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Mesa Public Schools posts a B district grade; third-grade proficiency declines draw scrutiny
Summary
District leaders reported a district letter grade of B for 2025 with 24 A schools and noted significant gains in many campuses, while acknowledging statewide drops in third-grade proficiency that require further research and appeals work.
Doctor Glassmeyer presented Mesa Public Schools' 2025 state accountability results at the Nov. 14 meeting, saying the district earned a B overall and saw gains at many campuses.
"Overall, our district letter grade was a B," Glassmeyer said, reporting 24 A schools and 37 B schools; 20 schools increased a letter grade and 13 schools declined. He highlighted indicator-level results: 32 schools increased growth points by more than 2% and 40 k–8 schools maxed out acceleration and readiness points.
Glassmeyer and trustees focused discussion on chronic absenteeism and third-grade proficiency. He said 33 k–8 schools either reduced chronic absenteeism or kept it at 4% or lower, and credited data access tools such as the MPS Data Explorer (Power BI dashboards) for helping principals target families and students.
He also flagged a statewide trend: third-grade proficiency declined across districts. "So there's lots of question marks... Could it possibly be a lagging COVID piece?" he said, acknowledging that the cause is not yet clear and that appeals remain in process for several schools.
Board members praised growth in specific schools, asked for anonymized training materials on the district dashboards, and asked staff to provide periodic trend summaries. Glassmeyer said appeals were still under development and the deadline for submissions was the following Monday; staff will continue working with schools and ADE on appeal details.
The discussion closed with board direction to use learning-community structures to share strategies that convert growth into proficiency and to continue reporting on indicators and appeals.
