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Wilson Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6

763^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 909 Arizona Elementary Schools

Better than 16% of Arizona elementary schools

Summary

Wilson Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Mesa, Arizona, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 473 students. The school is part of the Mesa Unified District, which is ranked 177 out of 289 districts in Arizona and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Wilson Elementary School has had a fluctuating performance over the years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 351 out of 1,109 Arizona elementary schools in 2017-2018 (rated 3 stars) to 870 out of 1,245 in 2022-2023 (rated 2 stars). The school consistently underperforms compared to the district and state in standardized test scores, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics significantly lower than the averages. The school's performance is particularly weak in 5th grade Science, where only 20% of students are proficient, compared to 33% for the district and 34% for the state. Additionally, the school struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, with many ranking in the bottom half or bottom quarter of Arizona elementary schools.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Johnson Elementary, Madison Elementary, and Franklin Accelerated Academy - Brimhall Campus, generally outperform Wilson Elementary School in academic achievement, with higher proficiency rates and better rankings. For example, Franklin Accelerated Academy - Brimhall Campus, a public charter school, consistently ranks in the top 5% of Arizona elementary schools and outperforms Wilson Elementary School by a significant margin in all subject areas.

449

Students ?

17.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,520

Per pupil spending ?

59.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5619 E Glade Ave
Mesa, AZ 85206-6781

(480) 472-9250

District: Mesa Unified District

Students who attend Wilson Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Taylor Junior High School
High:	Mesa High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

46.5%

White:

31.0%

Two or more races:

8.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 37th percentile in 2015 → 16th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (24% vs 38% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 21 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg38%

Arizona avg38%

763^rd of 909

Arizona public elementary schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 21 pts since 2015

From bottom 37% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

41^st of 51Elementary Schools in the Mesa Unified District

177^th of 289Mesa Unified District among Arizona districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	16.2	763 of 909	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.3	737 of 912	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.0	870 of 1245	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.6	734 of 1000	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.1	629 of 1226	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	61.7	391 of 1039	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.0	351 of 1109	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2017	63.7	389 of 1106	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2016	61.2	395 of 1079	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2015	32.2	605 of 955	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	52.9	520 of 1079	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2013	63.0	422 of 1158	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2012	61.9	432 of 1141	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2011	73.7	282 of 1075	73.8%	★★★★☆
2010	71.4	319 of 1090	70.7%	★★★★☆
2009	74.4	284 of 1062	73.3%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	27.0	488 of 607	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.3	246 of 289	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	50.2	322 of 895	64.0%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	30.5	254 of 316	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.2	581 of 620	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	31.4	265 of 451	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.3	545 of 975	44.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	30.0	807 of 1219	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.9	680 of 824	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.1	627 of 1219	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.8	386 of 862	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.9	361 of 1023	64.7%	★★★☆☆

Foster Care

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	53.3	65 of 306	78.8%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	26.8	880 of 1170	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.4	784 of 1198	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	59.8	253 of 709	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.3	231 of 911	74.6%	★★★★☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	53.3	100 of 423	76.4%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	32.7	757 of 1116	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.6	529 of 618	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	76.0	139 of 820	83.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2024	22.3	489 of 628	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.9	928 of 1216	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.8	592 of 830	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	43.4	618 of 1220	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.8	360 of 850	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.2	326 of 1032	68.4%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	24.2	537 of 617	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	50.2	451 of 1027	56.1%	★★★☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	35.5	132 of 219	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	71.8	14 of 82	82.9%	★★★★☆
2021	49.4	208 of 654	68.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	20.6	739 of 820	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	43.7	560 of 1201	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	39.2	222 of 417	46.8%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	15.9	932 of 1024	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	764 of 800	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	45.8	628 of 1161	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	47.3	332 of 595	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.7	305 of 720	57.6%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Foster Care (2021)79th percentile+30 vs school

Homeless (2021)76th percentile+28 vs school

English Language Learner (2023)41st percentile+11 vs school

Native American (2023)40th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2023)34th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)32nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2023)25th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2024)22nd percentile+3 vs school

Asian (2023)20th percentile-11 vs school

African American (2023)20th percentile-11 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)13th percentile-17 vs school

Special Education (2023)10th percentile-20 vs school

White (2023)9th percentile-21 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts26%-15 vs state

