The top reported proficiency rate is 21% in English language arts. The lowest is 7% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Geneva Epps Mosley Middle School
Geneva Epps Mosley Middle School sits within the Tempe School District in a city shaped by its proximity to Arizona State University, where the campus and downtown are deeply intertwined. The school serves sixth through eighth grades and occupies a regular public school role in a district that covers a mixed urban and suburban landscape. Tempe itself ranges from the denser, walkable core near Mill Avenue and the light rail line to more auto-oriented neighborhoods to the south, giving families quite different daily experiences depending on which part of town they live in.
The student body reflects the diversity of the surrounding community. A large share of students are Hispanic, with Black students making up a substantial portion as well, alongside smaller groups of American Indian or Alaska Native, white, two or more races, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and Asian students. The school enrolls well over six hundred students, spread across each middle school grade in roughly even numbers. This is a large middle school by most measures, and the composition of the student body is a plain characteristic that families with a preference for a heavily diverse setting will weigh accordingly.
State testing results for the 2024-25 school year present a picture that many parents will want to examine closely. On the state's English language arts assessments, the share of students scoring proficient or above was in the teens to the mid-twenties across the three grade levels, with the highest figure appearing in eighth grade. Math proficiency was very low, with the single reported grade-level result showing a small single-digit share of students meeting the bar. Science results for eighth grade were also in the low teens. The overall proficiency picture, when averaged across tested subjects and grades, places the school in the bottom quartile relative to other districts across Maricopa County. This is plainly a school where a large majority of students are not reaching grade-level benchmarks, and a family considering Mosley will want to ask the school directly what academic supports are in place and how they measure progress beyond the state test.
Because the school serves only middle grades, there is no high school graduation rate to report, and data on chronic absenteeism was not available. Information on free or reduced-price meal eligibility, special education enrollment, and English learner status were also absent from the data we reviewed, so those socioeconomic and program indicators cannot be characterized here.
The school falls under the Tempe School District, and our search for recent district-level changes in policy, curriculum, or finance turned up no specific developments from the last few years that would be of note for a parent.
The housing context in the zip code area around the school shows a market where home values are in a range broadly similar to the statewide picture, though they have softened recently. Rent levels are moderate relative to incomes. For families deciding whether to rent or buy in this part of Tempe, affordability metrics suggest a conventional starting point with the standard down payment and current mortgage rates.
Geneva Epps Mosley Middle School is situated in a city with strong civic and economic anchors, including a major university, a town lake and downtown corridor, and headquarters for several sizable corporations. The school itself serves a diverse, high-enrollment middle school population in a regular public setting, but its academic results on state assessments are well below the median for the county. A family considering this school will want to investigate what specific programs, interventions, and supports the school offers, particularly in math, to understand the full picture behind the numbers.
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