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Cholla High School

Public Grades 8-12

254^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 271 Arizona High Schools

Better than 6% of Arizona high schools

Summary

Cholla High School is a public high school in Tucson, Arizona, serving grades 8-12 with a total enrollment of 1,668 students. The school is part of the Tucson Unified School District, which is ranked 208 out of 289 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cholla High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Arizona high schools, with a ranking between 252-407 out of 270-469 schools in recent years. The school has received a 0-2 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating below-average performance compared to other Arizona high schools. While the school performs relatively well for African American and Native American students, it struggles with Hispanic, White, and low socioeconomic status students. Cholla High School's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in state assessments, is significantly lower than the Tucson Unified School District and the state of Arizona averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 6% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Science, 24% in English Language Arts, and 9% in Mathematics.

Cholla High School's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 77.5% to 86.3% in recent years, which is lower than the state average, and the school's dropout rate has fluctuated between 3.9% and 6.6%, which is higher than the state average. The school's performance is generally lower than the nearby Tucson Magnet High School and Pueblo High School, which are also part of the Tucson Unified School District. However, the City High School, a charter school located within the Tucson metropolitan area but outside the Tucson Unified School District, outperforms Cholla High School in academic achievement and statewide ranking.

1,575

Students ?

17.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

61.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2001 W Starr Pass Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85713-1303

(520) 225-4000

District: Tucson Unified District

Feeder schools for Cholla High School:

Elementary:	Harriet Johnson Primary School
	Henry Hank Oyama
	Laura N. Banks Elementary
	Maldonado Amelia Elementary School
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	Tolson Elementary School
	Vesey Elementary School
Middle:	Anna Lawrence Intermediate School
	Valencia Middle School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.8%

White:

8.1%

American Indian:

7.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 3rd percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025

Strengths

✓90% graduate in 4 years — above the Arizona average (80%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (13% vs 30% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 21 pts below the Arizona average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school13%

District avg24%

Arizona avg30%

254^th of 271

Arizona public high schools ?

Bottom 6%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 3% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 9High Schools in the Tucson Unified District

208^th of 289Tucson Unified District among Arizona districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	13.4	254 of 271	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	252 of 270	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	407 of 469	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.1	363 of 464	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.0	329 of 509	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	15.7	248 of 285	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.2	339 of 420	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.9	332 of 416	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.8	303 of 406	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	12.7	254 of 261	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	31.0	279 of 394	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	40.7	288 of 491	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	40.0	284 of 471	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	30.6	269 of 397	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	37.0	261 of 403	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	40.3	239 of 395	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	74.3	42 of 201	79.1%	★★★★☆
2022	25.9	209 of 301	30.6%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	36.8	159 of 238	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	50.3	131 of 231	43.3%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	41.7	53 of 258	79.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	44.6	29 of 312	90.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	13.2	381 of 406	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.2	383 of 456	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.2	332 of 492	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	14.1	225 of 247	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.6	314 of 354	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	16.0	158 of 176	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.9	156 of 170	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	352 of 379	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	342 of 441	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.6	298 of 479	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.3	148 of 183	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.2	254 of 311	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	26.7	44 of 60	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	49.4	49 of 150	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	60.2	35 of 168	79.2%	★★★★☆
2018	38.3	18 of 26	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	16.0	169 of 180	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	164 of 172	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	313 of 347	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.1	164 of 168	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	16.1	192 of 223	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	210 of 219	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.5	392 of 429	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	343 of 455	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.3	307 of 492	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	14.0	220 of 238	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.9	325 of 370	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	39.2	83 of 125	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	38.0	170 of 282	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	98.2	1 of 374	99.7%	★★★★★

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	24.8	86 of 128	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.1	150 of 255	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.3	115 of 256	55.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	22.3	61 of 68	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	32.4	192 of 380	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.9	212 of 422	49.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.8	152 of 155	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	8.5	346 of 371	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.4	306 of 409	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.5	338 of 448	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.5	270 of 291	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2022)79th percentile+58 vs school

African American (2023)79th percentile+66 vs school

Special Education (2022)49th percentile+28 vs school

Multi-racial (2022)40th percentile+18 vs school

Military Connected (2022)34th percentile+12 vs school

Asian (2022)33rd percentile+11 vs school

Native American (2023)33rd percentile+20 vs school

Homeless (2023)27th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2025)14th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile+4 vs school

White (2023)7th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2023)6th percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts24%-16 vs state

