Summary
Field Elementary School serves 564 students in prekindergarten through sixth grade in Mesa, where families have several nearby elementary-school options. In 2025–26, 32% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA) and 27% in math, both below state and district results. The most important finding is that the school is behind state, district and nearby same-district schools in both core subjects.
Math is closer than ELA to state and district benchmarks, but Field’s math result falls farther below the nearby-school average. ELA proficiency was 32%, compared with 41% statewide and 39% in Mesa Unified District; math was 27%, compared with 33% statewide and 31% in the district. Among eight nearby same-district schools with scores, averages were 44% in ELA and 41% in math, putting Field 12 and 14 percentage points below, respectively. Results vary by grade: sixth-grade ELA was 39%, just 2 points below the state, and sixth-grade math was 34%, above the state and district. However, Field’s sixth-grade math result was below all four nearby schools with scores, which ranged from 44% to 65%. Fourth-grade math, at 24%, and fifth-grade ELA, at 24%, are notable weak spots.
Fifth-grade science proficiency rose from 19% in 2022–23 to 25% in 2024–25, but fell from 32% the year before; the latest result was 9 points below the state and 8 below the district. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking rose to the 34th percentile, or 2 stars, in 2025–26, up from the 26th percentile in each of the prior two years. The student–teacher ratio was 15.8:1, close to the nearby-school average of 16.1:1; the reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 61% in 2022–23. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for how well the school serves African American students was notably higher than its overall ranking: 62nd percentile in 2022–23 versus 34th overall. Its ranking for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds was also higher, at the 43rd percentile in 2025–26 versus 34th overall. Subgroup rankings can be sensitive to how many students are represented.
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