Summit Academy

Summit Academy, an expansive K-5 school in CHANDLER, Arizona, one of the schools within Mesa Unified District (4235), enrolls 1,181 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Summit Academy sits 162% bigger than that benchmark.

Mesa Unified District (4235) runs 81 schools in total, collectively educating 55,821 students. Summit Academy is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Summit Academy logs that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 37% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Summit Academy logs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) shows that median household income runs about $89,300, 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), Summit Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dobson High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Summit Academy.

Summit Academy operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 9%: 1,086 students in 2018 compared to 1,181 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Summit Academy typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.