Zaharis Elementary

Zaharis Elementary is one of the expansive K-5 schools in MESA, Arizona, operated by Mesa Unified District (4235), with 721 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 60% above the state mean of about 451.

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

On the student-mix side, Zaharis Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder breaks down as 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, Zaharis Elementary shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Zaharis Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Zaharis Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cambridge Academy East, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Zaharis Elementary.

Zaharis Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Zaharis Elementary has declined 18%, going from 879 students in 2018 to 721 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 84% to 76%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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