Mathematics9%-21 vs state

Science6%-13 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

I am currently a senior (class of 2010) at Cholla High. This school isn't the best, but that doesn't mean it should be completely written off. I didn't strive, and work hard to be 15th in my class, for people to think of my education as worthless simply because of the school I attend. Being a student, the violence and drugs honestly isn't worst than any other school in Tusd. My Cousin attends Sabino and, she says its just as bad over there. Cholla doesn't kick students out if they don't meet a certain GPA, I bet if Cholla did, we would have better test scores, and an overall well rating as well. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)	AASA Mathematics (2025)	AzSCI Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 11th Grade	AASA Mathematics 11th Grade	AzSCI Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
PCJTED - Cholla High School	Public	9-12	2001 W Starr Pass Blvd	Tucson	85713	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 225-4000	1				0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					$00			$00
Cholla High School	Public	8-12	2001 W Starr Pass Blvd	Tucson	85713	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-4000	1,575	90	17.4		127 (8.1%)	40 (2.5%)	1,257 (79.8%)	14 (0.9%)	117 (7.4%)	1 (0.1%)	19 (1.2%)	13.4	254^th of 271 public high schools	6.3%		12.1	252^nd of 270 public high schools	6.7%	2	24.0	9.0	6.0		$00			$00
PCJTED - Aztec Middle College	Public	9-12	2202 W Anklam Rd	Tucson	85709	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 745-4588	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
PCJTED - Pueblo High School	Public	9-12	3500 S 12th Ave	Tucson	85713	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 225-4300	1				0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					$00			$00
Pueblo High School	Public	8-12	3500 S 12th Ave	Tucson	85713	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-4300	1,821	99	18.4		51 (2.8%)	31 (1.7%)	1,626 (89.3%)	9 (0.5%)	92 (5.1%)	2 (0.1%)	10 (0.5%)	13.2	255^th of 271 public high schools	5.9%		9.9	265^th of 270 public high schools	1.9%	10	22.0	11.0	6.0		$00			$00
Pima County Schools Superintendent's Diploma Program	Public	9-12	130 W Congress St Fl 4	Tucson	85701	Pima County	Pima County Accommodation School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 724-8451	2,058				675 (32.8%)	139 (6.8%)	1,149 (55.8%)	17 (0.8%)	47 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (1.5%)	6	271^st of 271 public high schools	0.0%					(n/a)	11.0	5.0		$5,727	$00			$00	$5,727	$5,727
City High School	Public, Charter	9-12	48 E Pennington St	Tucson	85701	Pima County	CITY Center for Collaborative Learning	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 623-7223	165	23	7.3		71 (43.0%)	6 (3.6%)	71 (43.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.1%)	60.6	89^th of 271 public high schools	67.2%					(n/a)	51.0		32.0	$8,719	$327	$860	$1,514	$7,295	$237	$7,533
Pima County JTED - Pima Community College	Public	9-12	1255 N Stone Ave	Tucson	85709	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 352-5833	7				4 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					$00			$00
Pima Rose Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	1690 W Irvington Rd	Tucson	85746	Pima County	Pima Rose Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 797-4884	442	24	18.8		21 (4.8%)	5 (1.1%)	391 (88.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)								(n/a)					$00			$00
Tucson Magnet High School	Public	8-12	400 N 2nd Ave	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-5000	2,938	165	17.7		423 (14.4%)	182 (6.2%)	2,075 (70.6%)	40 (1.4%)	110 (3.7%)	5 (0.2%)	103 (3.5%)	29.2	177^th of 271 public high schools	34.7%		22.3	200^th of 270 public high schools	25.9%	23	36.0	21.0	17.0		$00			$00

Frequently Asked Questions about Cholla High School

What is the racial makeup of Cholla High School?

Students at Cholla High School are 80% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% American Indian, 3% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What district is Cholla High School in?

Tucson Unified District

How many students attend Cholla High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,575 students attended Cholla High School.

What schools feed into Cholla High School?

Cholla High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Harriet Johnson Primary School
Elementary : Henry Hank Oyama
Elementary : Laura N. Banks Elementary
Elementary : Maldonado Amelia Elementary School
Elementary : Tolson Elementary School
Elementary : Vesey Elementary School
Middle : Anna Lawrence Intermediate School
Middle : Valencia Middle School

Is Cholla High School a good school?

Cholla High School ranks in the bottom 6.3% of Arizona high schools.

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