Mesa Union Elementary

Mesa Union Elementary has one listed school, Mesa Elementary, a K–8 school with 597 students. There are no other schools in the list to compare, but the school’s 2025–26 all-grade results were above California’s in every reported subject: by 10 percentage points in English language arts (ELA), 5 points in mathematics, and 7 points in science. The most important finding is that Mesa outperformed the state across all three subjects.

Within the school, eighth grade stands out, while results in grades 4–6 are more mixed. Eighth-grade results were 80% in ELA and 56% in math, respectively 31 and 20 points above state results. At the lower end, fourth-grade ELA was 44%, 1 point below the state, and sixth-grade math was 26%, 11 points below. The gap between eighth and fourth grade was 36 points in ELA; in math, eighth grade was 30 points above sixth grade. Science also varied: fifth-grade results were 33%, 2 points below the state, while eighth grade reached 53%, 18 points above it. Since Mesa is the only school listed, it is not possible to identify a school-level leader or lowest performer.

Results improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: Mesa gained 5 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 8 in science, and its lead over the state widened in each subject. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose gradually from 54 in 2023–24 to 57 in 2025–26; its rating remained 3 stars. Other context measures include a student-teacher ratio of 20.3 in 2024–25 and 41% free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 3% in 2025–26, compared with 18% statewide.