Higley High School

As a large high school in GILBERT, Arizona, Higley High School instructs 2,005 students from grades 8 through 12, overseen by Higley Unified School District (4248). Enrollment runs roughly 218% bigger than the state mean of about 631.

Within Higley Unified School District (4248), which oversees 16 schools and 12,387 students, Higley High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Higley High School shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Higley High School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

EVIT - Higley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Higley High School.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 23%: 1,624 students in 2018 compared to 2,005 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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