Pinal Today

There were 2,177 American Indian or Alaskan Native students enrolled in Pinal County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 8.6% decrease from the 2,381 American Indian or Alaskan Native students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Pinal County welcomed 55,459 students at the time. Among them, American Indian or Alaskan Native students made up 3.9% of the student body making them the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 92 schools in Pinal County, Sacaton Elementary recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian or Alaskan Native students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 245 students, making up 78.5% of the school's total student body.

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 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.

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 American Indian or Alaskan Native Students	Total Enrollment
Maricopa High School	5.1%	2,056
Casa Grande Union High School	7.6%	1,972
Vista Grande High School	2.9%	1,939
Poston Butte High School	2%	1,422
Legacy Traditional School - Maricopa	1.8%	1,308
Combs High School	2%	1,241
Maricopa Wells Middle School	5%	906
Desert Wind Middle School	3%	905
Apache Junction High School	1.3%	866
Butterfield Elementary School	1.6%	860
Santa Cruz Elementary School	2.9%	852
Maricopa Elementary School	4.8%	850
Arizona City Elementary School	1.7%	831
Leading Edge Academy Maricopa	1.6%	822
San Tan Foothills High School	2.2%	801
Walker Butte K-8	3.5%	762
Florence K-8	1.7%	758
Villago Middle School	4.4%	755
Cactus Middle School	2.4%	750
Circle Cross K8 STEM Academy	1.9%	738
Saddleback Elementary School	9%	723
San Tan Heights Elementary	2.4%	712
Coolidge High School	9.3%	685
Casa Grande Middle School	8.4%	675
Coolidge Junior High School	12.9%	627
J.O. Combs Middle School	2.3%	600
West Elementary School	3.2%	597
Skyline Ranch Elementary School	2.7%	585
Copper Basin	2.5%	553
Palo Verde School	3.8%	547
Ranch Elementary School	3%	508
Saguaro Elementary School	7.1%	481
Cottonwood Elementary School	6.3%	478
Cholla Elementary School	3.5%	455
Mesquite Elementary School	8.7%	447
Imagine Preparatory Coolidge	14.6%	431
Toltec Elementary School	4.5%	426
Stanfield Elementary School	12.4%	379
Sacaton Elementary	78.5%	312
Eloy Junior High School	4.5%	246
Skyline D5	96.4%	225
Sacaton Middle School	84.2%	222
Coolidge Alternative Program	16.2%	179
PPEP TEC - Alice S. Paul Learning Center	21.9%	96