Mesa Public Schools, Arizona

Mesa Public Schools
Mesa, Arizona
District details
Superintendent: Andi Fourlis
# of school board members: 5
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Mesa Public Schools is a school district in Arizona.

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• Superintendent
• School board
• Elections
• Budget
• Teacher salaries
• Academic performance
• Students
• Staff
• Schools
• Contact information

Superintendent

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Andi Fourlis is the superintendent of Mesa Public Schools. Fourlis was appointed superintendent in April 2020. Fourlis' previous career experience includes serving as deputy and assistant superintendent in the district.

Past superintendents

• Pete Lesar was the superintendent of Mesa Public Schools from 2019 to 2020.

• Ember Conley was the superintendent of Mesa Public Schools from 2018 to 2019. Conley's previous career experience included working as the superintendent of the Park City School District in Utah, an adjunct professor, and a principal.

School board

The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Board members are elected at large.

Office	Name	Date assumed office
Mesa Public Schools Governing Board At-large	Sharon Benson	January 1, 2025
Mesa Public Schools Governing Board At-large	Courtney Davis	August 22, 2023
Mesa Public Schools Governing Board At-large	Lacy Halm Chaffee	January 1, 2025
Mesa Public Schools Governing Board At-large	Marcie Hutchinson	2019
Mesa Public Schools Governing Board At-large	Rachel Walden	January 1, 2023

Elections

See also: Mesa Public Schools, Arizona, elections

Board members are elected on a staggered basis in November of even-numbered years.

Three seats on the Mesa Public Schools school board in Arizona were up for general election on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was July 8, 2024.

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Public participation in board meetings

The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:

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The Board invites the viewpoints of members of the public and considers the responsible presentation of these viewpoints vital to the efficient operation of the District. The Board also recognizes its responsibility for the proper governance of the schools and the need to conduct its business in an orderly and efficient manner. The Board, therefore, establishes the following procedures to receive input from members of the public: 1. Regular and special meetings of the Governing Board, and study sessions will be open to the public and members of the public shall be permitted to attend and listen to the deliberations and proceedings occurring during these meetings. Members of the public do not have the right to speak unless and until recognized by the Board to do so. 2. Members of the public do not have the right to engage in dangerous or disruptive behavior that compromises or prevents the Board from conducting Board business. 3. The Board, in its discretion, may make an open call to the public during a Meeting, subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions, to allow individuals to address the Board on any issues within its jurisdiction. Study sessions are held for the purpose of in-depth study of a matter. Accordingly, the Board will not receive public comment during a study session unless requested by the President. 4. All public comment on agenda and non-agenda items will be heard during the time specifically designated as "Public Comment" on the agenda. Any person desiring to address the Board on an agenda item or during an open call to the public to address a non-agenda item must complete a Request to Address the Board prior to the beginning of the Public Comment section. Requests received during or after the Public Comment section has begun will not be recognized. Current District students who sign up to speak at call to the public will be given priority to speak first. 5. The President may set a time limit on the length of the call to the public period and for each individual speaker. Any time limitation applicable to any individual speaker shall apply to all speakers making a public comment. As a general rule, individual speakers will be limited to three minutes each, and the duration of an open call to the public will be 15 minutes. The President may deviate from these time limits for speakers and the duration of the call to the public and other comment periods as appropriate to maximize the opportunity for persons to offer their viewpoints regarding a matter. The President or designee will recognize speakers, maintain proper order, and enforce applicable time limitations. 6. The call to the public is limited to issues within the jurisdiction of the Board. The Open Meeting Law prohibits Board members from discussing issues presented during the call to the public unless the issue pertains to an item on the agenda. 7. An individual may address the Board on any agenda item and during open call to the public, but may not speak more than once on any particular agenda item. Individuals may not sign up to speak on an agenda item or during call to the public and then delegate their time to another individual. 8. The Board does not permit commercial solicitations during call to the public or actions that violate the prohibitions set forth in A.R.S. § 15-511 (use of school resources to influence the outcome of an election). 9. Personal attacks on Board members, staff, students, or members of the public are not allowed. 10. The Board President shall keep control of the meeting and require the speakers and the audience to refrain from abusive or profane remarks, disruptive outbursts, applause, protests, or other conduct which disrupts or interferes with the orderly conduct of the business of the meeting. 11. Engaging in the conduct prohibited by sections 8 and 9 above, and failing to cease such conduct upon request of the presiding officer, will be grounds for ending a speaker's time at the podium or for the removal of any disruptive person from the meeting room at the direction of the Board President. 12. At the conclusion of the open call to the public portion of the meeting, individual Board members may respond to criticism made by those who addressed the Board, may ask staff to review a matter, or may ask that a matter be placed on a future agenda. If an item has been presented to the Board and then referred to the Superintendency or another study group for review and recommendation, the Board may postpone additional public comment on the item during regular or special meetings until the Superintendency or study group presents its review and recommendations to the Board. Written comments will be forwarded to the Superintendency or study group for consideration as part of the review and recommendation process. 13. Board members shall not discuss or take legal action on matters raised during an open call to the public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action. 14. Persons in attendance at a public meeting may record the meeting provided there is no active interference with the conduct of the meeting.

