SE Valley Times

There were 828 multiracial students enrolled in Higley Unified School District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Higley Unified School District welcomed 12,851 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 6.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.

Higley Unified School District roughly covers schools within Maricopa County and has a main office in Gilbert.

Among the 14 schools in Higley Unified School District, Williams Field High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 147 students.

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

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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total Multiracial Students	Multiracial %
2021	12,670	883	7%
2022	13,154	831	6.3%
2023	12,851	828	6.4%