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Desert Ridge High, Mesa, AZ

Desert Ridge High is a public high school in Mesa, part of Gilbert Unified District (4239). It enrolled 2,103 students in 2024-25, with 19.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
2,103
Teachers (FTE)
106.0
Students per teacher
19.8
Grades
8 to 12

This school's ratio is 3.3 higher than the district figure of 16.5. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.8
District16.5
Arizona17.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
10045 E Madero Ave, Mesa, AZ 85209
Phone
(480)984-8947
District
Gilbert Unified District (4239)
County
Maricopa County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
040340002283
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
380Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Gilbert Unified District (4239)

High schools elsewhere in Mesa

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.