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Mesquite Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 736 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Vail Unified District (4413) school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
Mesquite Elementary School enrolls 736 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 39% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 309 | 42% |
| White | 285 | 39% |
| Two or more races | 78 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 27 | 3.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
168 of the school's 736 students (23%) 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.
Mesquite Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-60.
Mesquite Elementary School is one of 23 schools in Vail Unified District (4413), based in Vail, Arizona. The district serves 15,011 students district-wide and employs 788 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 736 students, Mesquite Elementary School is close to the district average of about 653 students per school.
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