TIA West

TIA West is an all-grades campus of minimally staffed scale in TUCSON, Arizona, overseen by Tucson International Academy Inc. (79979), hosting 131 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 550 students per school, that is 76% smaller than typical.

TIA West is one of 3 schools operated by Tucson International Academy Inc. (79979), a district that instructs 402 students overall.

In terms of who attends, TIA West lists that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 9% Native American, 5% White, 4% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 21.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Pima County shows median household earnings sit near $70,315, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which TIA West is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tucson International Academy, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site. TIA West operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 111 students in 2018 compared to 131 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 89% to 79%.

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