Skyline High School

Summary:

Skyline High School is a public high school in Mesa, Arizona, serving 2,248 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Mesa Unified District, which is ranked 179 out of 288 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Skyline High School's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is below the state and district averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 24% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 38%. In mathematics, only 20% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 30%. The school's four-year graduation rate has been declining, from 82.8% in 2018-2019 to 80.7% in 2022-2023, which is lower than the state average. Additionally, Skyline High School's dropout rate has been increasing, from 3.1% in 2018-2019 to 5.1% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, such as East Valley High School, Imagine Prep Superstition, and Apache Junction High School, Skyline High School generally performs worse academically, with lower test scores, graduation rates, and higher dropout rates. This suggests that the school may face unique challenges or resource constraints that are not present in the surrounding schools.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 845 S Crismon Rd
       Mesa, AZ  85208-2564


(480) 472-9400

District: Mesa Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
192nd of 270 Arizona High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,508 Help


Feeder schools for Skyline High School:

Elementary:    Brinton Elementary
    Jefferson Elementary School
    Patterson Elementary
    Sousa Elementary School
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Middle:    Smith Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.9 Help
Number of students:  2,127

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
53.4%
White:
35.6%
African American:
3.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  52% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Skyline High School ranks worse than 71.1% of high schools in Arizona. It also ranks 3rd among 6 ranked high schools in the Mesa Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.38. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Skyline High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (53.4%), White (35.6%), African American (3.9%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Skyline High School is 16.9, which is the lowest among 7 high schools in the Mesa Unified District! (See more...)
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Compare Skyline High School employs 125.7 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Skyline High School is $7,508, which is the 2nd highest among 6 high schools in the Mesa Unified District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Skyline High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Skyline High School 192nd of 270 Arizona public high schools. (See Skyline High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Mesa Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Mesa Unified District 187th of 297 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Skyline High School

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Rank History for all students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 85.42 65th 395 83.5%
2010 78.46 91st 403 77.4%
2011 79.13 93rd 397 76.6%
2012 78.05 95th 471 79.8%
2013 76.82 105th 491 78.6%
2014 75.18 105th 394 73.4%
2015 37.27 139th 261 46.7%
2016 46.59 163rd 406 59.9%
2017 39.63 195th 416 53.1%
2018 36.11 210th 420 50.0%
2019 27.19 194th 285 31.9%
2021 50.54 206th 509 59.5%
2022 39.45 212th 464 54.3%
2023 37.41 260th 469 44.6%
2024 24.38 192nd 270 28.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.84 73rd 76 3.9%
2021 47.35 183rd 374 51.1%
2022 14.08 230th 282 18.4%
2023 43.85 114th 199 42.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.64 15th 45 66.7%
2021 44.58 29th 312 90.7%
2022 52.24 33rd 258 87.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.28 125th 155 19.4%
2021 54.74 111th 422 73.7%
2022 35.94 184th 380 51.6%
2023 23.08 149th 172 13.4%
See the entire list of Best Arizona High Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.54 154th 253 39.1%
2022 25.12 125th 168 25.6%
2023 37.05 208th 347 40.1%
2024 24.58 126th 172 26.7%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 62.35 4th 23 82.6%
2022 48.94 15th 44 65.9%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.15 1st 26 96.2%
2021 31.10 69th 168 58.9%
2022 28.02 72nd 150 52.0%
2023 20.05 56th 60 6.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.53 221st 354 37.6%
2019 23.88 185th 247 25.1%
2021 48.93 203rd 492 58.7%
2022 34.53 242nd 456 46.9%
2023 40.49 209th 406 48.5%
2024 21.30 159th 200 20.5%
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Rank History for Foster Care students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 48.28 35th 130 73.1%
2022 49.32 34th 116 70.7%
2023 12.91 25th 25 0.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.97 204th 370 44.9%
2019 28.64 161st 238 32.4%
2021 50.43 198th 492 59.8%
2022 42.22 191st 455 58.0%
2023 29.39 282nd 429 34.3%
2024 20.64 163rd 219 25.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 68.02 74th 231 68.0%
2022 40.67 151st 238 36.6%
2023 12.58 129th 146 11.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.71 102nd 122 16.4%
2021 51.00 111th 306 63.7%
2022 33.81 177th 301 41.2%
2023 26.53 143rd 201 28.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.18 205th 311 34.1%
2019 25.76 126th 183 31.1%
2021 43.56 224th 479 53.2%
2022 32.91 253rd 441 42.6%
2023 24.98 286th 379 24.5%
2024 19.20 137th 170 19.4%
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Rank History for Native American students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.01 22nd 68 67.6%
2021 70.93 36th 256 85.9%
2022 40.57 109th 255 57.3%
2023 46.51 55th 128 57.0%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 77.68 14th 94 85.1%
2022 56.36 56th 129 56.6%
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Rank History for White students at Skyline High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.49 207th 291 28.9%
2019 20.50 180th 217 17.1%
2021 52.35 205th 448 54.2%
2022 33.20 253rd 409 38.1%
2023 31.93 257th 371 30.7%
2024 15.12 168th 184 8.7%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Open Quote Fabulous students, great activities, wonderful administration. Close Quote


