📍 500 S Mcqueen Rd, Gilbert, Maricopa County, 85233
Mesquite High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Gilbert, Maricopa County. The school has 1,430 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gilbert Unified District (4239) school district. It serves grades 8–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
Mesquite High School enrolls 1,430 students across grades 8–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 612 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 565 | 40% |
| Two or more races | 84 | 5.9% |
| Black or African American | 83 | 5.8% |
| Asian | 50 | 3.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 28 | 2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
514 of the school's 1,430 students (36%) 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 High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-50.
Mesquite 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 1,430 students, Mesquite High School is larger than the district average of about 831 students per school.
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