High school (grades 9-12) · Tucson, AZ

Pima Vocational High School

Federal NCES profile for Pima Vocational High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 040020102069Charter school
0/100100/10045/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
94
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Pima Vocational High School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#7 of 38
high schools in Tucson · Resource Index
45
Resource Index · Typical
61
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Pima Vocational High School ranks #7 of 38 high schools in Tucson, AZ.

School address

Enrollment

61

Arizona · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Pima Vocational High School

Pima Vocational High School is a small charter high school in Tucson, Arizona, enrolling 61 students.

Enrollment of 61 puts it in the smaller third of Arizona schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 95% of the 2,064 Arizona schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 31 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

The surrounding Pima County (4420) spends $31,102 per pupil, 137% above the Arizona average, a better-resourced district than most.

Its district draws 23.9% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Tucson's high schools, it stands alongside Mica Mountain High (1,319 students): Pima Vocational High School is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Pima County (4420) is a single-school charter district, so Pima Vocational High School operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Pima Vocational High School compares

Pima Vocational High School on the metrics families compare, against Arizona and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Arizona Arizona avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 61 top 87% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

61
Bigger than 6% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$31,102
per pupil, district-wide - above Arizona avg of $13,145
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 31 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Pima County (4420), which includes Pima Vocational High School.

$31,102
Per student
+137%
vs Arizona
Avg $13,145
+87%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 36.5%
State 39.6%
Federal 23.9%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar high schools in Tucson

4 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Arizona, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Pima Vocational High School

How many students attend Pima Vocational High School?

Pima Vocational High School has 61 students enrolled. It is a high school in Tucson, AZ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Pima Vocational High School?

Pima Vocational High School has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Pima Vocational High School rank among high schools in Tucson?

By Resource Investment Index, Pima Vocational High School ranks #7 of 38 high schools in Tucson, AZ. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Tucson on the city page.

Is Pima Vocational High School a good school?

Pima Vocational High School earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Pima County (4420)?

None; Pima County (4420) is a single-school charter district, and Pima Vocational High School is its only campus.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

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