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School board meetings

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$133,780,000	$2,357	19%
Local:	$272,097,000	$4,794	39%
State:	$298,990,000	$5,268	42%
Total:	$704,867,000	$12,419

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$681,325,000	$11,755
Total Current Expenditures:	$572,590,000	$9,879
Instructional Expenditures:	$321,887,000	$5,553	47%
Student and Staff Support:	$93,802,000	$1,618	14%
Administration:	$46,070,000	$794	7%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$110,831,000	$1,912	16%
Total Capital Outlay:	$94,680,000	$1,633
Construction:	$48,572,000	$838
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$3,277,000	$56
Interest on Debt:	$10,518,000	$181

Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Fiscal Year	Average
2025	$75,299
2024	$64,046
2023	$62,790
2022	$56,943
2021	$55,826
2020	$52,692
2019	$50,183

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	32	38	14	18	12	34	49
2018-2019	46	60	27	33	29	47	64
2017-2018	47	59	29	34	29	52	63
2016-2017	46	60	28	33	28		61
2015-2016	41	55	24	28	24		56
2014-2015	40	52	24	27	22		54
2013-2014	66	79	50	54	47		78
2012-2013	67	81	54	56	50		79
2011-2012	67	79	54	56	47		79
2010-2011	67	81	53	56	49		78

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	37	43	23	24	15	43	53
2018-2019	46	53	30	33	27	52	62
2017-2018	43	55	27	30	23	49	60
2016-2017	42	54	27	29	23		57
2015-2016	39	52	26	26	20		54
2014-2015	35	49	24	23	19		49
2013-2014	81	87	75	73	66		89
2012-2013	81	88	73	73	67		89
2011-2012	80	85	73	71	64		89
2010-2011	80	87	73	72	66		89

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	78	85-89	65-69	72	70-74	65-69	84
2018-2019	82	85-89	70-74	78	70-74	80-84	87
2017-2018	79	80-84	75-79	74	70-74	75-79	85
2016-2017	75	75-79	70-74	69	60-64		82
2015-2016	79	80-84	70-74	75	65-69		84
2014-2015	76	85-89	70-74	70	55-59		82
2013-2014	76	75-79	65-69	70	60-64		81
2012-2013	74	80-84	65-69	67	60-64		80
2011-2012	75	80-84	65-69	65	65-69		81
2010-2011	76	80-84	60-64	67	60-64		83

Students

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	58,343	-0.9
2021-2022	58,859	1.5
2020-2021	57,956	-8.2
2019-2020	62,703	-0.7
2018-2019	63,124	0.2
2017-2018	62,975	-0.7
2016-2017	63,444	-1.5
2015-2016	64,367	0.8
2014-2015	63,849	-0.5
2013-2014	64,161	0.0
2012-2013	64,161	-0.9
2011-2012	64,728	-0.6
2010-2011	65,123	-3.6
2009-2010	67,471	-4.3
2008-2009	70,346	-3.8
2007-2008	73,044	-1.5
2006-2007	74,128	-0.7
2005-2006	74,626	-1.1
2004-2005	75,471	0.1
2003-2004	75,401	0.2
2002-2003	75,269	0.6
2001-2002	74,808	1.6
2000-2001	73,587	2.3
1999-2000	71,894	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Mesa Public Schools (%)	Arizona K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	4.2	4.2
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	1.1	3.1
Black	4.8	5.7
Hispanic	46.5	47.6
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.8	0.4
Two or More Races	3.8	4.2
White	38.8	34.9

