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There were 53 Asian students enrolled in Gila County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 17.8% more than the previous year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Gila County welcomed 7,827 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Asian students made up 0.7% of the student body, making them the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Miami Virtual Program was the only school in the county which enrolled Asian students, welcoming 12 in the 2021-22 school year.

Math scores fell the most from 2019 to 2022, while language arts scores decreased to a lesser extent from 2019 to 2022, according to the Nation's Report Card.

In 2022, average scores from Arizona students were found to be in line with the national average scores for math and reading, according to the Nation's Report Card

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 Asian students	Total enrollment
Miami Virtual Program	1.7%	698
Copper Rim Elementary School	-	684
Globe High School	-	520
Rim Country Middle School	-	567
Julia Randall Elementary School	-	551
Payson Elementary School	-	421
Payson High School	-	797
San Carlos High School	-	342
Lee Kornegay Intermediate School	-	216
Miami Junior Senior High School	-	491
Leonor Hambly K-8	-	202
Hayden High School	-	89
Young Elementary School	-	41
Young High School	-	13
Pine Strawberry Elementary School	-	98
Tonto Basin Elementary	-	77
Liberty High School	-	67
Rice Elementary School	-	577
Destiny School	-	319
Dr. Charles A. Bejarano Elementary School	-	199
High Desert Middle School	-	362
M.U.S.D. #40 - Little Vandal Preschool	-	34
San Carlos Alternative High School	-	71
San Carlos Middle School	-	373
Tiger Knowledge Online (TKO)	-	18