There were 14,781 American Indian or Alaskan Native students enrolled in Maricopa County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 1.3% decrease from the 14,973 American Indian or Alaskan Native students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.
Data showed that Maricopa County welcomed 730,613 students at the time. Among them, American Indian or Alaskan Native students made up 2% of the student body making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 1,033 schools in Maricopa County, Westwood High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian or Alaskan Native students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 362 students, making up 10.6% 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.
WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.
Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Ethnicities in Maricopa County in 2023-24 School Year
Enrollment in Maricopa County Schools During 2023-24 School Year
| School name | % of American Indian or Alaskan Native Students | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Primavera – Online | 4.6% | 7,147 |
| Arizona Virtual Academy | 3.8% | 4,510 |
| ASU Preparatory Academy Digital | 4.3% | 3,575 |
| Red Mountain High School | 1.3% | 3,481 |
| Chandler High School | 1.9% | 3,478 |
| Mesa High School | 2% | 3,465 |
| Westwood High School | 10.6% | 3,425 |
| Mountain View High School | 4.1% | 3,398 |
| Highland High School | 0.8% | 3,022 |
| West Point High School | 1.4% | 2,891 |
| Trevor Browne High School | 0.8% | 2,810 |
| Maryvale High School | 0.7% | 2,692 |
| Corona Del Sol High School | 3% | 2,666 |
| Cesar Chavez High School | 3.1% | 2,651 |
| Tolleson Union High School | 1.3% | 2,493 |
| American Leadership Academy – Queen Creek | 0.6% | 2,396 |
| Dobson High School | 7.4% | 2,356 |
| Gilbert High School | 1.4% | 2,339 |
| Sunnyslope High School | 1.4% | 2,263 |
| La Joya Community High School | 1% | 2,195 |
| Williams Field High School | 1.1% | 2,192 |
| Camelback High School | 3.5% | 2,191 |
| South Mountain High School | 1.1% | 2,174 |
| Copper Canyon High School | 1.4% | 2,169 |
| Skyline High School | 2.9% | 2,143 |
| Queen Creek High School | 0.8% | 2,128 |
| Youngker High School | 1% | 2,105 |
| Desert Edge High School | 0.6% | 2,081 |
| Arizona Connections Academy | 3.4% | 1,993 |
| Betty Fairfax High School | 7.3% | 1,927 |
| North High School | 2.6% | 1,909 |
| Ironwood High School | 1% | 1,885 |
| Sierra Linda High School | 1.2% | 1,878 |
| Buckeye Union High School | 1.4% | 1,829 |
| Willow Canyon High School | 1.3% | 1,824 |
| Glendale High School | 2.1% | 1,817 |
| Student Choice High School | 2.7% | 1,793 |
| Westview High School | 1.3% | 1,758 |
| Mcclintock High School | 4.3% | 1,757 |
| Central High School | 5.1% | 1,752 |
| Sequoia Choice School Arizona Distance Learning School | 3.8% | 1,706 |
| Washington High School | 4.2% | 1,703 |
| Mountain Pointe High School | 6% | 1,639 |
| Barry Goldwater High School | 3% | 1,601 |
| Arizona Preparatory Academy | 6.2% | 1,558 |
| Thunderbird High School | 2.9% | 1,546 |
| Tempe High School | 4% | 1,486 |
| Marcos De Niza High School | 11.2% | 1,453 |
| Saguaro High School | 4.6% | 1,423 |
| EDUPRIZE SCHOOL Gilbert | 0.9% | 1,370 |
| Summit Academy | 2.9% | 1,201 |
| Cortez High School | 4% | 1,107 |
| Arizona Insight Academy | 3.8% | 1,053 |
| Rogers Ranch School | 2.7% | 1,052 |
| Buckeye Elementary School | 1.5% | 1,047 |
| Frank Borman School | 1.7% | 1,001 |
| Mountain View Elementary School | 2.8% | 975 |
| Paseo Pointe School | 1.1% | 964 |
| Stapley Junior High School | 8.2% | 950 |
| Trailside Point Performing Arts Academy | 2.7% | 937 |
| Carson Junior High School | 10.9% | 933 |
| Fremont Junior High School | 1.8% | 928 |
| Desert Meadows Elementary School | 4.4% | 923 |
| Connolly Middle School | 7.2% | 917 |
| Country Place Elementary | 1.4% | 900 |
| PUHSD Distance-Learning School | 1.9% | 894 |
| Madison #1 Elementary School | 3.9% | 887 |
| Tonopah Valley High School | 1.2% | 883 |
| Challenger Middle School | 1.7% | 881 |
| Taylor Junior High School | 2.5% | 875 |
