📍 5093 S Liberty Ave, Tucson, Pima County, 85706
STAR Academic High School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 280 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sunnyside Unified District (4407) school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
STAR Academic High School enrolls 280 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 13.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 6.4% American Indian or Alaska Native and 2.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 246 | 88% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 18 | 6.4% |
| White | 7 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.1% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
207 of the school's 280 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
STAR Academic High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-70.
STAR Academic High School is one of 22 schools in Sunnyside Unified District (4407), based in TUCSON, Arizona. The district serves 13,979 students district-wide and employs 741 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 280 students, STAR Academic High School is smaller than the district average of about 635 students per school.
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