Salk Elementary School

Public PK, KG-6

 7029 E Brown Rd
       Mesa, AZ  85207-3707


(480) 472-8400

District: Mesa Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
785th of 1,245 Arizona Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,686 Help


Students who attend Salk Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Fremont Junior High School
High:    Red Mountain High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.6 Help
Number of students:  563

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
46.5%
White:
32.7%
African American:
9.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  68.7% Help


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Compare Details Salk Elementary School ranks worse than 63.1% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks 28th among 55 ranked elementary schools in the Mesa Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.98. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (46.5%), White (32.7%), African American (9.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 68.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Salk Elementary School is 13.6, which is the 17th best among 55 elementary schools in the Mesa Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Salk Elementary School is $8,686. 32 elementary schools in the Mesa Unified District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Salk Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Salk Elementary School 785th of 1245 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Salk Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


Multi-racial students:
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Male students:
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Hispanic students:
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Mesa Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Mesa Unified District 264th of 540 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Salk Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 55.29 480th 1062 54.8%
2010 54.52 487th 1090 55.3%
2011 49.86 525th 1075 51.2%
2012 52.39 540th 1141 52.7%
2013 51.66 571st 1158 50.7%
2014 47.79 567th 1079 47.5%
2015 22.35 731st 955 23.5%
2016 24.99 815th 1079 24.5%
2017 22.70 860th 1106 22.2%
2018 20.18 905th 1109 18.4%
2019 16.79 882nd 1039 15.1%
2021 26.45 861st 1226 29.8%
2022 12.85 885th 1000 11.5%
2023 31.98 785th 1245 36.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 23.53 873rd 1027 15.0%
2023 22.10 553rd 617 10.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 39.29 545th 975 44.1%
2023 36.61 226th 451 49.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.22 315th 417 24.5%
2021 35.61 747th 1201 37.8%
2023 22.20 714th 820 12.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.01 693rd 820 15.5%
2022 19.94 534th 618 13.6%
2023 42.65 605th 1116 45.8%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 28.39 58th 60 3.3%
2023 41.84 20th 37 45.9%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 45.34 168th 423 60.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.62 890th 1023 13.0%
2019 18.89 706th 862 18.1%
2021 28.47 846th 1219 30.6%
2023 28.82 830th 1219 31.9%
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Rank History for Foster Care students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 52.45 76th 306 75.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.98 803rd 1032 22.2%
2019 13.86 757th 850 10.9%
2021 26.97 860th 1220 29.5%
2023 33.52 760th 1216 37.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 41.34 458th 895 48.8%
2022 8.63 283rd 289 2.1%
2023 40.37 369th 607 39.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.77 761st 911 16.5%
2019 22.26 577th 709 18.6%
2021 25.47 942nd 1198 21.4%
2023 32.11 786th 1170 32.8%
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Rank History for Native American students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 27.69 628th 654 4.0%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 21.99 146th 171 14.6%
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Rank History for White students at Salk Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.17 670th 720 6.9%
2019 10.28 566th 595 4.9%
2021 33.02 819th 1161 29.5%
2023 19.74 890th 1024 13.1%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Salk Elementary School Test Scores
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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Open Quote My kids get bullied and nothing is done glad they didn't go the whole year here Close Quote


by a parent
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Open Quote What these numbers do not reveal is that the previous school administration "cooked the books" by actively excluding special needs children from the way test scores were reported. The apparent down-tick in scores in the plot provided actually represents a recent improvement in the performance of students across the board. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Salk Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 965 19 10 79 0 n/a n/a -354 719
1989 722 13 12 46 1 n/a n/a 97 891
1990 848 13 8 86 6 n/a n/a 31 992
1991 925 14 9 83 10 n/a n/a -280 761
1992 695 13 15 99 9 n/a n/a 0 831
1993 620 19 9 93 27 n/a n/a 0 768
1994 696 16 11 117 23 n/a n/a 0 863
1995 728 9 18 108 19 n/a n/a 0 882
1996 728 9 18 108 19 n/a n/a 0 882
1997 705 8 14 118 22 n/a n/a 0 867
1998 688 17 11 131 33 n/a n/a 0 880
1999 756 16 10 134 40 n/a n/a 0 956
2000 724 20 14 160 40 n/a n/a 0 958
2001 738 19 11 167 42 n/a n/a 0 977
2002 578 27 13 240 56 n/a n/a 0 914
2003 578 27 13 240 56 n/a n/a 0 914
2004 554 40 16 292 46 n/a n/a 0 948
2005 518 43 19 295 48 n/a n/a 0 923
2006 449 54 17 324 45 n/a n/a 0 889
2007 395 54 19 355 46 n/a n/a 0 869
2008 344 51 22 347 49 n/a n/a 0 813
2009 325 51 22 335 52 n/a n/a 0 785
2010 286 41 19 301 35 n/a n/a 0 682
2011 289 39 11 276 34 1 2 0 652
2012 272 48 11 288 37 0 5 0 661
2013 281 36 10 268 33 0 10 0 638
2014 264 26 11 291 28 0 5 0 625
2015 240 38 8 295 26 0 13 0 620
2016 271 35 3 300 17 5 16 0 647
2017 232 22 2 310 13 3 22 0 604
2018 228 31 4 295 13 4 27 0 602
2019 227 51 4 281 10 3 22 0 598
2020 223 72 8 262 13 3 20 0 601
2021 180 53 4 274 8 3 23 0 545
2022 183 51 4 266 12 8 22 0 546
2023 184 56 5 262 16 6 34 0 563

