Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center

Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center is a K-5 school of rural-scale scale in GILBERT, Arizona, part of Higley Unified School District (4248), works with 76 students in grade pre-K. That puts it 83% smaller than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Higley Unified School District (4248) runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 12,387 students. Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cooley Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center has grew 124%, going from 34 students in 2018 to 76 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 44% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 2.9:1 in 2018 to 4.2:1 today.

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