I love this school. I have two children and they love the school and the teachers. 4th and 1st grade. The teachers keep me with upto date information and progress of my children. This makes my childrens' education easy, enjoyable and fun. Both parents and teachers participation on the childrens'
... Read more education makes life simpler. I can say the teachers are great and do there work well and call for parents participation. The principal, teachers, office staff and all staff in general are friendly and good. My advice to parents out there, be part of your childrens' education. Participate where the teachers want you to participate, attend meetings when they call you and review those notes that the children bring home everytime. The teachers at Stevenson care about our children and I have no complain so far. I would like to say thank you to all the staff at Stevenson Elementary. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/02/08
My son is currently attendd Stevenson, and he is a 4th grader. He loves this school. He struggle at reading at first, and the teachers worked with him and and taught him to read. I see him reading alote more, and he understand what he doing. I wanted to thank the staff for taking the time out for
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Posted by a parent on 07/09/08
I have three children who have attended Stevenson. My oldest in now in 11th grade and I have a 5th grader as well as a 3rd grader. We have lived in another district for the past four and a half years. At the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year I tried sending the two youngest to another district
... Read more and school. After the first five weeks I pulled them out and drive them every day to Stevenson. You can't beat the quality of education or the teachers at Stevenson. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/23/08
Three of my children currently attend Stevenson. We moved them to this school from Patterson over three years ago. We absolutely love Stevenson! My children are doing so well. The teachers and staff are all very friendly and easy to work with. They care about the students and very much encourage
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Posted by a parent on 05/21/07
My daughter has attended Stevenson for 6 years and has always done excellent. Most of the teachers are VERY caring where the children are concerned. I highly recommend Mrs. Shaw. I have never seen a teacher care so much about their students as she does. She truly goes above and beyond her duties as
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Posted by a parent on 01/19/07
Our year at Stevenson was difficult to say the least. The teachers were self absorbed with low expectations of students. The behavior issues involved teachers as well as students. I believe lower income schools have a different set of problems; however education, safety, equality, respect, and caring
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Posted by a parent on 09/20/06
My 7th grader attended Stevenson in 5th grade.(2004-2005)We were disappointed and sent him to a different school thereafter. My other 2 children are on their 3rd year at this school. The teacher turnover seems high, however, my children have had 'new' teachers for 2 years and we have been pleased so
... Read more far. I love the extracurricular activities that they have and as far as supplies, we have never been asked or expected to provide. We have been asked to donate, but only if able. They care very much about the unfortunate, even providing 2 meals a day in June. My 2 youngest love it there. Overall, you have to outweigh the good with the bad. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/19/06
My child is attending this school throught the Young Learners Program. I am very pleased with this program in how it is preparing her for kindergarden. Her teacher is wonderfull and they go to the library and music and P.E. just like the big kids. She is very happy and excelling in her letters and
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Posted by a parent on 10/17/05
My children attended here when Mr. Meecko was priciple and at that time I could not have been more pleased. But since he left so did all the programs and intrests in our kids. My children no longer attend stevensen.
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Posted by a parent on 07/06/05
My child has only been going to this school for a short time but I realy like the way the school is layed out. My childs teacher knows what she is doing unlike the last school my child was at. They seem to have plenty of money for everything the school and kids need. I am very pleased with this school!
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* In 2008-2009 Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) was used to test students in reading, writing and mathematics in grades 3 through 8 and 10. AIMS is a standards-based test, which means that it measures how well students have mastered Arizona's learning standards. Students must pass the grade 10 AIMS in order to graduate. The goal is for all students to meet or exceed state standards on the test.
Student enrollment:
838
Students per teacher:
16
Full-time teachers:
51
Number of classrooms:
40
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Vocation/Technical Curriculum
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Special Education Classes
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Adult Education Classes
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English as Second Language
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Mesa schools — Stevenson Elementary School is located at 638 S 96th St, Mesa AZ 85208. 638 S 96th St is in the 85208 ZIP code in Mesa, AZ The school district for Stevenson Elementary School is the Mesa Unified School District 4. Stevenson Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK - 6.
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