Keller Elementary School

Keller Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in MESA, Arizona, one of the schools within Mesa Unified District (4235), enrolls 581 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 29% above typical.

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

On demographics, Keller Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Keller Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, census data for Maricopa County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Keller Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Harris Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 581 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 23% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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