Mesquite High School

Located at 500 S MCQUEEN RD, in GILBERT, Arizona, Mesquite High School is a substantial 9-12 campus that caters to 1,303 students (grades 8 through 12), operated by Gilbert Unified District (4239). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so Mesquite High School sits 106% bigger than that benchmark.

Mesquite High School is one of 38 schools operated by Gilbert Unified District (4239), a district that works with 31,560 students overall.

On demographics, Mesquite High School shows that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 40% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, On paper, Mesquite High School has 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. The state averages around 20.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Mesquite High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Islands Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Mesquite High School's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,607 (now 1,303). White enrollment moved from 57% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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