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Enrollment Analysis: Latino students comprised 35.7% of J O Combs Unified School District’s student body in 2022-23 school year

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J O Combs Unified School District Superintendent Gregory A. Wyman (2023) | J O Combs Unified School District

J O Combs Unified School District Superintendent Gregory A. Wyman (2023) | J O Combs Unified School District

There were 1,568 Latino students enrolled in J O Combs Unified School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.1% less than the previous year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that J O Combs Unified School District welcomed 4,395 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Latino students comprised 35.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the district.

J O Combs Unified School District roughly covers schools within Pinal County and has a main office in San Tan Valley.

Among the nine schools in J O Combs Unified School District, Combs High School recorded the highest enrollment of Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 436 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.

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.

Ethnicities in J O Combs Unified School District in 2022-23 School Year
White [52.2%]Hispanic or Latino [35.7%]Ethnicities <5% [12.1%]
Enrollment Demographics in J O Combs Unified School District During Last 3 Years
YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal Latino StudentsLatino %
20214,1511,52736.8%
20224,5881,60234.9%
20234,3951,56835.7%

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