Smith Junior High School

Located at 10100 E ADOBE RD, in MESA, Arizona, Smith Junior High School is a mid-sized 6-8 campus that caters to 707 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by Mesa Unified District (4235). That puts it 43% bigger than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 494 students.

Smith Junior High School is one of 81 schools operated by Mesa Unified District (4235), a district that instructs 55,821 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Smith Junior High School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Smith Junior High School logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.8:1, putting Smith Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Smith Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Taft Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Smith Junior High School operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Smith Junior High School has contracted 30%, going from 1,003 students in 2018 to 707 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 37% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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