Mesa Public Schools (incorporated as Mesa Unified School District #4) is the largest public school district in the state of Arizona. Its approximately 64,000 students enjoy opportunities such as Montessori, International Baccalaureate, dual-language immersion, honors and Advanced Placement courses and Franklin traditional schools. MPS serves most of the city of Mesa, plus small portions of Tempe and Chandler. The district has 82 schools, which includes 55 elementary schools, 9 junior high schools, six comprehensive high schools, and several alternative schools. Schools High schools High schools (9-12) as listed by Mesa Public Schools: Junior high schools Junior high schools (7-8) as listed by Mesa Public Schools: Mesa Public Schools operated two other junior high schools until 2009-2010 school year. Hendrix Junior High School consolidated with the adjoining Frost Elementary School as the K-8 Summit Academy with an International Baccalaureate Program. Hendrix had the husky as its mascot and used the colors red and gray. Powell Junior High School (colors red, white, and blue, mascot the Patriots) closed in May 2010. The former campus serves as the Mesa Educational Center, home to the district's Community Education Department, East Valley Academy and Crossroads. Mesa Jr High closed at the end of the 2011-2012 school year and was demolished in January 2014 - Post demolition, the site was converted into a community center. Brimhall Jr High closed at the end of the 2011-2012 school year - converted to Franklin school Name notes Fremont — John C. Fremont Kino — Eusebio Kino Poston — Charles D. Poston Shepherd — Rulon T. Shepherd, a 30-year Mesa superintendent who built the first junior high in Mesa Stapley — Orley. S. Stapley, at one time the largest International Harvester farm equipment dealer in the United States, as well as the owner of the largest mercantile business in Arizona during the 1940s and 1950s; also the namesake of Stapley Drive Taylor — Harvey L. Taylor Elementary schools Elementary schools (K-6) as listed by Mesa Public Schools: Adams Anne M. Lindbergh Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Elementary - West Campus Barbara Bush Crismon Elementary Dilworth Brinton Edison Eisenhower Center For Innovation Entz Falcon Hill Field Franklin at Alma Franklin at Brimhall Franklin East Franklin West Pedro Guerrero Elementary Hermosa Vista Highland Arts Holmes Hughes Irving James Madison Jefferson John K. Kerr, M. D. John Philip Sousa Keller Las Sendas Lehi Lincoln Longfellow Lowell MacArthur Nathan Hale Patterson Pedro Guerrero Pomeroy Porter