Mingus Union High School

Set in COTTONWOOD, Arizona, Mingus Union High School is a well-populated four-year high school, overseen by Mingus Union High School District (4488). It instructs 1,165 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% above the state mean of about 631.

Mingus Union High School District (4488) runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,202 students. Mingus Union High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mingus Union High School reports that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 44% Hispanic, 3% Native American, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In terms of school funding signals, Mingus Union High School lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Yavapai County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,613, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Mingus Union High School is one of 107 public schools in Yavapai County (combined enrollment of about 23,538 students).

Mingus Online Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mingus Union High School.

Mingus Union High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,164 students in 2018 compared to 1,165 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 49% across the same window.

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