Taft Elementary School
Taft Elementary School is a elementary school in Mesa Unified District (4235), serving the Phoenix area (grades PK-6) with 462 students enrolled. Data sourced from NCES Common Core of Data.
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PK-6
462
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Taft Elementary School is a public elementary school in Mesa Unified District (4235), in the Phoenix area, serving grades PK-6, with 462 students enrolled, and 69% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch (NCES ID 040497000416, NCES CCD 2022-23). It sits in the K-12 pipeline for East Mesa — Red Mountain HS feeder (Mountain Bridge / Las Sendas edges) — the Phoenix neighborhoods a family would buy into for this school.
For families, the school itself is only half the question — the other half is what it costs to live in its attendance zone. Taft Elementary School is part of Mesa Unified District (4235), and the neighborhoods that feed it carry their own home prices, commute realities, and sold-comp history. Use the links below to move from “is this a good school?” to “can we afford to buy into it, and is the whole K-12 pipeline strong?”
Phoenix neighborhoods that feed into Taft Elementary School
Taft Elementary School appears in the K-12 pipeline for 1 neighborhood in our Phoenix family home-search guide. Each neighborhood page covers school pipelines, sold comps, commute reality, and family-fit verdicts.
Other Phoenix schools in Mesa Unified District (4235) or at the same level
- Elementary · same districtSalk Elementary School
Grades PK-6 · 563 students
- Elementary · same districtLas Sendas Elementary School
Grades PK-6 · 747 students
- Elementary · same districtSousa Elementary School
Grades PK-6 · 384 students
- High · same districtRed Mountain High School
Grades 9-12 · 3,448 students
- Elementary · same districtFalcon Hill Elementary School
Grades PK-6 · 487 students
- Other · same districtRed Mountain Center For Early Education
Grades PK-PK · 253 students
Taft Elementary School family questions
What grades does Taft Elementary School serve?
Taft Elementary School is elementary school covering grades PK-6 in Mesa Unified District (4235), Phoenix. Enrollment is 462 students per the most recent NCES Common Core of Data.
What's the free/reduced-lunch rate at Taft Elementary School?
69% of students at Taft Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch per the NCES CCD 2022-23 dataset. This is one of the most-cited indicators of student-body economic mix.
Which Phoenix neighborhoods feed into Taft Elementary School?
Taft Elementary School appears in the K-12 pipeline for East Mesa — Red Mountain HS feeder (Mountain Bridge / Las Sendas edges) in our Phoenix family home-search guide.
School data on this page is sourced from NCES CCD 2022-23 (US Department of Education / National Center for Education Statistics). Verify directly: