Best Elementary Schools in Mesa, AZ (2025-26)

Ranked elementary schools

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Every ranked elementary school in Mesa, AZ, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.

Mesa, AZ rankings: Elementary Schools

Mesa, AZ elementary schools ranked

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1	A+	Franklin At Brimhall Elementary	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	83%	48%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	768
#2	A+	Montessori Education Centre Charter School Mesa (Charter)	Mesa	Montessori Education Centre Charter School (4363)	78%	36%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	250
#3	A+	Pathfinder Academy (Charter)	Mesa	Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045)	73%	48%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	600
#4	A	American Leadership Academy Mesa K 6 (Charter)	Mesa	American Leadership Academy Inc. (4348)	68%	57%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	412
#5	A	Las Sendas Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	68%	53%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	747
#6	A	Macarthur Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	66%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	577
#7	A	Canyon Rim Elementary	Mesa	Gilbert Unified District (4239)	65%	56%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	849
#8	A	Franklin East Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	65%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	551
#9	A	Hermosa Vista Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	63%	46%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	640
#10	A	Self Development Charter School (Charter)	Mesa	Self Development Charter School (79072)	63%	36%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	402
#11	A-	Meridian	Mesa	Gilbert Unified District (4239)	61%	55%	Exceeds Expectations	791
#12	A-	Franklin At Alma Elementary	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	60%	38%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	341
#13	A-	Hale Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	60%	45%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	515
#14	A-	Montessori Education Centre Charter School North Campus (Charter)	Mesa	Montessori Education Centre Charter School (4363)	60%	35%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	207
#15	A-	Asu Preparatory Academy Polytechnic Elementary (Charter)	Mesa	ASU Preparatory Academy (91307)	58%	51%	Exceeds Expectations	498
#16	A-	Bush Elementary	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	57%	42%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	545
#17	A-	Franklin West Elementary	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	57%	33%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	430
#18	A-	Ishikawa Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	57%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	835
#19	A-	Superstition Springs Elementary	Mesa	Gilbert Unified District (4239)	57%	49%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	787
#20	A-	Zaharis Elementary	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	57%	47%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	769
#21	B+	Gateway Polytechnic Academy	Mesa	Queen Creek Unified District (4245)	55%	56%	Meets Expectations	1,034
#22	B+	Sequoia Lehi Charter School (Charter)	Mesa	Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045)	55%	32%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	90
#23	B+	Sequoia Pathfinder Academy At Eastmark (Charter)	Mesa	Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045)	55%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	345
#24	B+	Augusta Ranch Elementary	Mesa	Gilbert Unified District (4239)	53%	50%	Exceeds Expectations	953
#25	B+	Silver Valley Elementary	Mesa	Queen Creek Unified District (4245)	53%	57%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,240
#26	B+	Entz Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	52%	46%	Exceeds Expectations	507
#27	B+	Highland Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	52%	40%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	704
#28	B+	Patterson Elementary	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	52%	37%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	742
#29	B	Leman Academy Of Excellence East Mesa (Charter)	Mesa	Leman Academy of Excellence Inc. (92730)	50%	47%	Exceeds Expectations	220
#30	B	Mendoza Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	49%	36%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	454
#31	B	Red Mountain Ranch Elementary	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	47%	45%	Exceeds Expectations	434
#32	B	Noah Webster Schools Mesa (Charter)	Mesa	Noah Webster Schools - Mesa (10760)	46%	41%	Exceeds Expectations	575
#33	B	Legacy Traditional School East Mesa (Charter)	Mesa	Legacy Traditional School - East Mesa (834265)	45%	49%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,049
#34	B-	Boulder Creek Elementary	Mesa	Gilbert Unified District (4239)	43%	44%	Meets Expectations	465
#35	B-	Brinton Elementary	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	43%	36%	Exceeds Expectations	454
#36	B-	Johnson Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	41%	39%	Meets Expectations	597
#37	C	Cambridge Academy East (Charter)	Mesa	Cambridge Academy East Inc (78888)	35%	29%	Exceeds Expectations	139
#38	C	Falcon Hill Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	35%	38%	Meets Expectations	487
#39	C	Porter Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	35%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	472
#40	C	Jefferson Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	34%	25%	Greatly Exceeds Expectations	556
#41	C	Taft Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	34%	31%	Exceeds Expectations	462
#42	C	Crismon Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	32%	30%	Exceeds Expectations	416
#43	C	Oconnor Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	32%	32%	Meets Expectations	445
#44	C	Washington Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	32%	30%	Meets Expectations	460
#45	C	Harris Elementary School	Mesa	Gilbert Unified District (4239)	31%	28%	Exceeds Expectations	384
#46	C	Sousa Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	31%	34%	Meets Expectations	384
#47	C-	Madison Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	30%	33%	Meets Expectations	393
#48	C-	Wilson Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	30%	33%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	465
#49	C-	Irving Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	29%	30%	Meets Expectations	456
#50	C-	Imagine East Mesa Elementary (Charter)	Mesa	East Mesa Charter Elementary School Inc. (87401)	26%	36%	Underperforms Expectations	628
#51	D+	Concordia Charter School (Charter)	Mesa	Concordia Charter School Inc. (89556)	25%	19%	Exceeds Expectations	94
#52	D+	Field Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	23%	30%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	517
#53	D+	New Horizon School For The Performing Arts (Charter)	Mesa	New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366)	23%	19%	Exceeds Expectations	147
#54	D+	Lowell Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	22%	17%	Exceeds Expectations	417
#55	D+	Whitman Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	21%	17%	Exceeds Expectations	593
#56	D	Edison Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	21%	23%	Meets Expectations	567
#57	D	Emerson Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	21%	27%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	735
#58	D	Burke Basic School (Charter)	Mesa	American Basic Schools LLC (79215)	19%	15%	Exceeds Expectations	699
#59	D	Lincoln Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	19%	15%	Exceeds Expectations	630
#60	D	Robson Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	19%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	469
#61	D	Salk Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	19%	28%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	563
#62	D	Liberty Arts Academy (Charter)	Mesa	Kaizen Education Foundation dba Liberty Arts Acade (90334)	18%	39%	Underperforms Expectations	350
#63	D	Step Up School (Charter)	Mesa	STEP UP Schools Inc. (4313)	18%	15%	Exceeds Expectations	63
#64	D	Holmes Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	17%	15%	Meets Expectations	564
#65	D	Keller Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	17%	23%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	550
#66	D	Michael T Hughes Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	17%	19%	Meets Expectations	425
#67	D	Roosevelt Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	17%	18%	Meets Expectations	529
#68	D	Stevenson Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	17%	24%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	668
#69	D	Webster Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	16%	18%	Meets Expectations	576
#70	D-	Whittier Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	16%	21%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	486
#71	D-	Eisenhower Center For Innovation	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	15%	16%	Meets Expectations	446
#72	D-	Lindbergh Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	15%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	506
#73	D-	Adams Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	14%	17%	Meets Expectations	629
#74	D-	Sequoia Elementary School (Charter)	Mesa	Edkey Inc. dba Sequoia Charter School (6446)	14%	16%	Meets Expectations	362
#75	D-	Eagle College Preparatory School Mesa (Charter)	Mesa	EAGLE College Prep Mesa LLC. (91939)	13%	13%	Meets Expectations	173
#76	D-	Mesa Arts Academy (Charter)	Mesa	The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley (4305)	13%	19%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	218
#77	D-	Longfellow Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	12%	14%	Meets Expectations	426
#78	D-	Redbird Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	11%	16%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	455
#79	F	Lehi Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	10%	14%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	376
#80	F	Guerrero Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	8%	14%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	436
#81	F	Kerr Elementary School	Mesa	Mesa Unified District (4235)	6%	17%	Underperforms Expectations	513

