SE Valley Times

In the 2023-24 school year, 70% of 28,064 Mesa Unified District students failed their AASA/ACT math 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
Kino Junior High School	95%	808
Webster Elementary School	93%	277
Lindbergh Elementary School	92%	261
Roosevelt Elementary School	91%	263
Carson Junior High School	90%	871
Whittier Elementary School	90%	217
Eagleridge Enrichment Program	> 90%	62
Redbird Elementary School	> 90%	236
East Valley Academy	> 90%	31
Holmes Elementary School	89%	288
Guerrero Elementary School	88%	220
Smith Junior High School	88%	717
Lehi Elementary School	88%	184
Edison Elementary School	88%	291
Rhodes Junior High School	88%	650
Longfellow Elementary School	88%	237
Kerr Elementary School	87%	301
Sousa Elementary School	87%	226
Adams Elementary School	86%	333
Eisenhower Center for Innovation	85%	243
Keller Elementary School	85%	266
Lowell Elementary School	84%	211
Lincoln Elementary School	84%	341
Stevenson Elementary School	83%	368
Wilson Elementary School	82%	270
O'Connor Elementary School	82%	195
Poston Junior High School	82%	762
Emerson Elementary School	82%	440
Dobson High School	82%	539
Westwood High School	81%	678
Michael T. Hughes Elementary School	80%	209
Taylor Junior High School	80%	839
Skyline High School	80%	461
Jefferson Elementary School	79%	304
Mesa High School	79%	760
Whitman Elementary School	79%	311
Salk Elementary School	79%	280
Robson Elementary School	79%	251
Shepherd Junior High School	75%	626
Irving Elementary School	75%	243
Field Elementary School	75%	325
Falcon Hill Elementary School	74%	294
Porter Elementary School	74%	226
Madison Elementary School	74%	215
Pomeroy Elementary School	72%	358
Sirrine Elementary School	69%	123
Mesa Distance Learning Program	68%	83
Summit Academy	67%	853
Taft Elementary School	67%	278
Crismon Elementary School	66%	218
Brinton Elementary	65%	266
Johnson Elementary School	64%	291
Washington Elementary School	64%	235
Fremont Junior High School	63%	882
Patterson Elementary	63%	394
Mountain View High School	61%	700
Bush Elementary	60%	265
Mendoza Elementary School	59%	258
Red Mountain High School	58%	784
Highland Elementary School	56%	416
Red Mountain Ranch Elementary	49%	216
Stapley Junior High School	48%	917
MacArthur Elementary School	47%	327
Zaharis Elementary	47%	443
Entz Elementary School	46%	326
Hermosa Vista Elementary School	45%	367
Franklin West Elementary	39%	249
Franklin at Alma Elementary	39%	146
Ishikawa Elementary School	38%	497
Hale Elementary School	33%	299
Las Sendas Elementary School	28%	437
Franklin East Elementary School	26%	284
Franklin Junior High School	24%	280
Franklin at Brimhall Elementary	19%	431
Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies	11%	367