What employees are considered Certificated?
What employees are considered Classified?
What employees are considered Substitutes?
Can a classified employee also work part-time as a certificated employee?
How many schools are there in Mesa?
How many students are there in Mesa Public Schools?
How many employees work for Mesa Public Schools?
Are Mesa Public Schools employees covered by a state retirement plan?
Does Mesa Public Schools have year-round schools?

What employees are considered Certificated? Top

Certificated employees include teachers, counselors, librarians, media specialists, audiologists, nurses, psychologists, principals, assistant principals, certificated department directors and members of the superintendency.

What employees are considered Classified? Top

Classified employees include all non-teaching staff such as secretarial. clerical, classroom aides, custodial, bus drivers, food service employees, maintenance workers, computer technicians and programmers and a variety of other non-teaching positions.

What employees are considered Substitutes? Top

Substitutes are teachers hired on a daily basis to replace contract teachers who must be absent from their classroom.

Can a classified employee also work part-time as a certificated employee? Top

No. Our district guidelines for Wage and Hour compliance prevent this.

How many schools are there in Mesa? Top

Mesa Public Schools currently has 57 elementary schools, 13 junior high schools, 6 high schools and a variety of alternative schools.

How many students are there in Mesa Public Schools? Top

Mesa Public Schools services approximately 74,000 students.

How many employees work for Mesa Public Schools? Top

Mesa Public Schools employs over 10,000 full and part-time employees.

Are Mesa Public Schools employees covered by a state retirement plan? Top

Yes. Employees who work twenty hours a week or more for twenty weeks in a school year qualify for participation in the Arizona State Retirement System.

Does Mesa Public Schools have year-round schools? Top

Longfellow Elementary is on a modified year-round schedule, which includes two week breaks at the end of each quarter. All other schools in Mesa Public Schools follow a more traditional calendar, with classes usually beginning in mid-August and ending at the end of May.