Coconino News

There were 611 multiracial students enrolled in Coconino County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 4.6% increase over the 584 multiracial students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Coconino County welcomed 16,743 students at the time. Among them, multiracial students made up 3.6% of the student body making them the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 44 schools in Coconino County, BASIS Flagstaff recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 62 students, making up 8.9% 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 Multiracial Students	Total Enrollment
Flagstaff High School	3.4%	1,630
Coconino High School	3.7%	1,505
Sinagua Middle School	3.5%	1,035
BASIS Flagstaff	8.9%	695
Mount Elden Middle School	4.1%	679
Northland Preparatory Academy	5%	645
Manuel DeMiguel Elementary School	5.2%	560
Page Middle School	3.4%	499
Charles W. Sechrist Elementary School	5.3%	430
Weitzel's Puente de Hozho Bilingual Magnet School	3%	430
Thomas M. Knoles Elementary School	5.8%	428
Williams Elementary/Middle School	2.7%	404
W.F. Killip Elementary School	2.8%	392
Sturgeon Cromer Elementary School	5.8%	378
John Q. Thomas Elementary School	6.8%	366
Lura Kinsey Elementary School	3.8%	342
Flagstaff Junior Academy	5%	339
Pine Forest School	9.4%	223