1,711 students enrolled in Buena High School in 2024-25 school year in Cochise County

Buena High School had the highest enrollment among Cochise County schools, welcoming 1,711 students during the 2024-25 academic year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2024-25 school year, 52.3% were boys, and 47.7% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Buena High School students was white, accounting for 42.6% of the student population.

Among the 65 schools in Cochise County, Douglas High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,288 students, while Benson Primary School welcomed 507 students and ranked third in the 2024-25 school year.

Buena High School is part of Sierra Vista Unified District, which roughly covers schools within Cochise County and has a main office in Sierra Vista.

In the previous school year, Buena High School also had the highest number of students among Cochise County schools.

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.

Arizona’s K-12 enrollment is shifting amid a declining school-aged population, projected to drop by 40,000 by 2028, according to the Common Sense Institute.

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