.4% | 237 |
| Vista Grande High School | 68.3% | 1,635 |
| Palo Verde School | 68.2% | 402 |
| Evergreen Elementary School | 66.7% | 21 |
| Casa Grande Middle School | 66.4% | 651 |
| Toltec Elementary School | 66% | 338 |
| Pinnacle High School – Casa Grande | 65.8% | 38 |
| McCartney Ranch Elementary School | 65.8% | 643 |
| Cholla Elementary School | 64.8% | 494 |
| Cactus Middle School | 63.8% | 791 |
| Early Childhood Learning Center | 63.2% | 152 |
| Saguaro Elementary School | 63.1% | 469 |
| Mesquite Elementary School | 62.5% | 469 |
| Casa Grande Union High School District Online | 62.4% | 178 |
| Arizona City Elementary School | 62.1% | 654 |
| Imagine Coolidge Elementary | 61.8% | 599 |
| Casa Grande Union High School | 60.4% | 1,992 |
| CGESD Online Learning Academy | 60.1% | 273 |
| The Grande Innovation | 59.7% | 780 |
| Cottonwood Elementary School | 59.6% | 374 |
| Mountain Vista School | 58.8% | 391 |
| Villago Middle School | 58.3% | 798 |
| West Elementary School | 58.2% | 658 |
| Legacy Traditional School – Casa Grande | 56.7% | 1,315 |
| Imagine Prep Coolidge | 55.4% | 513 |
| Ray JR/SR High School | 55.2% | 194 |
| Coolidge Virtual Academy | 52.9% | 208 |
| Coolidge High School | 52.4% | 616 |
| Desert Willow Elementary School | 52.4% | 450 |
| Heartland Ranch Elementary School | 50.6% | 443 |
| Coolidge Junior High School | 50.2% | 317 |
| Santa Cruz Elementary School | 49.8% | 603 |
| ASU Preparatory Academy – Casa Grande HS | 49.5% | 194 |
| Mary C. O’Brien Elementary School | 49.2% | 118 |
| Florence K-8 | 49% | 706 |
| Combs Online School for Success | 48.5% | 163 |
| Coolidge Alternative Program | 48.3% | 176 |
| Four Peaks Elementary School | 48.1% | 563 |
| Maricopa Wells Middle School | 46.6% | 854 |
| Magma Ranch K8 School | 46.5% | 794 |
| Ray Elementary School | 46.1% | 193 |
| Maricopa Elementary School | 45.9% | 662 |
| Butterfield Elementary School | 45.9% | 636 |
| Saddleback Elementary School | 45.6% | 689 |
| Santa Rosa Elementary School | 45% | 438 |
| San Tan Heights Elementary | 42.3% | 796 |
| Poston Butte High School | 42.3% | 1,429 |
| Skyline Ranch Elementary School | 42% | 559 |
| A+ Charter Schools | 41.9% | 248 |
| Maricopa High School | 41% | 2,620 |
| Florence Virtual Academy | 40.9% | 323 |
| Maricopa Virtual Academy | 40.9% | 367 |
| EDUPRIZE ONLINE INSTRUCTION | 40.7% | 81 |
| Florence High School | 40.5% | 815 |
| Ellsworth Elementary School | 40.4% | 562 |
| Combs Traditional Academy | 40.1% | 272 |
| Desert Wind Middle School | 40% | 755 |
| Cactus Canyon Junior High | 39.7% | 546 |
| Red Rock Elementary School | 39.6% | 432 |
| Legacy Traditional School – Maricopa | 39.6% | 1,201 |
| Imagine Superstition Middle | 39.4% | 127 |
| Apache Junction High School | 39.2% | 995 |
| Circle Cross K8 STEM Academy | 38.8% | 673 |
| Copper Basin | 38.2% | 610 |
| Imagine Prep Superstition | 38.1% | 357 |
| San Tan Foothills High School | 37.5% | 906 |
| Early Childhood Learning Center | 37.1% | 167 |
| Avalon Elementary | 36.9% | 301 |
| Jack Harmon Elementary School | 36.5% | 458 |
| J.O. Combs Middle School | 35.7% | 659 |
| Peralta Trail Elementary School | 35.5% | 363 |
| Walker Butte K-8 | 35.1% | 672 |
| Pima Butte Elementary School | 35% | 429 |
| Anthem Elementary School | 33.5% | 976 |
| Ranch Elementary School | 33.5% | 501 |
| Desert Vista Elementary School | 33% | 597 |
| Leading Edge Academy Mountain View | 33% | 409 |
| Combs Center for Success High School | 31.8% | 44 |
| Happy Valley School East Campus | 31.6% | 509 |
| Kathryn Sue Simonton Elementary | 31.5% | 502 |
| Combs High School | 31.2% | 1,427 |
| Mountain Vista Academy | 31.2% | 208 |
| EDUPRIZE SCHOOL Gilbert | 24.3% | 1,585 |
| Legacy Traditional School – Queen Creek | 23.5% | 1,319 |
| Eduprize School | 21.7% | 1,679 |
| Sacaton Elementary | 18.5% | 281 |
| Sacaton Middle School | 11.4% | 201 |
| Akimel O’Otham Pee Posh (K-2) | – | 21 |
| Skyline D5 | – | 223 |
| ARCHES Academy | – | 57 |
