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School districts in Pima County, AZ

Pima County has 17 regular public school districts, enrolling 116,946 students in 2024–25. The largest is Tucson Unified District (4403) (40,316 students, 34% of the county), followed by Vail Unified District (4413) and Sunnyside Unified District (4407). 15 of the 17 offer kindergarten. Arizona's kindergarten cutoff: turn 5 by August 31.

The 17 districts, largest first

School districts in Pima County, AZ by 2024–25 enrollment
District and officeGradesSchoolsStudentsKindergartenDistrict office contact
Tucson Unified District (4403)
1010 E 10TH ST, TUCSON
Pre-K–129040,3162,569
(520) 225-6060
Vail Unified District (4413)
13801 E. Benson Highway, Vail
Pre-K–122515,011876
(520) 879-2000
Sunnyside Unified District (4407)
2238 E GINTER RD, TUCSON
Pre-K–122213,979909
(520) 545-2000
Marana Unified District (4404)
11279 W GRIER RD STE 115A, MARANA
Pre-K–122212,845804
(520) 682-3243
Amphitheater Unified District (4406)
701 W WETMORE RD, TUCSON
Pre-K–122211,277671
(520) 696-5000
Sahuarita Unified District (4411)
350 W SAHUARITA RD, SAHUARITA
Pre-K–12106,335323
(520) 625-3502
Flowing Wells Unified District (4405)
1556 W PRINCE RD, TUCSON
Pre-K–12115,225300
(520) 696-8901
Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410)
2101 E RIVER RD, TUCSON
Pre-K–1285,088258
(520) 209-7500
Tanque Verde Unified District (4408)
2300 N TANQUE VERDE LOOP RD BL, TUCSON
Pre-K–1242,212114
(520) 749-5751
Pima County Accommodation School District (4401)
130 W CONGRESS ST FL 4, TUCSON
K–1212,1120
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(520) 740-4704
Baboquivari Unified School District #40 (4412)
111 W Main, Sells
Pre-K–1261,01865
(520) 719-1200
Continental Elementary District (4416)
1991 E WHITEHOUSE CANYON RD, GREEN VALLEY
Pre-K–8164346
(520) 625-4581
Altar Valley Elementary District (4418)
10105 S SASABE RD, TUCSON
Pre-K–8247944
(520) 822-1484
Ajo Unified District (4409)
111 N WELL RD, AJO
Pre-K–12239723
(520) 387-5618
San Fernando Elementary District (4414)
1 Schoolhouse Dr, Sasabe
K–8190
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(520) 823-4243
Empire Elementary District (4415)
13200 E GREATERVILLE RD, SONOITA
—0——
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(520) 455-0529
Redington Elementary District (4417)
130 W CONGRESS ST FL 4, TUCSON
—0——
No website listed by NCES (2025–26)
(520) 740-8997

Pima County at a glance

Together the 17 districts run 227 schools from offices in 9 towns. The smallest by enrollment is San Fernando Elementary District (4414), with 9 students; the median Pima County district has 5,088. By grade span: 11 Pre-K–12, 2 without a reported span, 2 Pre-K–8, 1 K–12 and 1 K–8. Without kindergarten: Empire Elementary District (4415) (—) and Redington Elementary District (4417) (—).

Kindergarten in 2024–25, counting the 13 districts that report a K grade: 7,002 children. The biggest kindergarten was Tucson Unified District (4403)'s, with 2,569; Sunnyside Unified District (4407) had 909, and the smallest, Ajo Unified District (4409), had 23.

Pima County holds 17 of Arizona's 223 regular districts (7.6%) and 13% of its 869,299 public school students, ranking 5th of 15 counties by number of districts and 2nd by enrollment. By size, 8 enroll 5,000 or more, 3 enroll 1,000 to 4,999 and 4 have fewer than 1,000 students, and the average school here has about 515 students.

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance zones, so your home address decides it. There is no address lookup here; ask the district. 4 of the 17 have no website on file with NCES; their office phone numbers are in the table. Websites for the rest:

Tucson Unified District (4403) · Vail Unified District (4413) · Sunnyside Unified District (4407) · Marana Unified District (4404) · Amphitheater Unified District (4406) · Sahuarita Unified District (4411) · Flowing Wells Unified District (4405) · Catalina Foothills Unified District (4410) · Tanque Verde Unified District (4408) · Baboquivari Unified School District #40 (4412) · Continental Elementary District (4416) · Altar Valley Elementary District (4418) · Ajo Unified District (4409)

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Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.
Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.
Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).
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