📍 3042 e Adobe St, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85213
Highland Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 704 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa Unified District (4235) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
Highland Elementary School enrolls 704 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 419 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 191 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 40 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 5.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
281 of the school's 704 students (40%) 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 Elementary 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-40.
Highland 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 704 students, Highland Elementary School is close to the district average of about 716 students per school.
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