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 Salk Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 719 35.0 20.5 n/a
1989 891 38.5 23.1 n/a
1990 992 43.0 23.0 n/a
1991 761 35.0 21.7 n/a
1992 831 35.0 23.7 n/a
1993 768 36.5 21.0 n/a
1994 863 38.9 22.2 n/a
1995 882 41.6 21.2 n/a
1996 882 41.6 21.2 n/a
1997 867 42.9 20.2 n/a
1998 880 41.9 21.0 n/a
1999 956 41.4 23.1 n/a
2000 958 43.9 21.8 n/a
2001 977 46.6 21.0 n/a
2002 914 41.9 21.8 52.2
2003 914 41.9 21.8 52.2
2004 948 45.4 20.9 65.2
2005 923 44.0 21.0 69
2006 889 44.7 19.9 73.9
2007 869 42.1 20.6 62.4
2008 813 41.9 19.4 64.8
2009 785 45.8 17.1 63.6
2010 682 38.7 17.6 72.1
2011 652 36.6 17.7 75.3
2012 661 36.3 18.1 80.5
2013 638 32.7 19.4 79.8
2014 625 34.5 18.0 76.3
2015 620 33.0 18.7 68.4
2016 647 33.0 19.6 75.7
2017 604 33.8 17.8 77
2018 602 31.9 18.8 77.9
2019 598 33.2 17.9 74.7
2020 601 30.6 19.6 72.9
2021 545 34.1 15.9 n/a
2022 546 34.1 15.9 36.3
2023 563 41.1 13.6 68.7

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 Salk Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 719 35.0 20.5 n/a
1989 891 38.5 23.1 n/a
1990 992 43.0 23.0 n/a
1991 761 35.0 21.7 n/a
1992 831 35.0 23.7 n/a
1993 768 36.5 21.0 n/a
1994 863 38.9 22.2 n/a
1995 882 41.6 21.2 n/a
1996 882 41.6 21.2 n/a
1997 867 42.9 20.2 n/a
1998 880 41.9 21.0 n/a
1999 956 41.4 23.1 n/a
2000 958 43.9 21.8 n/a
2001 977 46.6 21.0 n/a
2002 914 41.9 21.8 52.2
2003 914 41.9 21.8 52.2
2004 948 45.4 20.9 65.2
2005 923 44.0 21.0 69
2006 889 44.7 19.9 73.9
2007 869 42.1 20.6 62.4
2008 813 41.9 19.4 64.8
2009 785 45.8 17.1 63.6
2010 682 38.7 17.6 72.1
2011 652 36.6 17.7 75.3
2012 661 36.3 18.1 80.5
2013 638 32.7 19.4 79.8
2014 625 34.5 18.0 76.3
2015 620 33.0 18.7 68.4
2016 647 33.0 19.6 75.7
2017 604 33.8 17.8 77
2018 602 31.9 18.8 77.9
2019 598 33.2 17.9 74.7
2020 601 30.6 19.6 72.9
2021 545 34.1 15.9 n/a
2022 546 34.1 15.9 36.3
2023 563 41.1 13.6 68.7

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 Salk 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 $328 (3.1%) $22 (0.2%) $679 (6.4%) $7,453 (70.6%) $2,747 (26.0%) $10,200 (96.7%) $10,551
2020 $916 (13.3%) $836 (12.1%) $2,669 (38.7%) $5,691 (82.6%) n/a $5,136 (74.6%) $6,888
2021 $1,068 (12.2%) $195 (2.2%) $2,330 (26.5%) $7,069 (80.5%) $449 (5.1%) $7,518 (85.6%) $8,781
2022 $962 (11.1%) $47 (0.5%) $1,971 (22.7%) $7,558 (87.0%) $119 (1.4%) $7,677 (88.4%) $8,686

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Salk Elementary 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

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 882nd of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 785th of 1245 Elementary schools
 21.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students598563
 5.9%
African American5156
 9.8%
American Indian1016
 60%
Asian45
 25%
Hispanic281262
 6.8%
Pacific Islander36
 100%
White227184
 18.9%
Two or More Races2234
 54.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients74.7%68.7%
 6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Salk Elementary School

In the 2022-23 school year, 563 students attended Salk Elementary School.

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

Middle : Fremont Junior High School
High : Red Mountain High School

Students at Salk Elementary School are 47% Hispanic, 33% White, 10% African American, 6% Two or more races, 3% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.

Salk Elementary School ranks 785th of 1245 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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