Mohave Today

The majority of students in Mohave County schools were white in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Of the 23,536 students attending Mohave County schools, 60.8% were white. Latino students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 30.7% of Mohave County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common group in Mohave County, representing 61.7% of the student body.

Mt. Tipton Elementary School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, which had 49.2% Latino students and 43.4% white students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased by 0.4% when compared to the previous year.

A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor marks for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

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

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Academy of Building Industries	White	84%	106
Beaver Dam Elementary	Latino	58.3%	218
Beaver Dam High School	Latino	64.1%	131
Black Mountain Elementary School	White	58.3%	513
Bullhead City Middle School	Latino	49.2%	480
Camp Mohave Elementary School	White	53.7%	350
Cedar Hills School	White	70.8%	48
Cerbat Elementary	White	61.1%	714
Cottonwood Elementary	White	96.3%	356
CRUHSD Academy	White	52.4%	208
Desert Star Academy	White	67.7%	502
Desert Valley School	Latino	57.4%	521
Desert Willow Elementary School	White	61.6%	487
Diamondback Elementary School	White	47.6%	351
El Capitan Public School	White	94.5%	200
Fox Creek Junior High School	Latino	52.3%	465
Havasupai Elementary School	White	50%	320
Hualapai Elementary	White	64.2%	776
Jamaica Elementary School	White	72.2%	418
Kingman Academy of Learning - High School	White	70.8%	359
Kingman Academy of Learning - Intermediate School	White	72.4%	344
Kingman Academy of Learning - Middle School	White	72.6%	336
Kingman High School	White	59.3%	920
Kingman Middle School	White	60.8%	701
Lake Havasu High School	White	66.3%	1,613
Lee Williams High School	White	67.2%	1,099
Manzanita Elementary	White	62.5%	799
Mohave Accelerated Elementary School	White	53.6%	414
Mohave Accelerated Elementary School East	Latino	49.6%	121
Mohave Accelerated Learning Center	White	61.7%	522
Mohave High School	Latino	50.5%	1,102
Mohave Valley Junior High School	White	51.9%	484
Mt. Tipton Elementary School	Latino	49.2%	189
Nautilus Elementary School	White	66.6%	302
Oro Grande Classical Academy	White	65.1%	370
Peach Springs School	American Indian or Alaska Native	90.3%	103
River Valley High School	White	63.3%	566
Smoketree Elementary School	White	52.4%	548
Starline Elementary School	White	71.7%	628
Sunrise Elementary	White	45.5%	369
Telesis Preparatory	White	67%	294
Telesis Preparatory Academy	White	72.9%	59
Thunderbolt Middle School	White	66.5%	786
Topock Elementary School	White	69%	100
Valentine Elementary School	American Indian or Alaska Native	69.7%	89
White Cliffs Middle School	White	64.3%	586
Young Scholars Academy	White	67%	412
Yucca Elementary School	White	64%	25