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Enrollment Analysis: Latino students comprised 40.1% of Apache Junction Unified District’s student body in 2022-23 school year

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Apache Junction Unified District Superintendent Robert Pappalardo (2023) | Apache Junction Unified District

Apache Junction Unified District Superintendent Robert Pappalardo (2023) | Apache Junction Unified District

There were 1,206 Latino students enrolled in Apache Junction Unified District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.2% more than the previous year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Apache Junction Unified District welcomed 3,007 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Latino students comprised 40.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

Apache Junction Unified District roughly covers schools within Pinal County and has a main office in Apache Junction.

Among the five schools in Apache Junction Unified District, Apache Junction High School recorded the highest enrollment of Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 413 students.

A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com 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.

WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.

Ethnicities in Apache Junction Unified District in 2022-23 School Year
White [52.4%]Hispanic or Latino [40.1%]Ethnicities <5% [6.5%]
Enrollment Demographics in Apache Junction Unified District During Last 3 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Latino StudentsLatino %
20212,9041,11938.5%
20223,0641,20439.3%
20233,0071,20640.1%

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