How Mesa, AZ's elementary schools compare

A: 20B: 16C: 14D: 28F: 3

44% of the 81 ranked elementary schools in Mesa, AZ earn an A or B (20 A grades, 16 B, 14 C, 28 D, 3 F), against 46% of elementary schools nationwide. 63 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (78% here, 71% nationally), and 44 exceed it. On average 37% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 33% (national averages: 39% actual, 38% projected).

The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Montessori Education Centre Charter School Mesa (78% against 36%, A+), Franklin At Brimhall Elementary (83% against 48%, A+), Franklin East Elementary School (65% against 33%, A), Self Development Charter School (63% against 36%, A), Macarthur Elementary School (66% against 40%, A).

Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 21): Mesa Unified District (4235) (11), Gilbert Unified District (4239) (3).

The largest ranked elementary schools: Silver Valley Elementary (1,240 students, B+, #25), Legacy Traditional School East Mesa (1,049 students, B, #33), Gateway Polytechnic Academy (1,034 students, B+, #21).

Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 8 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.

Elementary schools in Mesa, AZ that are not ranked

4 graded elementary schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.

Special-purpose schools (1)

Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.

F Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Vista Grove Preparatory, Mesa

Closed schools (1)

NCES lists these schools as closed or inactive since their last graded year.

B+ Gem Charter School, Mesa

Not yet graded (2)

Too little test data to grade.

Legacy Traditional School Mesa, Mesa
Self Development Online Academy, Mesa

About this ranking

Scope: public elementary schools in Mesa, AZ, as grouped on its schools page; the Arizona ranking covers the whole state.
Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the elementary schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works

Questions about elementary schools in Mesa, AZ

What is the best elementary school in Mesa, AZ?

Franklin At Brimhall Elementary in Mesa ranks first among the 81 ranked elementary schools in Mesa, AZ with a SchoolGrade of A+, 83% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 48%.

How are elementary schools in Mesa, AZ ranked?

By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.

How many elementary schools does Mesa, AZ have?

SchoolGrade grades 85 public elementary schools in Mesa, AZ; 81 are ranked here and 4 are listed as not ranked.