Mesa Unified District Superintendent Andi Fourlis (2023) | Mesa Unified District
Mesa Unified District Superintendent Andi Fourlis (2023) | Mesa Unified District
Data showed that Mesa Unified District welcomed 57,909 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 4.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the district.
Mesa Unified District roughly covers schools within Maricopa County and has a main office in Mesa.
Among the 75 schools in Mesa Unified District, Westwood High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 214 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.
WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.
Year | Total District Enrollment | Total African American Students | African American % |
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2021 | 57,876 | 2,530 | 4.4% |
2022 | 58,595 | 2,782 | 4.7% |
2023 | 57,909 | 2,778 | 4.8% |