| Barcelona Elementary School | 1.3% | 873 |
| Riverview School | 1.4% | 870 |
| Ishikawa Elementary School | 7.5% | 863 |
| Acacia Elementary School | 1.3% | 828 |
| Kino Junior High School | 5.9% | 825 |
| Papago School | 2.8% | 812 |
| West Point Elementary School | 1.8% | 812 |
| Laveen Elementary School | 3.5% | 809 |
| Kyrene Akimel A-Al Middle School | 3.6% | 804 |
| Desert Harbor Elementary School | 1.4% | 802 |
| Palo Verde Middle School | 2.4% | 801 |
| Mohave Middle School | 5.6% | 798 |
| Kingswood Elementary School | 2.3% | 793 |
| Poston Junior High School | 3.1% | 784 |
| Paseo Hills School | 4% | 780 |
| Orangewood School | 8.6% | 779 |
| Smith Junior High School | 1.8% | 769 |
| Mesquite Junior High School | 3% | 768 |
| Valiant Academy | 6.2% | 764 |
| Ingleside Middle School | 3% | 764 |
| Patterson Elementary | 2% | 763 |
| Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary | 1.4% | 761 |
| Sun Valley Elementary School | 2.3% | 754 |
| Sequoia Pathway Academy | 4.9% | 754 |
| Chaparral Elementary School | 1.5% | 752 |
| Monte Vista Elementary School | 2.7% | 745 |
| Desert Mirage Elementary School | 2.4% | 738 |
| Dr Howard K. Conley Elementary School | 6.1% | 734 |
| Manuel Pena Junior School | 3.1% | 733 |
| Sunset School | 2.2% | 732 |
| Coronado High School | 8.8% | 730 |
| Emerson Elementary School | 4.2% | 730 |
| Kyrene Middle School | 9.1% | 726 |
| Cheatham Elementary School | 2.4% | 720 |
| Washington Elementary School | 3.3% | 718 |
| Highland Elementary School | 1.7% | 712 |
| Gililland Middle School | 6.6% | 711 |
| Mountain Sky Middle School | 2.6% | 698 |
| Granada Elementary School-East Campus | 1.9% | 698 |
| Harold W. Smith School | 1.9% | 690 |
| Glendale Landmark School | 2.6% | 689 |
| Sequoia Elementary School | 2.5% | 685 |
| Desert Spirit | 1.6% | 682 |
| Sunnyslope Elementary School | 3.4% | 681 |
| Sevilla Elementary School-West Campus | 2.2% | 680 |
| Rio Vista Elementary | 2.5% | 675 |
| Hermosa Vista Elementary School | 4.5% | 673 |
| Desert Oasis Elementary School | 2.4% | 672 |
| Fees College Preparatory Middle School | 14.1% | 672 |
| Shepherd Junior High School | 1.8% | 669 |
| Adams Elementary School | 10.5% | 666 |
| Hurley Ranch Elementary | 2.9% | 665 |
| Rhodes Junior High School | 8.3% | 663 |
| Alta Loma School | 2.3% | 661 |
| Imagine Coolidge Elementary | 5% | 660 |
| Shaw Butte School | 4.1% | 651 |
| Dos Rios Elementary School | 4.6% | 650 |
| Desert Sky Middle School | 2% | 647 |
| Valiant Academy | 3.6% | 643 |
| Pat Tillman Middle School | 7.1% | 637 |
| Encanto School | 3.1% | 637 |
| Anna Marie Jacobson Elementary School | 4.5% | 628 |
| Ocotillo School | 3.8% | 625 |
| Westwood Elementary School | 2.7% | 622 |
| Broadmor Elementary School | 2.6% | 617 |
| Desert Foothills Middle School | 2.4% | 615 |
| Career Success Junior Senior High School – North Phoenix | 6.2% | 614 |
| Campo Bello Elementary School | 1.8% | 613 |
| John F. Long | 1.8% | 613 |
| South Pointe High School | 5.7% | 611 |
| Santan Elementary | 2.5% | 610 |
| Tavan Elementary School | 2.7% | 603 |
| Basha Elementary | 6% | 600 |
| Kyrene del Pueblo Middle School | 3% | 596 |
| Sahuaro Ranch Elementary School | 3% | 592 |
| Maryland Elementary School | 6.3% | 588 |
| Pomeroy Elementary School | 4.3% | 584 |
| MacArthur Elementary School | 2.3% | 576 |
| Whitman Elementary School | 15.6% | 572 |
| Keller Elementary School | 3.2% | 570 |
| Kyrene Centennial Middle School | 9.3% | 569 |
| Webster Elementary School | 9.3% | 567 |
| Sahuaro School | 3.2% | 566 |
| Edison Elementary School | 5% | 556 |
| Manzanita Elementary School | 2.7% | 553 |
| Foothills Elementary School | 2.6% | 545 |
| Falcon Hill Elementary School | 2.4% | 539 |
| Salk Elementary School | 3% | 537 |
| Wood School | 5.1% | 533 |
| Frye Elementary School | 3.6% | 532 |
| Gateway School | 2.1% | 530 |
| Cactus View Elementary School | 4.5% | 528 |
| Peoria Accelerated High School | 2.1% | 528 |
| Valley View School | 2.1% | 519 |
| David Crockett Elementary School | 3.5% | 515 |
| William T. Machan Elementary School | 2.9% | 512 |
| Fuller Elementary School | 3.3% | 511 |