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Mesa Public Schools had 3,554.70 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 16.41.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	48.50
Kindergarten:	194.00
Elementary:	2,339.00
Secondary:	973.20
Total:	3,554.70

Mesa Public Schools employed 83.06 district administrators and 145.23 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	83.06
District Administrative Support:	262.22
School Administrators:	145.23
School Administrative Support:	307.63

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	1,047.30
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	155.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	155.82
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	105.90
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	49.92
Librarians/Media Specialists:	75.01
Library/Media Support:	1.00
Student Support Services:	1,056.62
Other Support Services:	888.68

Schools

Mesa Public Schools operates 85 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Adams Elementary School	629	PK-6
Alma Elementary School	0
Brinton Elementary	454	PK-6
Bush Elementary	545	PK-6
Carson Junior High School	1,062	7-8
Crismon Elementary School	416	PK-6
Dobson High School	2,370	9-12
Eagleridge Enrichment Program	644	KG-9
Early Education Center	61	PK-PK
East Valley Academy	307	9-12
Edison Elementary School	567	PK-6
Eisenhower Center For Innovation	446	PK-6
Emerson Elementary School	735	PK-6
Entz Elementary School	507	PK-6
Falcon Hill Elementary School	487	PK-6
Field Elementary School	517	PK-6
Franklin At Alma Elementary	341	PK-8
Franklin At Brimhall Elementary	768	PK-6
Franklin East Elementary School	551	PK-6
Franklin Junior High School	269	7-8
Franklin West Elementary	430	PK-6
Fremont Junior High School	984	7-8
Frost Elementary School	0
Guerrero Elementary School	436	PK-6
Hale Elementary School	515	PK-6
Hendrix Junior High School	0
Hermosa Vista Elementary School	640	PK-6
Highland Elementary School	704	PK-6
Holmes Elementary School	564	PK-6
Irving Elementary School	456	PK-6
Ishikawa Elementary School	835	PK-6
Jefferson Elementary School	556	PK-6
Johnson Elementary School	597	PK-6
Jordan Center For Early Education	0	PK-KG
Keller Elementary School	550	PK-6
Kerr Elementary School	513	KG-6
Kino Junior High School	914	7-8
Las Sendas Elementary School	747	PK-6
Lehi Elementary School	376	PK-6
Lincoln Elementary School	630	PK-6
Lindbergh Elementary School	506	PK-6
Longfellow Elementary School	426	PK-6
Lowell Elementary School	417	PK-6
Macarthur Elementary School	577	PK-6
Madison Elementary School	393	PK-6
Mckellips Learning Center	0
Mendoza Elementary School	454	PK-6
Mesa Academy For Advanced Studies	410	4-9
Mesa Distance Learning Program	107	KG-12
Mesa High School	3,475	9-12
Michael T. Hughes Elementary School	425	PK-6
Mountain View High School	3,372	9-12
O'Connor Elementary School	445	PK-6
Patterson Elementary	742	PK-6
Pomeroy Elementary School	609	PK-6
Porter Elementary School	472	PK-6
Poston Junior High School	881	7-8
Powell Junior High School	0
Power Learning Center	0
Redbird Elementary School	455	PK-6
Red Mountain Center For Early Education	253	PK-PK
Red Mountain High School	3,448	9-12
Red Mountain Ranch Elementary	434	PK-6
Rhodes Junior High School	679	7-9
Robson Elementary School	469	PK-6
Roosevelt Elementary School	529	PK-6
Salk Elementary School	563	PK-6
Shepherd Junior High School	603	4-8
Sirrine Elementary School	354	PK-6
Skyline High School	2,248	9-12
Smith Junior High School	841	7-8
Sousa Elementary School	384	PK-6
Stapley Junior High School	978	7-8
Stevenson Elementary School	668	PK-6
Summit Academy	1,227	PK-8
Sunridge Learning Center	0
Taft Elementary School	462	PK-6
Taylor Junior High School	995	7-8
Washington Elementary School	460	PK-6
Webster Elementary School	576	PK-6
Westwood High School	3,570	9-12
Whitman Elementary School	593	PK-6
Whittier Elementary School	486	PK-6
Wilson Elementary School	465	PK-6
Zaharis Elementary	769	PK-6

Contact information

Mesa Public Schools
63 E. Main St.
Mesa, Arizona 85201
Phone: 480-472-0000
Email: info@mpsaz.org

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