Sky Islands

As a very small high school in TUCSON, Arizona, Sky Islands works with 60 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Blue Adobe Project (89871). Compared to the state average of about 631 students per school, that is 90% leaner than typical.

Operationally, Sky Islands answers to Blue Adobe Project (89871), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Sky Islands shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 43% White. By comparison, Pima County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, 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%. Sky Islands is one of 398 public schools in Pima County (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students).

The closest other public school is Alice Vail Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Sky Islands is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sky Islands has contracted 20%, going from 75 students in 2018 to 60 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 20% to 53%.

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