NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Pima, AZ

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6 public K-12 schools in Pima from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
1,216
Students
29.7/100
Avg Resource Index
17.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pima has more public-school enrollment than 3% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pima Elementary School enrolls 41.1% of Pima's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Pima's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Pima lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 18 to 500 students, a 28-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 97%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
11th percentile
Teacher staffing
29th percentile

Pima Elementary School accounts for 41.1% of all Pima public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Pima-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Pima school enrollment varies 28× across entities

Pima school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 500 students (highest), a spread of 482 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Pima student-teacher ratio is 17.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Pima is typically wider than the Pima-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Pima's 6 listed schools are charters

17% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Pima Junior High School 39
2. Pima High School 34
3. Discovery Plus Academy 32
4. Dan Hinton Accommodation School 30
5. Pima Elementary School 28
6. Gila Valley Learning Center 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pima

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Dan Hinton Accommodation School 58.0/100
  2. 2 Gila Valley Learning Center 53.6/100
  3. 3 Pima High School 51.7/100
  4. 4 Pima Elementary School 49.7/100
  5. 5 Pima Junior High School 46.4/100

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Which Pima school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pima Junior High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pima schools in this federal-data comparison at 39/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pima, AZ? ▼

Pima has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,216 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.