La Cima Middle School

La Cima Middle School operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in TUCSON, Arizona, run under Amphitheater Unified District (4406). Current enrollment sits at 337 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 494 students each, so La Cima Middle School sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

Amphitheater Unified District (4406) runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 11,277 students. La Cima Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, La Cima Middle School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 15% White, 7% Black, 3% Native American, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, La Cima Middle School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.8:1, putting La Cima Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pima County put median household income runs about $70,315, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. La Cima Middle School is one of 398 public schools in Pima County (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students).

Lulu Walker School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 30%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 19% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.