📍 9410 e Mckellips Rd, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85207
Zaharis Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 769 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 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
Zaharis Elementary enrolls 769 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 631 | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 98 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 3% |
| Black or African American | 7 | <1% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
130 of the school's 769 students (17%) 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.
Zaharis Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-50.
Zaharis Elementary 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 769 students, Zaharis Elementary is close to the district average of about 716 students per school.