Imagine Schools at Buckeye

Located at 2400 S 247TH AVE, in BUCKEYE, Arizona, Imagine Schools at Buckeye is a mid-tier elementary campus that enrolls 441 students (grades K through 8), part of West Gilbert Charter Elementary School Inc. (79497).

Imagine Schools at Buckeye sits inside West Gilbert Charter Elementary School Inc. (79497), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Imagine Schools at Buckeye shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%; the rest is composed of 24% White, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Imagine Schools at Buckeye logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.5:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) reports that 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. Imagine Schools at Buckeye is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

John S McCain III Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Imagine Schools at Buckeye.

Imagine Schools at Buckeye operates from a low-density location. Imagine Schools at Buckeye operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Imagine Schools at Buckeye has ticked up 72%, going from 256 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 20% to 64%.

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