Mesa High School (Mesa, Arizona)

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Mesa High School is a public high school in Mesa, Arizona, United States.

1 Description
- 1.1 Academics
- 1.2 Sports
2 Feeder patterns
3 Alumni
4 External links

[edit] Description

Mesa High School accommodates grades 10-12 as part of Mesa Public Schools. Enrollment in 2005 was just over 3000 students. Fifty-six percent of the student body is white (not Hispanic); 36% is Hispanic or Latino.

[edit] Academics

AIMS test scores for MHS were below the state average in reading, math, and writing for 2002 through 2004, but they improved to substantially above average for 2005. The average number of students per teacher is 23. About three quarters of the faculty has more than ten years of experience, and more than two thirds have a master's degree.

[edit] Sports

The school mascot is the Jackrabbit, and the school recently won state championships in 2004 for Basketball, and won two straight years in wrestling 2006 and 2007. Noted one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles won individual state championships in 2005 and 2006.

[edit] Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools [1] feed into Mesa High School[2]: Holmes, Irving, Johnson, Keller, Lincoln, Lindbergh, Longfellow, Lowell, Madison, Porter, Robson, and Wilson.

Junior high schools [3] that feed into Mesa High School include Brimhall, Mesa, Powell, and Taylor.