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American Leadership Academy Gilbert South K-6
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 18 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About American Leadership Academy Gilbert South K-6
American Leadership Academy Gilbert South K-6, a moderately sized elementary-level community in GILBERT, Arizona, one of the schools within American Leadership Academy Inc. (4348), hosts 396 students, covering grades K through 6.
Within American Leadership Academy Inc. (4348), which oversees 14 schools and 15,291 students, American Leadership Academy Gilbert South K-6 is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, American Leadership Academy Gilbert South K-6 records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, American Leadership Academy Gilbert South K-6 has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
Zooming out to the county, Maricopa County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), American Leadership Academy Gilbert South K-6 is one campus in the mix.
Basha High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. American Leadership Academy Gilbert South K-6 is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at American Leadership Academy Gilbert South K-6 has ticked up 257%, going from 111 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 51% over that span.
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