📍 1350 S Lindsay Rd, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85204
Porter Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 472 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 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
Porter Elementary School enrolls 472 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 8.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 209 | 44% |
| White | 164 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 40 | 8.5% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 5.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 17 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 9 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
273 of the school's 472 students (58%) 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.
Porter 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-40.
Porter 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 472 students, Porter Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 716 students per school.
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