📍 6915 e Guadalupe Rd, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85212
Highland Jr High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 979 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 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
Highland Jr High School enrolls 979 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 628 | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 210 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 34 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 19 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
293 of the school's 979 students (30%) 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.
Highland Jr High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-50.
Highland 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 979 students, Highland Jr High School is larger than the district average of about 831 students per school.
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