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Desert Mesa Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Yuma, Yuma County. The school has 841 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yuma Elementary District (4499) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
Desert Mesa Elementary School enrolls 841 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Hispanic or Latino, 21% White and 1.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 632 | 75% |
| White | 176 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
495 of the school's 841 students (59%) 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.
Desert Mesa Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate).
Desert Mesa Elementary School is one of 19 schools in Yuma Elementary District (4499), based in Yuma, Arizona. The district serves 9,102 students district-wide and employs 463 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 841 students, Desert Mesa Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 479 students per school.
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