📍 2433 e Adobe St, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85213
Poston Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 881 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 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
Poston Junior High School enrolls 881 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 49.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 4.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 462 | 52% |
| White | 307 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 43 | 4.9% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 25 | 2.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9 | 1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
519 of the school's 881 students (59%) 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.
Poston 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.
Poston 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 881 students, Poston Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 716 students per school.
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