Students Demographics for Mesa Public Schools by School Year and Grade Level 1979-2017

Information about participation in the city's Neighborhood Clean-Up program formerly known as residential Clean Sweep / Green Sweep. This program has benefited residents wishing to clean up portions of their neighborhood. A 30-yard roll-off container is typically used for neighborhood clean up events. The program is funded by a portion of the Mesa Green and Clean Fee and eligible Mesa residents can schedule a neighborhood cleanup event once every 12 months. In addition to resident or Homeowner Association initiated clean-up events, the city also initiates neighborhood clean up efforts in partnership with volunteer groups, PD, Fire or Code Officers. Location information is summarized to the 100-block level and is not an exact location where the clean up event took place. For more information about the program visit: http://www.mesaaz.gov/residents/solid-waste-trash-recycling-/trash-recycling-for-single-family-homes/clean-sweep-green-sweep-program

2005-2016

The Total Employees and Businesses Dataset is a snapshot of the total number of businesses that are currently in Mesa, as well as the total number of employees that work in Mesa.
Source: ESRI Community Analyst.
It is important to note that in this dataset, a “Full-Time Employee (FTE)” in Mesa is someone who may not necessarily live in Mesa, however, they are employed at a business that is located in Mesa. This is a distinct difference between the “Employment” number in Mesa, which is stated in the “Employment Dataset.” Employment refers to the total number of Mesa residents that are employed, within or outside of the City of Mesa.

The Annual Income dataset shows Household Income ranges for the City of Mesa, and some comparative numbers from other neighboring communities as well as Maricopa County. Source is American FactFinder at census.gov. See source link below. Saved query is found in attachments. Change file name from *.txt to *.aff and retrieve using the "Load Search or Query" button on the main page at http://factfinder.census.gov.

Census money income is defined as income received on a regular basis (exclusive of certain money receipts such as capital gains) before payments for personal income taxes, social security, union dues, medicare deductions, etc.
Therefore, money income does not reflect the fact that some families receive part of their income in the form of noncash benefits, such as food stamps, health benefits, subsidized housing, and goods produced and consumed on the farm. In addition, money income does not reflect the fact that noncash benefits are also received by some nonfarm residents which may take the form of the use of business transportation and facilities, full or partial payments by business for retirement programs, medical and educational expenses, etc.

Data users should consider these elements when comparing income levels. Moreover, users should be aware that for many different reasons there is a tendency in household surveys for respondents to underreport their income. Based on an analysis of independently derived income estimates, the Census Bureau determined that respondents report income earned from wages or salaries much better than other sources of income and that the reported wage and salary income is nearly equal to independent estimates of aggregate income.
Census also derives alternative income measures that systematically remove or add various income components such as deducting payroll taxes and federal and state income taxes and including the value of specific noncash benefits, food stamps, school lunches, housing subsidies, health insurance programs, and return on home equity.
These alternative measures are derived from information collected in Census surveys along with information from other agencies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

What does Income Include? http://www.census.gov/cps/data/incdef.html

Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT) Summary of Scores. Data is reported by High School, School Year and shows the number of students who took the PSAT by grade level, their performance, comparisons with the state and nation. The data also provides the percentage of students considered on track to be college and career ready as measured by the PSAT. Mesa Public Schools students are not required to take the PSAT test. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the district committed funds to pay for any and all students who wish to take the PSAT test. High School counselors work with and encourage students directly in taking the PSAT test.

Code Violations as determined by City of Mesa. This dataset does not include the status of the violation except to include the date the violation was closed. Individual up-to-date case status can be found at https://buildingandcode.mesaaz.gov/tm_bin/tmw_cmd.pl?tmw_cmd=StatusQueryFormCode&tmw_query=PublicCase. Included: Cases opened since Jan 1, 2005 (with one file per calendar year). These cases were found by a City of Mesa Code Officer to be in violation of one or more city or state codes. Cases where no violations were found are not included. In 2005-2006, the City of Mesa employed 22 Code Officers. Since that time, the number of Code Officers has been reduced to 10. Not Included: Commercial or Residential construction projects, Demolitions, Applications for Documents or Services, Planning Cases, or Engineering Projects.

Square footage of graffiti abated by month, year.

The OED Assisted Job Creation Dataset shows the total number of jobs, the average wage of jobs, and the number of “high wage” jobs that the City of Mesa Office of Economic Development (OED) has assisted in attracting and retaining to/in Mesa. This data is from FY 2007-2008 going forward. Source: City of Mesa - Office of Economic Development. These numbers are aggregated from the companies and projects that Mesa OED has interacted with directly, and assisted in attracting to Mesa, or retaining in Mesa. It is important to recognize that these numbers do not represent all of the jobs created or retained in the city for that year, but rather illustrate jobs that the City of Mesa OED has assisted in creating and attracting to Mesa. A “High-Wage Job” is considered to be a job paying above $44,096/year and is determined by taking 125% of the 2015 Maricopa County Median Wage, which is a standard used by the Arizona Commerce Authority, a statewide economic development agency. Mesa OED uses this same standard to help qualify a “high-wage” job, as it is directly tied to the Maricopa County Median Wage levels.

Unsheltered Street Count by Municipality (2014‐2018), also known as Regional Homeless Point in Time Count. All communities participate in the unsheltered homeless count conducted during the last week of January. Numbers for all communities with the exception of Phoenix are a direct census of individuals interviewed by volunteers, law enforcement, and outreach workers. The City of Phoenix conducts a survey using an extrapolation method by which areas are designated “high density” or “low density” areas. Direct counts in those areas are then extrapolated to estimate the number of individuals experiencing homelessness in unsheltered situations within the City of Phoenix geographic boundaries.