Mesa Verde Elementary School

Summary:

Mesa Verde Elementary School is a public elementary school in Tucson, Arizona, serving students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade as part of the Amphitheater Unified District. The school consistently outperforms the district and state in academic metrics, with strong performance in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.

Mesa Verde Elementary School's academic excellence is evident across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, 63% of 4th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 49% in the district and 46% statewide. In Mathematics, 55% of 4th-grade students at Mesa Verde were proficient or better, compared to 44% in the district and 36% statewide. The school's performance in Science is also noteworthy, with 35% of 5th-grade students proficient or better in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to 33% in the district and 34% statewide.

While Mesa Verde Elementary School outperforms the district and state, some nearby schools within the Amphitheater Unified District, such as Winifred Harelson Elementary School, also demonstrate strong academic performance. Winifred Harelson Elementary School ranked 211th out of 904 Arizona elementary schools in the 2023-2024 school year, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, and had higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to Mesa Verde. However, Mesa Verde Elementary School's student-teacher ratio is lower than the nearby schools in the district, ranging from 11.4 to 12.3 over the past three school years.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1661 W Sage St
       Tucson, AZ  85704-2244


(520) 696-6090

District: Amphitheater Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
347th of 904 Arizona Elementary Schools


Students who attend Mesa Verde Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Lawrence W Cross Middle School
High:    Canyon Del Oro High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.4 Help
Number of students:  287

Racial breakdown:

White:
57.5%
Hispanic:
38.0%
Two or more races:
2.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  35.5% Help


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Compare Details Mesa Verde Elementary School ranks better than 61.6% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks 6th among 11 ranked elementary schools in the Amphitheater Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.12. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (57.5%), Hispanic (38%), two or more races (2.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 35.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mesa Verde Elementary School is 11.4, which is the 6th best among 11 elementary schools in the Amphitheater Unified District. (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mesa Verde Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Mesa Verde Elementary School 347th of 904 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Mesa Verde Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Amphitheater Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Amphitheater Unified District 150th of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Mesa Verde Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 72.98 306th 1062 71.2%
2010 78.42 227th 1090 79.2%
2011 72.65 295th 1075 72.6%
2012 84.58 110th 1141 90.4%
2013 79.65 189th 1158 83.7%
2014 77.26 240th 1079 77.8%
2015 55.40 374th 955 60.8%
2016 59.86 408th 1079 62.2%
2017 63.72 390th 1106 64.7%
2018 77.02 252nd 1109 77.3%
2019 68.20 327th 1039 68.5%
2021 72.92 314th 1226 74.4%
2022 62.24 330th 1000 67.0%
2023 67.76 361st 1245 71.0%
2024 57.12 347th 904 61.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 64.26 269th 1027 73.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 38.86 826th 975 15.3%
2023 73.24 89th 451 80.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.11 151st 417 63.8%
2021 69.52 164th 1201 86.3%
2023 33.92 540th 820 34.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 66.71 279th 1116 75.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.06 287th 1023 71.9%
2019 54.74 374th 862 56.6%
2021 65.73 367th 1219 69.9%
2022 60.37 301st 824 63.5%
2023 62.28 408th 1219 66.5%
2024 54.46 245th 593 58.7%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 38.28 187th 239 21.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.32 262nd 1032 74.6%
2019 65.00 275th 850 67.6%
2021 81.02 208th 1220 83.0%
2022 64.31 254th 830 69.4%
2023 69.04 327th 1216 73.1%
2024 46.86 315th 609 48.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 80.05 56th 895 93.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.99 233rd 911 74.4%
2019 64.29 226th 709 68.1%
2021 60.68 371st 1198 69.0%
2022 54.37 329th 716 54.1%
2023 54.38 455th 1170 61.1%
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Rank History for White students at Mesa Verde Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.04 215th 720 70.1%
2019 48.36 319th 595 46.4%
2021 67.11 345th 1161 70.3%
2022 50.31 389th 800 51.4%
2023 63.65 328th 1024 68.0%
2024 28.11 373rd 477 21.8%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Mesa Verde Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 579 3 3 70 1 n/a n/a 35 691
1989 637 3 4 72 4 n/a n/a -237 483
1990 464 5 6 49 6 n/a n/a -53 477
1991 437 3 3 63 3 n/a n/a -67 442
1992 461 8 14 67 3 n/a n/a 0 553
1993 483 6 7 63 3 n/a n/a 0 562
1994 539 6 12 77 6 n/a n/a 0 640
1995 587 15 9 80 4 n/a n/a 0 695
1996 587 15 9 80 4 n/a n/a 0 695
1997 420 11 6 65 3 n/a n/a 0 505
1998 411 5 6 68 4 n/a n/a 0 494
1999 404 9 14 72 2 n/a n/a 0 501
2000 396 6 14 76 2 n/a n/a 0 494
2001 362 9 19 86 0 n/a n/a 0 476
2002 67 2 2 19 1 n/a n/a 0 91
2003 67 2 2 19 1 n/a n/a 0 91
2004 331 13 24 91 2 n/a n/a 0 461
2005 319 14 18 85 2 n/a n/a 0 438
2006 321 10 20 91 2 n/a n/a 0 444
2007 301 10 20 95 1 n/a n/a 0 427
2008 273 12 21 94 3 n/a n/a 0 403
2009 290 10 20 81 5 n/a n/a 0 406
2010 288 14 20 88 3 n/a n/a 0 413
2011 260 9 9 93 5 0 1 0 377
2012 243 14 11 92 5 0 1 0 366
2013 245 8 15 93 2 1 5 0 369
2014 239 10 12 115 2 2 4 0 384
2015 207 9 5 121 2 3 4 0 351
2016 228 5 5 125 2 5 8 0 378
2017 232 7 4 136 1 2 10 0 392
2018 216 7 7 124 1 3 8 0 366
2019 221 6 4 112 0 1 10 0 354
2020 237 8 4 112 0 1 11 0 373
2021 192 3 3 97 0 2 13 0 310
2022 191 4 4 118 0 0 10 0 327
2023 165 3 3 109 1 0 6 0 287

