STAR Academic High School

As a low-enrollment high school in TUCSON, Arizona, STAR Academic High School serves 265 students from grades 6 through 12, part of Sunnyside Unified District (4407). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so STAR Academic High School sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.

Sunnyside Unified District (4407) comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 13,979 students; STAR Academic High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, STAR Academic High School reports that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Native American, 3% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, STAR Academic High School reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.7:1. The state averages around 20.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Pima County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which STAR Academic High School is one.

Toltecali High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STAR Academic High School has rose 37%, going from 193 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 today.

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