Leading Edge Academy at East Mesa

Leading Edge Academy at East Mesa operates as an one-room-style combined-grade school in MESA, Arizona, run under LEAD Charter Schools (79967). Current enrollment sits at 211 students spanning grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 550 students per school, that is 62% below typical.

LEAD Charter Schools (79967) comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 757 students; Leading Edge Academy at East Mesa is among them.

In terms of who attends, Leading Edge Academy at East Mesa shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 43% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 21.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put 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. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Leading Edge Academy at East Mesa is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Taft Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Leading Edge Academy at East Mesa.

Leading Edge Academy at East Mesa operates from a suburban location. Leading Edge Academy at East Mesa is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 28%: 165 students in 2018 compared to 211 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 18% to 43% over that span.

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