by a parent
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Open Quote My brother and sister go to this school. Both have had problems. My brother is a special needs student who for the first three quarters of his freshmen year had a an aide who was unable to change his diaper. There were days when he would come home and not a single new diaper would have been utilized from his diaper bag. Needless to say he got sores on his butt and had to go to a surgeon. During this process the superindent discovered that the aides in the special needs classroom did not know how to properly lift him out of his wheelchair, so in the third quarter they finally had a training. My mom still does not have an up-to-date IEP that was made in December. Needless to say something is wrong. Now they are saying that my mom, who is a teacher, physically abuses my brother and causes sores on his knuckles, on his primary hand that he utilizes to wheel himself. Also the hand that hits lots of walls and that he chews on when he gets stressed. I think this is definitely a situation that I will need to take to the news as it definitely seems like they are trying to get vengeance for us pointing out their flaws. If anyone has any student with special needs I would think twice before sending them to this school. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Skyline High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2000 1002 28 20 215 20 n/a n/a 0 1285
2001 1239 47 30 281 20 n/a n/a 0 1617
2002 1176 51 32 279 18 n/a n/a 0 1556
2003 1176 51 32 279 18 n/a n/a 0 1556
2004 1185 65 43 343 22 n/a n/a 0 1658
2005 1145 73 37 379 21 n/a n/a 0 1655
2006 1208 82 48 408 18 n/a n/a 0 1764
2007 1201 80 54 467 28 n/a n/a 0 1830
2008 1192 84 54 564 36 n/a n/a 0 1930
2009 1173 78 51 521 32 n/a n/a 0 1855
2010 1172 78 48 556 39 n/a n/a 0 1893
2011 1621 106 70 780 56 1 1 0 2635
2012 1560 100 73 820 53 0 8 0 2614
2013 1504 103 67 826 47 0 20 0 2567
2014 1479 92 57 860 55 3 20 0 2566
2015 1428 117 63 886 47 1 25 0 2567
2016 1416 103 45 957 55 18 25 0 2619
2017 1341 109 46 966 51 14 43 0 2570
2018 1279 107 42 988 40 16 38 0 2510
2019 1186 95 38 1023 48 10 55 0 2455
2020 1154 101 40 1044 49 8 57 0 2453
2021 1099 111 31 1041 51 11 45 0 2389
2022 977 95 30 1100 57 12 47 0 2318
2023 875 99 27 1134 55 12 46 0 2248
2024 757 83 25 1135 62 13 52 0 2127

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 Skyline High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2000 1285 55.0 23.4 n/a
2001 1617 73.6 22.0 n/a
2002 1556 75.9 20.5 29.9
2003 1556 75.9 20.5 29.9
2004 1658 76.0 21.8 39.6
2005 1655 78.7 21.0 45.3
2006 1764 85.5 20.6 43.9
2007 1830 92.0 19.9 37.3
2008 1930 96.3 20.0 40.6
2009 1855 90.3 20.5 37.5
2010 1893 82.5 22.9 50.3
2011 2635 115.8 22.7 47.8
2012 2614 110.1 23.7 52.1
2013 2567 120.2 21.3 53.1
2014 2566 117.9 21.7 52
2015 2567 121.0 21.2 53
2016 2619 123.0 21.2 54.7
2017 2570 120.8 21.2 54.7
2018 2510 124.4 20.1 53.9
2019 2455 125.7 19.5 52
2020 2453 124.8 19.6 53
2021 2389 123.5 19.3 n/a
2022 2318 140.9 16.4 17.6
2023 2248 145.5 15.4 52
2024 2127 125.7 16.9 n/a

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 Skyline High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2000 1285 55.0 23.4 n/a
2001 1617 73.6 22.0 n/a
2002 1556 75.9 20.5 29.9
2003 1556 75.9 20.5 29.9
2004 1658 76.0 21.8 39.6
2005 1655 78.7 21.0 45.3
2006 1764 85.5 20.6 43.9
2007 1830 92.0 19.9 37.3
2008 1930 96.3 20.0 40.6
2009 1855 90.3 20.5 37.5
2010 1893 82.5 22.9 50.3
2011 2635 115.8 22.7 47.8
2012 2614 110.1 23.7 52.1
2013 2567 120.2 21.3 53.1
2014 2566 117.9 21.7 52
2015 2567 121.0 21.2 53
2016 2619 123.0 21.2 54.7
2017 2570 120.8 21.2 54.7
2018 2510 124.4 20.1 53.9
2019 2455 125.7 19.5 52
2020 2453 124.8 19.6 53
2021 2389 123.5 19.3 n/a
2022 2318 140.9 16.4 17.6
2023 2248 145.5 15.4 52
2024 2127 125.7 16.9 n/a

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Skyline High 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 $305 (3.0%) $54 (0.5%) $664 (6.6%) $6,703 (66.2%) $3,066 (30.3%) $9,769 (96.5%) $10,127
2020 $277 (4.4%) $236 (3.7%) $790 (12.4%) $5,608 (88.4%) $225 (3.5%) $5,833 (91.9%) $6,346
2021 $1,192 (15.5%) $77 (1.0%) $2,461 (32.0%) $5,253 (68.4%) $1,163 (15.1%) $6,416 (83.5%) $7,685
2022 $162 (2.2%) $20 (0.3%) $344 (4.6%) $6,766 (90.1%) $560 (7.5%) $7,326 (97.6%) $7,508

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Skyline High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 194th of 285 High schoolsRanks 260th of 469 High schools
 12.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students24552248
 8.4%
African American9599
 4.2%
American Indian4855
 14.6%
Asian3827
 28.9%
Hispanic10231134
 10.9%
Pacific Islander1012
 20%
White1186875
 26.2%
Two or More Races5546
 16.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients52%52%
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Frequently Asked Questions about Skyline High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,127 students attended Skyline High School.

Students at Skyline High School are 53% Hispanic, 36% White, 4% African American, 3% American Indian, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Skyline High School ranks 192nd of 270 Arizona high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Skyline High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Brinton Elementary
Elementary : Jefferson Elementary School
Elementary : Patterson Elementary
Elementary : Sousa Elementary School
Elementary : Stevenson Elementary School
Elementary : Taft Elementary School
Elementary : Zaharis Elementary
Middle : Smith Junior 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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