📍 130 W Mesquite St, Gilbert, Maricopa County, 85233
Mesquite Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Gilbert, Maricopa County. The school has 813 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gilbert Unified District (4239) school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
Mesquite Jr High School enrolls 813 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 40% White and 5.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 352 | 43% |
| White | 329 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 47 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 47 | 5.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 22 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
430 of the school's 813 students (53%) 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 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-50.
Mesquite Jr High 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 813 students, Mesquite Jr High School is close to the district average of about 831 students per school.
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