Gateway School

Located at 1100 N 35TH ST, in PHOENIX, Arizona, Gateway School is a mid-sized elementary campus that caters to 577 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Creighton Elementary District (4263). That puts it 28% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Creighton Elementary District (4263) runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,835 students. Gateway School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Gateway School reports that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% Black, 3% Native American, 2% White. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Gateway School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, Maricopa County reports that 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. Gateway School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gateway School has shrank 20%, going from 725 students in 2018 to 577 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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