Schools · Mesa
Mesa, AZ schools
Mesa’s public schools score below Arizona’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 78% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.3%. Kids attend one of 51 schools through grade 9, then one of 18 high schools and one of 9 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Mesa’s School Grade: B
The public schools Mesa’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
BTest scoresB-Graduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 62%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arizona towns with similar household incomes (109)Better than 71%
High confidence. Built on 28,735 tested students and a graduating class of 4,538; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Arizona’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Arizona only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Arizona with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Mesa kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (Tempe Union High)39%
State average 38.5%
Reading (grades PK–12, Mesa Unified)37%
State average 38.5%
Math (Tempe Union High)31%
State average 31.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Mesa Unified)32%
State average 31.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
78% graduate on time
Graduation rate
78%
AZ: 77.3%
Graduating class
4,538
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Mesa
Tempe Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 8 schools · 11,726 students
$12,138 per studentAZ $12,318B+Mesa Unified DistrictGrades PK–12 · 89 schools · 55,821 students
$12,066 per studentAZ $12,318BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 175 schools in Mesa
Showing 1–30 of 175 schools
Silver Valley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 1,384 students
A-PublicLegacy Traditional School - East MesaElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,066 students
B+CharterGateway Polytechnic AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,003 students
APublicCanyon Rim ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 905 students
APublicFranklin Accelerated Academy - Brimhall CampusElementary · Grades PK–6 · 889 students
A+PublicAugusta Ranch ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 855 students
A-PublicMeridianElementary · Grades PK–6 · 850 students
APublicIshikawa Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 786 students
APublicPatterson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 733 students
A-PublicSuperstition Springs ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 731 students
APublicZaharis ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 721 students
APublicEmerson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 717 students
C+PublicAdams Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 667 students
C-PublicHermosa Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 662 students
APublicHighland Arts ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 648 students
A-PublicLas Sendas Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 645 students
A+PublicBurke Basic SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 634 students
CCharterImagine East Mesa ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 611 students
B-CharterWebster Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 591 students
CPublicKeller Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 581 students
CPublicLincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 572 students
CPublicWhitman Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 569 students
C+PublicEntz Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 567 students
A-PublicField Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 564 students
C+PublicJohnson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 562 students
B+PublicJefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 554 students
BPublicPathfinder AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 554 students
A+CharterMacArthur Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 545 students
APublicFalcon Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 544 students
BPublicHolmes Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 536 students
CPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.