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Maricopa High School
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AASA 2024-25 . % Passing7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Maricopa High School
Maricopa High School is one of the expansive senior highs in MARICOPA, Arizona, run under Maricopa Unified School District (4441), with 1,840 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 192% larger than the state mean of about 631.
Maricopa Unified School District (4441) runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 9,568 students. Maricopa High School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Maricopa High School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% White, 16% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Native American. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.2:1, putting Maricopa High School higher than the state norm the norm.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pinal County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $80,266 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Maricopa High School is one of 155 public schools in Pinal County (combined enrollment of about 63,837 students).
Nearest neighbor: Maricopa Wells Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 2,058 students in 2018 compared to 1,840 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 35% to 24%. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.
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