📍 1255 N Dobson Rd, Chandler, Maricopa County, 85224
John M Andersen Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Chandler, Maricopa County. The school has 728 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
John M Andersen Jr High School enrolls 728 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 21% White and 9.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 428 | 59% |
| White | 153 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 66 | 9.1% |
| Asian | 34 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 3.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 15 | 2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
465 of the school's 728 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
John M Andersen Jr High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-40.
John M Andersen Jr High School is one of 44 schools in Chandler Unified District #80 (4242), based in CHANDLER, Arizona. The district serves 41,421 students district-wide and employs 2,414 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 728 students, John M Andersen Jr High School is smaller than the district average of about 941 students per school.
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