La Paz County education: 94 multiracial students were enrolled in 2025-26 school year

Tom Horne Superintendent of Public Instruction at Arizona Department of Education
Tom Horne Superintendent of Public Instruction at Arizona Department of Education
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There were 94 multiracial students enrolled in La Paz County schools in the 2025-26 school year, a 6.9% decrease from the 101 multiracial students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that La Paz County enrolled 2,125 students at the time. Among them, multiracial students made up 4.4% of the student body making them the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 11 schools in La Paz County, Parker High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2025-26 school year, with 25 students making up 5.6% of the school’s total enrollment.

Arizona ranks dead last in educational success among U.S. states, according to World Population Review, which graded states based on K–12 performance, funding, higher education, and safety.

Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

Ethnicities in La Paz County in 2025-26 School Year

Enrollment in La Paz County Schools During 2025-26 School Year
School name % of Multiracial Students Total Enrollment
Parker High School 5.6% 444
Blake Primary School 3.5% 369
Wallace Elementary School 6% 317
Wallace Junior High School 7.1% 308
Le Pera Elementary School 1.7% 174
Salome High School 3.4% 117
Salome Elementary School 1.8% 111
Wenden Elementary School 2.6% 77
Bouse Elementary School 6.8% 44
Parker Alternative School 2.6% 38

Information in this article was obtained from the Arizona Department of Education. The source data can be found here.



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