About West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District
West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District is a public school system serving Maricopa County, Arizona, based in Glendale. It serves 174 students across 60 schools spanning 7–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #459 largest of Arizona’s 659 school systems.
Size and structure
West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District enrolls 174 students in 60 schools — an average of about 3 students per school. It serves grades 7–12 and ranks #459 of 659 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (174 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District employs about 66 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 2.6:1 — below the Arizona average of about 17.8:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 185.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Arizona funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Arizona grades every school and district A–F under the state’s A–F Letter Grades system (A.R.S. §15-241), built from proficiency and year-over-year growth in English language arts, math and science, English-learner progress, graduation rate and college-and-career readiness. Read West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District’s current grade and school results at the Arizona School Report Cards.
Accreditation status
Arizona does not require public-school districts to hold third-party accreditation; districts that pursue it most often use Cognia (formerly AdvancED/NCA). Look up West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District in the free Cognia registry.
West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District vs. Arizona
See every Arizona district side by side in the Arizona directory.
Look up West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):