Middle · Arizona
Shepherd Junior High School
Shepherd Junior High School, a public middle school in Mesa, Arizona: grades 4–8, 581 students, 20.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mesa Unified District (4235).
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 581
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.2
- Students per teacher
- 20.6
- Grades
- 4–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 79% of middle schools in Arizona
Median 18.1 · 208 schools compared
More students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 61% of middle schools in Arizona
Median 496 · 216 schools compared
Larger than 56% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 4–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mesa Unified District (4235).
Location
- Address
- 1407 N Alta Mesa Dr, Mesa, AZ 85205
- Phone
- (480)472-1800
- City or town
- Mesa
- County
- Maricopa County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7–8 | 822 | 17.9 | |
| 7–9 | 899 | 19.5 | |
| 7–9 | 288 | 18.5 | |
Taylor Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–9 | 908 | 19.7 |
Poston Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–9 | 782 | 19.6 |
Smith Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 707 | 16.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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NCES 040497001376