Redbird Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in MESA, Arizona, Redbird Elementary School teaches 484 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), Redbird Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Redbird Elementary School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder comes out to 12% Black, 11% White, 10% Native American, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) records that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Redbird Elementary School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Crossroads at East Valley Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Redbird Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Redbird Elementary School has fell 7%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 484 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 66% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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