Coconino News

There were 3,700 Hispanic or Latino students enrolled in Coconino County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 0.2% increase over from the 3,693 Hispanic or Latino students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Coconino County welcomed 17,066 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic or Latino students made up 21.7% of the student body making them the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 44 schools in Coconino County, Coconino High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 541 students, making up 35.4% 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.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.

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 Hispanic or Latino Students	Total Enrollment
Flagstaff High School	23.4%	1,620
Coconino High School	35.4%	1,529
Sinagua Middle School	31.2%	1,016
Page High School	4.1%	803
Mount Elden Middle School	30.5%	758
BASIS Flagstaff	16.7%	736
Northland Preparatory Academy	12.2%	638
Desert View Elementary Intermediate	4.3%	579
Manuel DeMiguel Elementary School	18.9%	578
Page Middle School	6.2%	549
Thomas M. Knoles Elementary School	22.2%	487
Weitzel's Puente de Hozho Bilingual Magnet School	47%	438
Williams Elementary/Middle School	48%	415
Charles W. Sechrist Elementary School	16.4%	397
Sturgeon Cromer Elementary School	23.3%	395
Eva Marshall Elementary School	35.8%	394
W.F. Killip Elementary School	51.9%	391
John Q. Thomas Elementary School	47.2%	386
Lura Kinsey Elementary School	22.6%	363
Flagstaff Junior Academy	19.6%	316
Flagstaff Arts And Leadership Academy	17.9%	257
Williams High School	39.8%	241
Pine Forest School	24.2%	194
Mountain School	9.3%	183
Grand Canyon Elementary	35.9%	170
Montessori Charter School of Flagstaff - Campus	17.6%	170
Maine Consolidated School	13.9%	137
Summit High School	35.5%	93
Grand Canyon High School	40.5%	84
Ponderosa High School	35.6%	59
Northern Arizona Distance Learning	30%	40