Pinal County Schools: American Leadership Academy, Ironwood K12 welcomed most students in 2025-26 school year

American Leadership Academy, Ironwood K12 had the highest enrollment among Pinal County schools, welcoming 2,189 students during the 2025-26 academic year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2025-26 school year, 50.2% were girls, and 49.8% were boys.

The most represented ethnicity among American Leadership Academy, Ironwood K12 students was Asian, accounting for 0% of the student population.

Among the 115 schools in Pinal County, Maricopa High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,883 students, while Casa Grande Union High School welcomed 1,838 students and ranked third in the 2025-26 school year.

American Leadership Academy, Ironwood K12 is part of American Leadership Academy, Inc., which roughly covers schools within Maricopa County and has a main office in Mesa.

In the previous school year, Combs Center for Success Middle School had the highest number of students among Pinal County schools.

Arizona ranks dead last in educational success among U.S. states, according to World Population Review, which graded states based on K–12 performance, funding, higher education, and safety.

Arizona’s K-12 enrollment is shifting amid a declining school-aged population, projected to drop by 40,000 by 2028, according to the Common Sense Institute.

Information in this story was obtained from the Arizona Department of Education. The source data can be found here.