SE Valley Times

In the 2022-23 school year, 62% of Mesa Unified District students failed their AASA/ACT Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 28,338 students who took the AASA/ACT test were assessed at four proficiency levels in each subject. Those at levels one and two failed the test, while students who reached the third and fourth proficiency levels passed the test.

Mesa Unified District roughly covers schools within Maricopa County County and has a main office in Mesa.

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.

Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School Name	% Who Failed	Number of students tested
Guerrero Elementary School	91%	237
Eagleridge Enrichment Program	> 90%	23
East Valley Academy	> 90%	29
Kino Junior High School	87%	900
Kerr Elementary School	86%	282
Redbird Elementary School	85%	233
Webster Elementary School	84%	286
Holmes Elementary School	83%	287
Carson Junior High School	83%	983
Lehi Elementary School	83%	206
Longfellow Elementary School	83%	209
Lindbergh Elementary School	81%	266
Whittier Elementary School	81%	221
Mesa High School	79%	697
Stevenson Elementary School	79%	377
Roosevelt Elementary School	79%	283
Rhodes Junior High School	79%	679
Michael T. Hughes Elementary School	78%	230
Sirrine Elementary School	78%	192
Lowell Elementary School	78%	225
Madison Elementary School	77%	224
Adams Elementary School	77%	338
Westwood High School	77%	704
Edison Elementary School	77%	320
Emerson Elementary School	76%	426
Keller Elementary School	75%	262
Taylor Junior High School	74%	950
Whitman Elementary School	73%	310
Skyline High School	73%	422
Robson Elementary School	73%	286
Lincoln Elementary School	73%	328
Wilson Elementary School	72%	261
Salk Elementary School	72%	277
Jefferson Elementary School	72%	295
Field Elementary School	72%	295
Sousa Elementary School	71%	220
Poston Junior High School	71%	817
O'Connor Elementary School	70%	206
Porter Elementary School	69%	247
Dobson High School	69%	440
Smith Junior High School	68%	799
Eisenhower Center for Innovation	68%	235
Brinton Elementary	63%	264
Irving Elementary School	62%	237
Falcon Hill Elementary School	62%	273
Taft Elementary School	61%	249
Washington Elementary School	61%	238
Crismon Elementary School	60%	246
Fremont Junior High School	60%	923
Shepherd Junior High School	58%	596
Patterson Elementary	55%	384
Johnson Elementary School	53%	276
Pomeroy Elementary School	53%	311
Highland Elementary School	53%	428
Stapley Junior High School	51%	941
Mendoza Elementary School	50%	259
Summit Academy	49%	849
MacArthur Elementary School	46%	337
Bush Elementary	45%	296
Red Mountain High School	45%	714
Hermosa Vista Elementary School	45%	363
Entz Elementary School	45%	314
Mountain View High School	45%	614
Red Mountain Ranch Elementary	45%	210
Zaharis Elementary	41%	457
Hale Elementary School	40%	314
Mesa Distance Learning Program	39%	72
Ishikawa Elementary School	37%	459
Franklin West Elementary	36%	238
Franklin at Alma Elementary	34%	168
Las Sendas Elementary School	31%	460
Franklin East Elementary School	23%	302
Franklin at Brimhall Elementary	18%	412
Franklin Junior High School	11%	264
Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies	6%	393