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Best High Schools in Zip Code 85202

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At a glance

Schools

2,284

Students

Districts

Top rankedDobson High School196^th of 271 Arizona high schools

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Biggest riser

Dobson High School up 16 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The 85202 zip code area in Mesa, Arizona is home to three high schools: Dobson High School, Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc. - Mesa, and AAEC Online. These schools serve students in grades 9-12 and are part of the Mesa Unified District and the Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center INC. district.

Among the three schools, AAEC Online stands out with its consistently high statewide ranking, reaching the 42nd position out of 469 Arizona high schools in the 2022-2023 school year. It also has the highest 11th grade English Language Arts proficiency rates, with 62% of students scoring proficient or better in 2024-2025 compared to the state average of 40%. Similarly, the Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc. - Mesa charter school has performed well, ranking in the top 25% of Arizona high schools in recent years and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

In contrast, Dobson High School, the largest of the three with 2,341 students, lags behind the state and district averages in 11th grade proficiency rates for Science, English Language Arts, and Mathematics. The charter schools, with much smaller enrollments of 107 and 63 students, appear to be outperforming the traditional public high school in academic outcomes, particularly in English Language Arts. This performance gap may be attributed to factors such as personalized attention, additional resources, and innovative educational models employed by the charter schools.

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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 (2023)	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 11th Grade	AASA Mathematics 11th Grade	AzSCI Science 11th 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
Dobson High School	Public	9-12	1501 W Guadalupe Rd	Mesa	85202	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-3000	2,284	113	20.1	54.0%	570 (25.0%)	171 (7.5%)	1,227 (53.7%)	51 (2.2%)	153 (6.7%)	24 (1.1%)	88 (3.9%)	24.8	196^th of 271 public high schools	27.7%		20.4	212^th of 270 public high schools	21.5%	16	31.0	23.0	12.0	$7,071	$273	$26	$572	$6,261	$510	$6,771
EVIT - Dobson High School	Public	9-12	1501 W Guadalupe Rd	Mesa	85202	Maricopa County	East Valley Institute of Technology	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 461-4000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)					$00			$00

Cities Near Zip Code 85202

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mesa	0.24 mi	164	47^th
Tempe	1.69 mi	57	43^rd
Chandler	1.85 mi	72	24^th
Phoenix	2.19 mi	494	57^th
Gilbert	3.32 mi	81	19^th

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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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