SE Valley Times

In the 2023-24 school year, 63% of 27,560 Mesa Unified District students failed 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 failed, most achieved proficiency level one.

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 Failed	Number of students tested
East Valley Academy	> 90%	23
Guerrero Elementary School	85%	218
Carson Junior High School	84%	866
Kino Junior High School	83%	801
Kerr Elementary School	83%	297
Redbird Elementary School	83%	234
Holmes Elementary School	82%	281
Lindbergh Elementary School	81%	252
Webster Elementary School	81%	270
Whittier Elementary School	81%	214
Lehi Elementary School	81%	184
Longfellow Elementary School	81%	238
Rhodes Junior High School	80%	653
Keller Elementary School	79%	265
Lincoln Elementary School	79%	329
Stevenson Elementary School	78%	363
Roosevelt Elementary School	78%	261
Lowell Elementary School	78%	210
Adams Elementary School	77%	333
Emerson Elementary School	77%	437
Skyline High School	76%	435
Mesa High School	76%	727
Edison Elementary School	76%	244
Eisenhower Center for Innovation	75%	243
Taylor Junior High School	75%	833
Whitman Elementary School	75%	307
Westwood High School	74%	637
Poston Junior High School	74%	758
Dobson High School	74%	507
Jefferson Elementary School	73%	298
Salk Elementary School	73%	267
Michael T. Hughes Elementary School	71%	208
Smith Junior High School	71%	710
O'Connor Elementary School	70%	195
Field Elementary School	70%	318
Wilson Elementary School	69%	266
Madison Elementary School	69%	213
Sousa Elementary School	69%	224
Pomeroy Elementary School	65%	357
Fremont Junior High School	64%	869
Robson Elementary School	64%	250
Falcon Hill Elementary School	63%	292
Irving Elementary School	62%	243
Taft Elementary School	62%	278
Eagleridge Enrichment Program	61%	62
Crismon Elementary School	60%	218
Porter Elementary School	59%	223
Washington Elementary School	59%	227
Brinton Elementary	58%	250
Shepherd Junior High School	58%	619
Summit Academy	55%	865
Stapley Junior High School	54%	917
Johnson Elementary School	52%	289
Mendoza Elementary School	52%	255
Bush Elementary	52%	264
Patterson Elementary	51%	396
Red Mountain High School	50%	737
Mountain View High School	50%	676
Mesa Distance Learning Program	49%	83
Highland Elementary School	48%	417
Sirrine Elementary School	44%	121
Entz Elementary School	44%	326
Red Mountain Ranch Elementary	44%	216
MacArthur Elementary School	43%	324
Zaharis Elementary	43%	443
Ishikawa Elementary School	39%	497
Hermosa Vista Elementary School	35%	369
Hale Elementary School	35%	305
Franklin West Elementary	32%	249
Franklin at Alma Elementary	28%	147
Las Sendas Elementary School	26%	434
Franklin East Elementary School	25%	261
Franklin at Brimhall Elementary	19%	430
Franklin Junior High School	14%	278
Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies	5%	366