Mathematics21%-8 vs state

Science20%-14 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Mesa Public Schools is by far the most incompetent cluster of staffing I've ever encountered. Their teams negligence led to my child being left outside by herself wandering around . My daughter was put on a school bus and dropped of near a busy street with no adult in sight. My six your old was outside by herself she wasn’t even supposed to be on the bus !!!!!
Mesa Public Schools did not even catch their mistake. It took Daisy's after school care to call me 30 mins after she was already supposed to be there for me to be notified I then had to call the school and find out she was put on the school bus!!!! when I talked to the front office they said they do not let kindergartens out without their parents outside. I knew deep down they did as they couldn't tell me where she was. I left work and got home to see if she was in-front of the door and she wasn't went around to see if she was at the playground and she wasn't. After about 7 mins of looking around my neighborhood I called the police ( her school) still had me on hold. And I got a call that daisy was up at my apartment complex's office saying a stranger brought her up front.
I just can't believe this happened. So many people had an opportunity to stop this. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)				AASA Mathematics (2025)				AzSCI Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5619 E Glade Ave	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-9250	449	26	17.2		139 (31.0%)	33 (7.3%)	209 (46.5%)	16 (3.6%)	10 (2.2%)	3 (0.7%)	39 (8.7%)	16.2	763^rd of 909 public elementary schools	16.1%		18.3	737^th of 912 public elementary schools	19.2%	26		29.0	19.0	31.0				21.0	20.0	$7,520	$540	$160	$1,240	$6,419	$401	$6,820
Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	849 S Sunnyvale	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-8800	374	28	13.3		159 (42.5%)	22 (5.9%)	168 (44.9%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	13 (3.5%)	35.5	507^th of 909 public elementary schools	44.2%		34	535^th of 912 public elementary schools	41.3%	28	20.0	42.0	42.0	34.0	29.0	40.0	68.0	22.0	27.0	$10,954	$1,069	$68	$2,206	$9,273	$544	$9,817
Franklin Accelerated Academy - Brimhall Campus	Public	PK, KG-6	4949 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-2600	889	36	24.6		595 (66.9%)	22 (2.5%)	193 (21.7%)	21 (2.4%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	49 (5.5%)	95.6	26^th of 909 public elementary schools	97.1%		97	13^th of 912 public elementary schools	98.6%	13	59.0	81.0	73.0	83.0	75.0	83.0	89.0	80.0	71.0	$6,933	$51	$02	$104	$6,697	$183	$6,880
Carol Rae Ranch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3777 E Houston Ave	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 507-1359	561	41	13.7		342 (61.0%)	14 (2.5%)	141 (25.1%)	20 (3.6%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	38 (6.8%)	72	235^th of 909 public elementary schools	74.1%		64	297^th of 912 public elementary schools	67.4%	62	51.0	60.0	60.0	71.0	47.0	53.0	44.0	59.0	48.0	$10,735	$230	$602	$1,062	$9,785	$118	$9,903
Towne Meadows Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1101 N Recker Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 854-1545	647	40	16.2		381 (58.9%)	14 (2.2%)	173 (26.7%)	21 (3.2%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	51 (7.9%)	78.8	168^th of 909 public elementary schools	81.5%		64.3	292^nd of 912 public elementary schools	68.0%	124	55.0	70.0	61.0	57.0	53.0	60.0	62.0	59.0	48.0	$7,205	$168	$515	$852	$6,775		$6,522
Great Hearts Academies - Archway Arete	Public, Charter	K-5	4525 E. Baseline Road	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Archway Classical Academy Arete	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 222-4233	522	31	16.8		290 (55.6%)	15 (2.9%)	136 (26.1%)	35 (6.7%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	41 (7.9%)	88.1	85^th of 909 public elementary schools	90.6%		86.7	105^th of 912 public elementary schools	88.5%	20	68.0	73.0	64.0		67.0	70.0	67.0		52.0	$10,207	$413	$96	$922	$6,021	$3,677	$9,699
Pioneer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1535 N Greenfield Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 892-2022	310	31	9.8		151 (48.7%)	14 (4.5%)	110 (35.5%)	8 (2.6%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.6%)	20 (6.5%)	71.5	239^th of 909 public elementary schools	73.7%		61	322^nd of 912 public elementary schools	64.7%	83	47.0	64.0	53.0	52.0	52.0	71.0	61.0	36.0	53.0	$9,686	$429	$514	$1,373	$8,864		$8,742
Challenger Basic School	Public, Charter	K-6	1315 N Greenfield Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Challenger Basic School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 830-1750	274	21	13.0		226 (82.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (12.4%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	92.9	52^nd of 909 public elementary schools	94.3%		93.7	49^th of 912 public elementary schools	94.6%	3	85.0	82.0	78.0	74.0	64.0	79.0	68.0	77.0	54.0		$00			$00
Noah Webster Schools- Mesa	Public, Charter	K-8	7301 E Baseline Rd	Mesa	85209	Maricopa County	Noah Webster Schools - Mesa	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 986-2335	525	27	19.4		230 (43.8%)	26 (5.0%)	230 (43.8%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.0%)	27 (5.1%)	47.9	403^rd of 909 public elementary schools	55.7%		41.8	464^th of 912 public elementary schools	49.1%	61	34.0	49.0	46.0	31.0	54.0	40.0	43.0		42.0		$00			$00
Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3807 E Pueblo Ave	Mesa	85206	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 427-6800	562	40	14.2		279 (49.6%)	32 (5.7%)	194 (34.5%)	10 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (7.8%)	44.9	438^th of 909 public elementary schools	51.8%		45.1	438^th of 912 public elementary schools	52.0%		40.0	37.0	43.0	57.0	42.0	26.0	31.0	37.0	47.0	$9,469	$445	$153	$1,043	$8,554	$317	$8,871

Frequently Asked Questions about Wilson Elementary School

How many students attend Wilson Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 449 students attended Wilson Elementary School.

What district is Wilson Elementary School in?

Mesa Unified District

What schools do graduates of Wilson Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Wilson Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Taylor Junior High School
High : Mesa High School

Is Wilson Elementary School a good school?

Wilson Elementary School ranks in the bottom 16.1% of Arizona elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Wilson Elementary School?

Students at Wilson Elementary School are 47% Hispanic, 31% White, 9% Two or more races, 7% African American, 4% Asian, 2% American Indian.

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