SE Valley Times

In the 2022-23 school year, 68% of Mesa Unified District students failed their AASA/ACT Math test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 28,558 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.

In 2022 Arizona had roughly one teacher for every 19 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students’ school performance.

Math scores fell the most from 2019 to 2022, while language arts scores decreased to a lesser extent from 2019 to 2022, according to the Nation's Report Card.

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
Kino Junior High School	97%	910
Redbird Elementary School	95%	243
Kerr Elementary School	94%	285
Guerrero Elementary School	92%	236
Whittier Elementary School	92%	223
East Valley Academy	> 90%	30
Lindbergh Elementary School	89%	268
Webster Elementary School	89%	293
Lehi Elementary School	89%	211
Stevenson Elementary School	88%	373
Roosevelt Elementary School	88%	283
Keller Elementary School	88%	265
Holmes Elementary School	87%	292
Carson Junior High School	87%	999
Rhodes Junior High School	86%	680
Smith Junior High School	85%	815
Lowell Elementary School	85%	227
Longfellow Elementary School	85%	211
Robson Elementary School	84%	288
Sousa Elementary School	83%	221
O'Connor Elementary School	82%	206
Michael T. Hughes Elementary School	82%	231
Adams Elementary School	82%	340
Emerson Elementary School	82%	427
Eisenhower Center for Innovation	81%	234
Edison Elementary School	81%	322
Wilson Elementary School	80%	268
Skyline High School	80%	452
Mesa High School	80%	716
Westwood High School	80%	738
Sirrine Elementary School	79%	193
Dobson High School	78%	459
Taylor Junior High School	78%	963
Poston Junior High School	76%	835
Lincoln Elementary School	76%	343
Whitman Elementary School	75%	311
Field Elementary School	75%	297
Washington Elementary School	75%	238
Irving Elementary School	74%	240
Jefferson Elementary School	72%	296
Salk Elementary School	71%	274
Falcon Hill Elementary School	71%	277
Porter Elementary School	70%	251
Brinton Elementary	70%	264
Madison Elementary School	70%	226
Shepherd Junior High School	67%	598
Summit Academy	66%	851
Mesa Distance Learning Program	63%	72
Pomeroy Elementary School	62%	312
Taft Elementary School	62%	250
Patterson Elementary	58%	387
Johnson Elementary School	56%	276
Crismon Elementary School	56%	246
Fremont Junior High School	56%	828
Highland Elementary School	54%	430
Eagleridge Enrichment Program	52%	23
Mendoza Elementary School	51%	263
Red Mountain High School	50%	739
Mountain View High School	50%	626
Bush Elementary	49%	297
Hermosa Vista Elementary School	47%	365
Entz Elementary School	46%	314
Stapley Junior High School	44%	939
Red Mountain Ranch Elementary	44%	211
MacArthur Elementary School	42%	336
Franklin at Alma Elementary	41%	168
Zaharis Elementary	40%	454
Hale Elementary School	35%	315
Franklin West Elementary	33%	238
Las Sendas Elementary School	33%	465
Ishikawa Elementary School	30%	458
Franklin East Elementary School	24%	301
Franklin Junior High School	19%	265
Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies	18%	394
Franklin at Brimhall Elementary	15%	413