Highland High School

Highland High School is one of the sizable senior highs in GILBERT, Arizona, part of Gilbert Unified District (4239), with 2,992 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. That puts it 374% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 631 students.

Gilbert Unified District (4239) runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 31,560 students. Highland High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Highland High School records that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Highland High School logs 139 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. The state averages around 20.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Highland High School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Freedom Prep Academy - Mesa, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highland High School.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Highland High School has remained close to its prior level, going from 2,985 students in 2018 to 2,992 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 74% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.