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There were 4,069 white students enrolled in Yuma County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 1.1% decrease from from the 4,116 white students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Yuma County welcomed 38,336 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students made up 10.6% of the student body making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 61 schools in Yuma County, Gila Ridge High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 681 students, making up 29.5% of the school's total student body.

In 2022 Arizona had roughly one teacher for every 19 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students' school performance.

A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor markets for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

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

School name	% of White Students	Total Enrollment
Cibola High School	10.4%	2,545
Kofa High School	6.6%	2,542
Gila Ridge High School	29.5%	2,308
Yuma High School	6.1%	1,146
Harvest Preparatory Academy	3.5%	1,038
Desert View Academy	20.2%	986
Castle Dome Middle School	21%	974
Desert Mesa Elementary School	20.9%	841
Mary A. Otondo Elementary School	25.2%	808
Gowan Science Academy	29%	738
Centennial Middle School	7.9%	718
Salida Del Sol Elementary	3.3%	696
Mesquite Elementary	13.1%	628
R. Pete Woodard Junior High School	12.8%	627
Sunrise Elementary School	28.3%	626
Somerton Middle School	1.8%	623
Crane Middle School	8.2%	611
Gary A. Knox Elementary School	5.5%	585
C.W. Mcgraw Elementary School	7.4%	584
Pueblo Elementary School	13.3%	564
H.L. Suverkrup Elementary School	11.4%	555
Gila Vista Junior High School	14.5%	551
James B. Rolle School	24.9%	511
Ron Watson Middle School	33.2%	503
Ronald Reagan Fundamental School	10.4%	491
Valley Horizon Elementary School	7.2%	488
Palmcroft Elementary School	9.5%	464
O.C. Johnson School	10.9%	366
George Washington Carver Elementary School	3.7%	328
Pecan Grove Elementary School	5.1%	313
Alice Byrne Elementary School	17%	312
Roosevelt School	4.7%	257
Vista Alternative School	6.8%	220
Antelope Union High School	23.6%	199
Desert View Middle & High School	15.2%	191
Amerischools Academy North	23.8%	185
Mohawk Valley School	37.6%	157
Wellton Elementary School	20.6%	155
AmeriSchools Academy - Yuma	15.2%	125
James D. Price School	60.9%	69