📍 2001 W Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson, Pima County, 85713
Cholla High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 1,760 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tucson Unified District (4403) school district. It serves grades 8–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 92.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
Cholla High School enrolls 1,760 students across grades 8–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 92.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% White and 6.1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,437 | 82% |
| White | 132 | 7.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 108 | 6.1% |
| Black or African American | 42 | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 11 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,090 of the school's 1,760 students (62%) 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.
Cholla 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.
Cholla High School is one of 90 schools in Tucson Unified District (4403), based in TUCSON, Arizona. The district serves 40,316 students district-wide and employs 2,823 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,760 students, Cholla High School is larger than the district average of about 448 students per school.