Mesa Arts Academy

Set in MESA, Arizona, Mesa Arts Academy is a modestly sized K-5 school, part of The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley (4305). It serves 227 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Mesa Arts Academy sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Mesa Arts Academy answers to The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley (4305), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Mesa Arts Academy lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school records 11% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mesa Arts Academy has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 28.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Mesa Arts Academy higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, census data for Maricopa County shows median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Mesa Arts Academy is one campus in the mix.

Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mesa Arts Academy.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Mesa Arts Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mesa Arts Academy has changed only slightly, going from 232 students in 2018 to 227 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 78% across the same window.

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