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There were 2,691 white students enrolled in Gila County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 9.9% decrease from from the 2,987 white students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Gila County welcomed 7,281 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students made up 37% of the student body making them the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 21 schools in Gila County, Payson High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 527 students, making up 66.7% 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.

WalletHub claimed Arizona's school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors' credentials.

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
Payson High School	66.7%	790
Copper Rim Elementary School	34.3%	763
Julia Randall Elementary School	61.5%	574
Globe High School	29.9%	498
Miami Junior Senior High School	33.3%	495
Rim Country Middle School	61.9%	493
High Desert Middle School	30.6%	405
Destiny School	32.8%	338
Dr. Charles A. Bejarano Elementary School	33.2%	238
Leonor Hambly K-8	10%	221
Lee Kornegay Intermediate School	39%	200
Pine Strawberry Elementary School	85.4%	96
Hayden High School	12.1%	91
Tonto Basin Elementary	79.8%	84
Liberty High School	40.6%	64
Young Elementary School	67.6%	37