📍 525 N Westwood, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85201
Carson Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 1,062 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa Unified District (4235) school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
Carson Junior High School enrolls 1,062 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 18% White and 12% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 605 | 57% |
| White | 187 | 18% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 126 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 83 | 7.8% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 3.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 18 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
743 of the school's 1,062 students (70%) 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.
Carson Junior 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.
Carson Junior High School is one of 78 schools in Mesa Unified District (4235), based in MESA, Arizona. The district serves 55,821 students district-wide and employs 3,554 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,062 students, Carson Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 716 students per school.
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