BASIS Mesa

BASIS Mesa is a public large combined-grade school in MESA, Arizona. The school enrolls 894 students, from kindergarten through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in Arizona) has about 550 students.

BASIS Mesa is administered by BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91949).

BASIS Mesa's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 39%. After that, the student body is 28% White, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among all residents of Maricopa County, the Asian share is about 5%. BASIS Mesa has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Its 58 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.4:1. That ratio is under the 21.4:1 average for combined schools in Arizona.

Census estimates describe Maricopa County this way: median household income is about $89,300, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 1,352 public schools in Maricopa County, with a combined enrollment of about 725,139.

The school nearest to BASIS Mesa is Sequoia Pathfinder Academy at Eastmark, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists BASIS Mesa as a charter school.

The student count in 2024-25 was 894, 10% above the 813 of 2020-21.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at BASIS Mesa. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.