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What's the most underrated thing about Mountain Pointe High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,570
High
DISTRICT 1,675 · STATE 631
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEMPE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (4287)·NCES 040834001567
Mountain Pointe High School
4201 E KNOX RD, PHOENIX, AZ 85044 · (480) 759-8449 · Maricopa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,570 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 20.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 95%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 401 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 427 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 366 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 376 | 24% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
AZ avg 45.4% . +10.0pp since 2017
Math
33.0%
AZ avg 37.8% . +2.0pp since 2017
What this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2017, while math scores are up about 2 points.
AASA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| 2018-19 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2017-18 | 32.0% | 31.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AASA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Mountain Pointe High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arizona | In Maricopa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #109 of 268 ▲ 29 | #82 of 144 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #122 of 267 ▲ 14 | #83 of 143 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #124 of 220 | #73 of 134 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,570 | #97 of 510 | #74 of 248 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #149 of 279 | #84 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #6 of 284 | #5 of 163 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.1% | #5 of 132 | #4 of 80 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,570
-411 (-21%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 2,278
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 18.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,570 | 78 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 1,639 | 86.6 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 1,716 | 85.8 | 20.0:1 | 31% (531) |
| 2020-21 | 1,981 | 109 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,578 | 114.4 | 22.5:1 | 28% (721) |
| 2015-16 | 2,633 | 112 | 23.5:1 | 1% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 2,637 | 110 | 24.0:1 | 17% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 2,278 | 102 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Pointe High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (2,578 to 1,570); teachers down 32% (114.4 to 78).
About Mountain Pointe High School
Federal records list Mountain Pointe High School as a high school in PHOENIX, Arizona. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,570 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 149% above the 631-student average for high schools in Arizona.
Tempe Union High School District (4287) is made up of 7 schools with 11,726 students in all.
The largest group at Mountain Pointe High School is Hispanic students, at 39%. The remaining students are 30% Black, 16% White, 7% multiracial, and 6% Native American. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mountain Pointe High School scores 72%.
Mountain Pointe High School reports a ratio of 20.1 students per teacher, from 78 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among high schools in Arizona is similar, at 20.2:1.
In the wider Maricopa County area, median household income comes to about $89,300, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Maricopa County counts 1,352 public schools with about 725,139 students.
Kyrene de las Lomas School is about 1.0 miles from Mountain Pointe High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 1,570, from 1,981 in 2020-21. The ratio was 18.2:1 in 2020-21 and 20.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Maricopa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,559,748
Census ACS
Median income
$89,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,352
725,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tempe Union High School District (4287)
- Desert Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,761 students
- Corona Del Sol High SchoolHigh · 2,600 students
- Mcclintock High SchoolHigh · 1,781 students
- Tempe High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
- Marcos De Niza High SchoolHigh · 1,408 students
- TAPBIHigh · 175 students
Other schools in PHOENIX
- Arizona Virtual AcademyCombined · 4,476 students
- Trevor Browne High SchoolHigh · 2,850 students
- Desert Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,761 students
- Maryvale High SchoolHigh · 2,532 students
- Pinnacle High SchoolHigh · 2,430 students
- Sunnyslope High SchoolHigh · 2,322 students
Nearby schools
- Kyrene de las Lomas School1.0 mi · 471
- Kyrene de la Colina School1.0 mi · 419
- Kyrene de la Esperanza School1.0 mi · 368
- Kyrene Centennial Middle School1.0 mi · 580
- Kyrene de las Manitas School1.9 mi · 379
- Kyrene del Milenio1.9 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Pointe High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mountain Pointe High School?
Mountain Pointe High School enrolls approximately 1,570 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mountain Pointe High School serve?
Mountain Pointe High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain Pointe High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain Pointe High School is approximately 20.1:1 (78 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mountain Pointe High School?
Mountain Pointe High School reports a student body of 16% White, 39% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mountain Pointe High School public or private?
Mountain Pointe High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tempe Union High School District (4287).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.