SE Valley Times

In the 2023-24 school year, 37% of 27,560 Mesa Unified District students passed their AASA/ACT Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

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

Of those who passed, most achieved proficiency level three.

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

A 2023 study from Scholaroo ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor marks for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

Additionally, WalletHub also 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 Passed	Number of students tested
Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies	95%	366
Franklin Junior High School	86%	278
Franklin at Brimhall Elementary	81%	430
Franklin East Elementary School	75%	261
Las Sendas Elementary School	74%	434
Franklin at Alma Elementary	72%	147
Franklin West Elementary	68%	249
Hale Elementary School	65%	305
Hermosa Vista Elementary School	65%	369
Ishikawa Elementary School	61%	497
MacArthur Elementary School	57%	324
Zaharis Elementary	57%	443
Entz Elementary School	56%	326
Red Mountain Ranch Elementary	56%	216
Sirrine Elementary School	56%	121
Highland Elementary School	52%	417
Mesa Distance Learning Program	51%	83
Mountain View High School	50%	676
Red Mountain High School	50%	737
Patterson Elementary	49%	396
Bush Elementary	48%	264
Johnson Elementary School	48%	289
Mendoza Elementary School	48%	255
Stapley Junior High School	46%	917
Summit Academy	45%	865
Brinton Elementary	42%	250
Shepherd Junior High School	42%	619
Washington Elementary School	41%	227
Porter Elementary School	41%	223
Crismon Elementary School	40%	218
Eagleridge Enrichment Program	39%	62
Taft Elementary School	38%	278
Irving Elementary School	38%	243
Falcon Hill Elementary School	37%	292
Robson Elementary School	36%	250
Fremont Junior High School	36%	869
Pomeroy Elementary School	35%	357
Madison Elementary School	31%	213
Sousa Elementary School	31%	224
Wilson Elementary School	31%	266
Field Elementary School	30%	318
O'Connor Elementary School	30%	195
Smith Junior High School	29%	710
Michael T. Hughes Elementary School	29%	208
Salk Elementary School	27%	267
Jefferson Elementary School	27%	298
Poston Junior High School	26%	758
Dobson High School	26%	507
Westwood High School	26%	637
Eisenhower Center for Innovation	25%	243
Taylor Junior High School	25%	833
Whitman Elementary School	25%	307
Edison Elementary School	24%	244
Skyline High School	24%	435
Mesa High School	24%	727
Adams Elementary School	23%	333
Emerson Elementary School	23%	437
Lowell Elementary School	22%	210
Roosevelt Elementary School	22%	261
Stevenson Elementary School	22%	363
Lincoln Elementary School	21%	329
Keller Elementary School	21%	265
Rhodes Junior High School	20%	653
Lehi Elementary School	19%	184
Lindbergh Elementary School	19%	252
Longfellow Elementary School	19%	238
Webster Elementary School	19%	270
Whittier Elementary School	19%	214
Holmes Elementary School	18%	281
Kino Junior High School	17%	801
Kerr Elementary School	17%	297
Redbird Elementary School	17%	234
Carson Junior High School	16%	866
Guerrero Elementary School	15%	218
East Valley Academy	< 10%	23