📍 616 N Mountain Rd, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85207
Sousa Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 384 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 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
Sousa Elementary School enrolls 384 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 38% Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 198 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 147 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 4.9% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
214 of the school's 384 students (56%) 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.
Sousa Elementary 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-50.
Sousa 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 384 students, Sousa Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 716 students per school.
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