📍 1501 W Guadalupe Rd, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85202
Dobson High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 2,370 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa Unified District (4235) school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 117.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
Dobson High School enrolls 2,370 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 117.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 1,251 | 53% |
| White | 622 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 190 | 8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 145 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 73 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 55 | 2.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 34 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,279 of the school's 2,370 students (54%) 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.
Dobson 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.
Dobson 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 2,370 students, Dobson High School is larger than the district average of about 716 students per school.