Dobson High School

Dobson High School, a big high school in MESA, Arizona, operated by Mesa Unified District (4235), hosts 2,284 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 631 students per school, that is 262% larger than typical.

Within Mesa Unified District (4235), which oversees 81 schools and 55,821 students, Dobson High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Dobson High School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 25% White, 7% Black, 7% Native American, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Dobson High School reports 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.2:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) records that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dobson High School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Riverview High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Dobson High School operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dobson High School has edged down 3%, going from 2,364 students in 2018 to 2,284 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 34% to 25%.

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