Pinal County Education: 25,341 Latino students were enrolled in schools in 2021-22 school year

Casa Grande Union High School Principal Christopher Lineberry (2023) | Casa Grande Union High School

By Pinal Today

Oct 11, 2023

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.

Ethnicities in Pinal County in 2021-22 School Year

Enrollment in Pinal County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

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