Pistor Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack middle school in TUCSON, Arizona, Pistor Middle School works with 579 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Tucson Unified District (4403).

Tucson Unified District (4403) comprises 88 schools with combined enrollment of 40,316 students; Pistor Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pistor Middle School logs that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Native American, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pistor Middle School is one of 398 public schools in Pima County (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students).

John E White Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 31%: 841 students in 2018 compared to 579 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.