📍 9800 e Quarterline Rd, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85207
Taft Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 462 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa Unified District (4235) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
Taft Elementary School enrolls 462 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 4.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 253 | 55% |
| White | 173 | 37% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 4.3% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
318 of the school's 462 students (69%) 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.
Taft Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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.
Taft Elementary 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 462 students, Taft Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 716 students per school.
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