O'Connor Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in MESA, Arizona, O'Connor Elementary School teaches 386 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Mesa Unified District (4235).

Across the 81 schools in Mesa Unified District (4235) (55,821 students total), O'Connor Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, O'Connor Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 41% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Across the wider county, Maricopa County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), O'Connor Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Entz Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 57% to 45% over that span.

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