📍 400 S 6th Ave, Yuma, Yuma County, 85364
Yuma High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Yuma, Yuma County. The school has 1,147 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yuma Union High School District (4507) school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 27.2:1.
Yuma High School enrolls 1,147 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 27.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% White and 1.7% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,028 | 90% |
| White | 71 | 6.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 20 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 1.2% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
916 of the school's 1,147 students (80%) 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.
Yuma High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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.
Yuma High School is one of 7 schools in Yuma Union High School District (4507), based in YUMA, Arizona. The district serves 11,217 students district-wide and employs 436 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,147 students, Yuma High School is smaller than the district average of about 1,602 students per school.
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