Zaharis Elementary

Located in MESA, Arizona, Zaharis Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school. It enrolled 721 students in pre-K through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Arizona average about 451 students each.

Zaharis Elementary falls under Mesa Unified District (4235), which has 81 schools enrolling 55,821 students.

White students make up a majority at Zaharis Elementary, at 76%. Next come 17% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 59% White among all Maricopa County residents. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The ratio of students to teachers is 18.2:1, with 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.2 students per teacher above the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arizona.

allk12 grades Zaharis Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Arizona public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

Census estimates describe Maricopa County this way: the median household income is $89,300, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Maricopa County has 1,352 public schools and roughly 725,139 students.

Cambridge Academy East is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of Zaharis Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.

Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Zaharis Elementary had 782 students, to 2024-25, when it had 721. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.2:1, from 17.0:1.

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