Wickenburg High School

Wickenburg High School operates as a small senior high in WICKENBURG, Arizona, one of the schools within Wickenburg Unified District (4236). Current enrollment sits at 384 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 631 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Wickenburg Unified District (4236) (1,079 students total), Wickenburg High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Wickenburg High School records that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 47% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Wickenburg High School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs that median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Wickenburg High School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

The closest other public school is Wickenburg Virtual Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 61% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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