| Excelencia School | 2.2% | 510 |
| Alta Vista Elementary School | 3.7% | 509 |
| Kyrene del Milenio | 6.1% | 507 |
| Kerr Elementary School | 12.8% | 506 |
| Roosevelt Elementary School | 11.1% | 504 |
| Frank Elementary School | 22.7% | 502 |
| Echo Mountain Primary School | 2.4% | 501 |
| R.E. Simpson School | 2.8% | 499 |
| Sky View Elementary School | 2.8% | 497 |
| Deer Valley Middle School | 2.8% | 495 |
| Kenilworth Elementary School | 3.9% | 493 |
| Great Hearts Academies – Cicero Preparatory | 2.2% | 492 |
| Hale Elementary School | 2.9% | 490 |
| Laird Elementary School | 10.9% | 486 |
| Ashton Ranch Elementary School | 2.3% | 483 |
| Redbird Elementary School | 10.8% | 482 |
| Madison Park School | 7.9% | 480 |
| Longview Elementary School | 8.5% | 470 |
| Royal Palm Middle School | 6.8% | 470 |
| Glendale Union High School District Online Learning Academy | 4.3% | 468 |
| Whittier Elementary School | 12.6% | 468 |
| Shumway Leadership Academy | 2.4% | 467 |
| Wilson Primary School | 2.6% | 466 |
| Arredondo Elementary School | 7.1% | 465 |
| Washington Elementary School | 8.4% | 463 |
| Lakeview Elementary School | 3.9% | 462 |
| Hohokam Elementary School | 5.7% | 460 |
| Porter Elementary School | 4.8% | 455 |
| Loma Linda Elementary School | 5.5% | 455 |
| Robson Elementary School | 3.3% | 452 |
| Kyrene de la Paloma School | 3.1% | 452 |
| Kyrene de la Mariposa School | 6.2% | 450 |
| Kyrene de las Lomas School | 6.5% | 447 |
| Griffith Elementary School | 7.8% | 447 |
| Eisenhower Center for Innovation | 3.6% | 443 |
| Kyrene de la Colina School | 9.3% | 442 |
| Osborn Middle School | 6.6% | 438 |
| ASU Preparatory Academy- Phoenix Elementary | 2.5% | 437 |
| Curry Elementary School | 10.6% | 433 |
| Brunson-Lee Elementary School | 9.8% | 430 |
| Kyrene de la Estrella Elementary School | 4.2% | 426 |
| Guerrero Elementary School | 4.7% | 426 |
| EdOptions HS Learning Center | 3.8% | 425 |
| Kyrene de la Esperanza School | 9.6% | 425 |
| Champion San Tan | 3.1% | 424 |
| Pioneer Elementary School | 2.6% | 423 |
| Pueblo Elementary School | 2.6% | 420 |
| Aguilar School | 10.3% | 418 |
| ASU Preparatory Academy – Phoenix Middle School | 3.1% | 414 |
| McDowell Mountain Elementary School | 21.8% | 413 |
| Clarendon School | 3.4% | 412 |
| Tonalea K-8 | 8.1% | 407 |
| Fountain Hills High School | 16.6% | 404 |
| Holdeman Elementary School | 5.4% | 404 |
| Champion Chandler | 2.7% | 403 |
| Lehi Elementary School | 9.3% | 397 |
| Richard E. Miller School | 9.1% | 396 |
| Crismon Elementary School | 7.8% | 395 |
| Riverside Traditional School | 2.8% | 394 |
| Kyrene de los Ninos School | 15.3% | 393 |
| Cactus Wren Elementary School | 4.3% | 391 |
| T.G. Barr School | 6% | 386 |
| Yavapai Elementary School | 3.4% | 385 |
| Hudson Elementary School | 5% | 382 |
| Harris Elementary School | 2.9% | 380 |
| Pima Elementary School | 4.7% | 380 |
| Career Success High School – Main Campus | 8.8% | 375 |
| Madison Elementary School | 3% | 371 |
| Scales Technology Academy | 5.9% | 371 |
| ASU Preparatory Academy- Phoenix High School | 3% | 365 |
| Pioneer Elementary School | 3.1% | 360 |
| Kings Ridge School | 3.6% | 357 |
| Rover Elementary School | 4.9% | 350 |
| Gila Bend Elementary | 21.1% | 332 |
| Larry C. Kennedy School | 4.3% | 326 |
| International Commerce High School – Tempe | 6.3% | 315 |
| Franklin at Alma Elementary | 4.2% | 309 |
| Carminati School | 4.5% | 308 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School | 5.4% | 296 |
| East Valley Academy | 9.1% | 286 |
| AZ Compass Preparatory School | 23.6% | 271 |
| Noah Webster Schools-Pima | 44.3% | 262 |
| Self Development Academy-Phoenix | 11.8% | 245 |
| Desert Hills High School | 20.4% | 245 |
| Vector Preparatory and Arts Academy | 20.2% | 243 |
| Fountain Hills Middle School | 19.9% | 236 |
| Riverbend Preparatory | 4.9% | 225 |
| Kaizen Education Foundation dba Summit High School | 6.3% | 190 |
| Gila Bend High School | 22.8% | 189 |
| E-Institute at Metro | 8.4% | 166 |
| Ombudsman – Charter Northeast | 13% | 92 |
| Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy | 72.3% | 65 |