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mesa Verde Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 691 31.5 21.9 n/a
1989 483 21.8 22.1 n/a
1990 477 23.4 20.3 n/a
1991 442 23.4 18.8 n/a
1992 553 26.0 21.2 n/a
1993 562 24.9 22.6 n/a
1994 640 27.9 22.9 n/a
1995 695 33.4 20.8 n/a
1996 695 33.4 20.8 n/a
1997 505 27.6 18.3 n/a
1998 494 25.6 19.3 n/a
1999 501 26.1 19.2 n/a
2000 494 27.7 17.8 n/a
2001 476 28.0 17.0 n/a
2002 91 27.4 3.3 n/a
2003 91 27.4 3.3 n/a
2004 461 27.6 16.7 30.2
2005 438 26.6 16.5 34.7
2006 444 28.0 15.9 30.9
2007 427 29.0 14.7 23.2
2008 403 26.6 15.2 28.5
2009 406 28.0 14.5 31.5
2010 413 25.2 16.3 1.2
2011 377 23.5 15.9 8.8
2012 366 23.6 15.5 17.8
2013 369 22.6 16.3 7.3
2014 384 24.6 15.6 0
2015 351 25.0 14.0 47.6
2016 378 24.0 15.7 0.8
2017 392 24.8 15.8 n/a
2018 366 23.2 15.7 41.5
2019 354 24.3 14.5 39.5
2020 373 23.0 16.2 40.5
2021 310 25.2 12.3 n/a
2022 327 26.8 12.2 16.2
2023 287 25.0 11.4 35.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mesa Verde Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 691 31.5 21.9 n/a
1989 483 21.8 22.1 n/a
1990 477 23.4 20.3 n/a
1991 442 23.4 18.8 n/a
1992 553 26.0 21.2 n/a
1993 562 24.9 22.6 n/a
1994 640 27.9 22.9 n/a
1995 695 33.4 20.8 n/a
1996 695 33.4 20.8 n/a
1997 505 27.6 18.3 n/a
1998 494 25.6 19.3 n/a
1999 501 26.1 19.2 n/a
2000 494 27.7 17.8 n/a
2001 476 28.0 17.0 n/a
2002 91 27.4 3.3 n/a
2003 91 27.4 3.3 n/a
2004 461 27.6 16.7 30.2
2005 438 26.6 16.5 34.7
2006 444 28.0 15.9 30.9
2007 427 29.0 14.7 23.2
2008 403 26.6 15.2 28.5
2009 406 28.0 14.5 31.5
2010 413 25.2 16.3 1.2
2011 377 23.5 15.9 8.8
2012 366 23.6 15.5 17.8
2013 369 22.6 16.3 7.3
2014 384 24.6 15.6 0
2015 351 25.0 14.0 47.6
2016 378 24.0 15.7 0.8
2017 392 24.8 15.8 n/a
2018 366 23.2 15.7 41.5
2019 354 24.3 14.5 39.5
2020 373 23.0 16.2 40.5
2021 310 25.2 12.3 n/a
2022 327 26.8 12.2 16.2
2023 287 25.0 11.4 35.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Mesa Verde Elementary School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $898 (9.2%) $178 (1.8%) $1,974 (20.2%) $7,204 (73.9%) $1,473 (15.1%) $8,677 (89.0%) $9,753
2021 $1,557 (16.2%) $1,073 (11.2%) $4,187 (43.7%) $6,607 (68.9%) $348 (3.6%) $6,955 (72.6%) $9,585

Data source: Arizona Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Mesa Verde Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 327th of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 361st of 1245 Elementary schools
 2.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students354287
 18.9%
African American63
 50%
American Indian01
Asian43
 25%
Hispanic112109
 2.7%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White221165
 25.3%
Two or More Races106
 40%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39.5%35.5%
 4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Mesa Verde Elementary School

Mesa Verde Elementary School ranks 347th of 904 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Mesa Verde Elementary School are 57% White, 38% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% African American, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 287 students attended Mesa Verde Elementary School.

Students who attend Mesa Verde Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Lawrence W Cross Middle School
High : Canyon Del Oro High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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