Skyline High School

Skyline High School is a public high school located in the eastern part of Mesa, Arizona. It’s young age sets it apart from its older counterparts within the same district as well as being recognized for having some of the highest graduation rates and college readiness scores among all schools throughout Maricopa County.

Skyline High School was established in 1999 and is home to students from grades 9-12. The school has an estimated 2,400 enrolled students and offers a comprehensive curriculum that meets NCA accreditation standards.

About

At Skyline High School in the Mesa Unified District, students have access to advanced learning opportunities such as AP courses. The school has an enrollment of 1,300 and a 29% participation rate for these classes – 52% are minorities while 52% qualify under economic disadvantage status requirements. With eight schools total within the district, this high school is ranked 140th out of all others combined based on Arizona state testing scores.

With an average class size of 24 students, Skyline High School in Arizona is a top performing school with high test scores. The student body consists of 2,510 9th-12th graders and the faculty maintain small class sizes averaging only 24 students per teacher. The school is placed top 50% for overall test scores (math and reading proficiency).

The Skyline High School averages a 48% proficiency in math This is higher than the Arizona state average, which stands at 45%. The percentage of students achieving proficiency varies between subjects within each school year.

The B.A.R.R. Program

Skyline High School is dedicated to supporting students’ well-being and academic success. To achieve this goal, they have implemented the Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) program which focuses on teaching social skills that can help with emotional regulation and trauma recovery. The school is using a new, strengths-based model to provide holistic education so students can meet academic, social and emotional needs.

• • Helps with emotional regulation
  • A strength-based model for holistic education
  • Responsible for educational success 
  • Promotes the importance of social skills

The program has two pillars that they follow to improve their school: building positive relationships with students and using real-time data. This is done by organizing teachers into teams and meeting once per week with them. They discuss five students who are doing well as well as the five that need intervention in order to keep these youth from failing school or dropping out of high school altogether.

• • Utilizes behavior sciences to build relationships with students
  • Creative, data-driven teaching method
  • Engaged, collaborative environment for staff that encourages them to be their best selves
  • Collaborative teams of teachers that collaborate on the development of individualized plans for each student

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