📍 1560 W Summit Pl, Chandler, Maricopa County, 85224
Summit Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chandler, Maricopa County. The school has 1,227 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa Unified District (4235) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
Summit Academy enrolls 1,227 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 65.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 7.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 542 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 443 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 89 | 7.3% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 36 | 2.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 32 | 2.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
514 of the school's 1,227 students (42%) 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.
Summit Academy 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.
Summit Academy 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 1,227 students, Summit Academy is larger than the district average of about 716 students per school.