Gila Bend High School

Gila Bend High School operates as a minimally staffed four-year high school in Gila Bend, Arizona, overseen by Gila Bend Unified District (4238). Current enrollment sits at 172 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so Gila Bend High School sits 73% smaller than that benchmark.

Gila Bend High School is one of 2 schools operated by Gila Bend Unified District (4238), a district that teaches 481 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gila Bend High School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school records 22% Native American, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Maricopa County shows median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Gila Bend High School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Gila Bend Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gila Bend High School has fell 3%, going from 178 students in 2018 to 172 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 61% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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