Highland Park Elementary

Highland Park Elementary is one of the high-enrollment K-5 schools in GILBERT, Arizona, run under Gilbert Unified District (4239), with 787 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 75% bigger than typical.

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

Demographically, Highland Park Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Highland Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Highland Park Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: San Tan Charter School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 875 students in 2018 compared to 787 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 78% to 69%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.