Mesa_Unified_School_District

Mesa Public Schools

Mesa Public Schools

School district in Arizona, United States


Mesa Public Schools (incorporated as Mesa Unified School District #4) is the largest public school district in the state of Arizona, headquartered in Mesa. It has approximately 64,000 students. The district has, in addition to regular programs: Montessori, International Baccalaureate, dual-language immersion, honors and Advanced Placement courses.

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MPS serves most of the city of Mesa, plus small portions of Tempe and Chandler.[1] It also takes students from the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community.[2]

The district has 82 schools, which includes 55 elementary schools, 9 junior high schools, six comprehensive high schools, and several alternative schools.

Schools

High schools

High schools (9-12) as listed by Mesa Public Schools:[3]

More information School, Dobson ...

Junior high schools

Junior high schools (7-8) as listed by Mesa Public Schools:[11]

More information School, Carson ...

Mesa Public Schools operated two other junior high schools until 2009-2010 school year.

Hendrix Junior High School consolidated with the adjoining Frost Elementary School as the K-8 Summit Academy with an International Baccalaureate Program. Hendrix had the husky as its mascot and used the colors red and gray.[12]

Powell Junior High School (colors red, white, and blue, mascot the Patriots)[13] closed in May 2010. The former campus serves as the Mesa Educational Center, home to the district's Community Education Department, East Valley Academy and Crossroads.[14]

Mesa Jr High closed at the end of the 2011-2012 school year and was demolished in January 2014 - Post demolition, the site was converted into a community center.[15]

Brimhall Jr High closed at the end of the 2011-2012 school year - converted to Franklin school

Name notes
  • Fremont — John C. Fremont
  • Kino — Eusebio Kino
  • Poston — Charles D. Poston, referred to as the "Father of Arizona" due to his efforts lobbying for creation of the territory.
  • Shepherd — Rulon T. Shepherd, a 30-year Mesa superintendent who built the first junior high in Mesa
  • Stapley — Orley. S. Stapley, at one time the largest International Harvester farm equipment dealer in the United States, as well as the owner of the largest mercantile business in Arizona during the 1940s and 1950s; also the namesake of Stapley Drive
  • Taylor — Harvey L. Taylor, former Mesa superintendent and principal

Elementary schools

Elementary schools (K-6) as listed by Mesa Public Schools:[16]

  • Adams
  • Anne M. Lindbergh
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Benjamin Franklin Elementary - West Campus
  • Barbara Bush
  • Crismon Elementary
  • Dilworth Brinton
  • Edison
  • Eisenhower Center For Innovation
  • Entz
  • Falcon Hill
  • Field
  • Franklin at Alma
  • Franklin at Brimhall
  • Franklin East
  • Franklin West
  • Pedro Guerrero Elementary
  • Hermosa Vista
  • Highland Arts
  • Holmes
  • Hughes
  • Irving
  • James Madison
  • Jefferson
  • John K. Kerr, M. D.
  • John Philip Sousa
  • Keller
  • Las Sendas
  • Lehi
  • Lincoln
  • Longfellow
  • Lowell
  • MacArthur
  • Nathan Hale
  • Patterson
  • Pedro Guerrero
  • Pomeroy
  • Porter
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Ramón S. Mendoza
  • Red Mountain Ranch
  • Redbird
  • Robson
  • Roosevelt
  • Salk
  • Sandra Day O’Connor
  • Sirrine
  • Stevenson
  • Taft
  • Veora E. Johnson
  • Washington
  • Webster
  • Whitman
  • Whittier
  • Wilson
  • Zaharis
  • Zedo Ishikawa

Frost Elementary consolidated with the adjoining Hendrix Junior High in 2010-11 to become the K-8 Summit Academy.

Alternative school

Alternative schools (named "Focus Schools" by the district) as listed by Mesa Public Schools:[17]

Name Grades Website(s) Details
Crossroads 7 - 12 Official Small school environment
Eagleridge Enrichment Program K - 8 Official Home schooling enrichment program
East Valley Academy 9 - 12 Official Small school environment with more flexible hours and a credit recovery program
Jordan Center for Early Education Preschool Official Preschool with Montessori option available
Red Mountain Center for Early Education Preschool Official Preschool campus
Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies 4 - 8 Official Rigorous curriculum program preparing for advanced courses in high school the top performing school in Arizona.
Mesa Distance Learning Program 6 - 12 Official Computer-based online learning program
Riverview High School 7 - 12 Official Referral-only school for students with discipline issues
SHARP School K - 12 Official Alternative needs program for students with qualifying disabilities
Summit Academy K - 6 Official International Baccalaureate primary years program
Summit Academy 7 - 8 Official International Baccalaureate middle years program
Superstition High School 7 - 12 Official Small school environment

See also


References

  1. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Maricopa County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 7 (PDF p. 8/11). Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  2. Cadeau, Chimene (2000-04-05). "Salt River Community has school of its own". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. p. Schools 6. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  3. United States. "Mesa Public Schools » Schools". Mpsaz.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  4. United States. "Mesa Public Schools » Schools". Mpsaz.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  5. Because the Mesa high schools also were involved with 9th grade athletics, they are in the AIA system: Hendrix's entry
  6. "Powell Junior High School". Aiaonline.org. 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  7. "Mesa's Powell Junior High to Close". Myfoxphoenix.com. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  8. United States. "Mesa Public Schools » Schools". Mpsaz.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  9. United States. "Mesa Public Schools » Schools". Mpsaz.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.

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