📍 1000 e Mesquite St, Gilbert, Maricopa County, 85296
Mesquite Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gilbert, Maricopa County. The school has 599 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gilbert Unified District (4239) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
Mesquite Elementary School enrolls 599 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 6.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 379 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 154 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 6.2% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
154 of the school's 599 students (26%) 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.
Mesquite Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-50.
Mesquite Elementary School is one of 38 schools in Gilbert Unified District (4239), based in GILBERT, Arizona. The district serves 31,560 students district-wide and employs 1,878 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 599 students, Mesquite Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 831 students per school.
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