Alice Vail Middle School

Alice Vail Middle School is a middle school of mid-sized scale in TUCSON, Arizona, run under Tucson Unified District (4403), serveing 573 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Tucson Unified District (4403), which oversees 88 schools and 40,316 students, Alice Vail Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Alice Vail Middle School shows that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 27% White, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Pima County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.8:1, putting Alice Vail Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Pima County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,315, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which Alice Vail Middle School is one.

Sky Islands is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alice Vail Middle School.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alice Vail Middle School has decreased 12%, going from 653 students in 2018 to 573 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 5% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.