Islands Elementary School

Set in GILBERT, Arizona, Islands Elementary School is an average-sized primary school, one of the schools within Gilbert Unified District (4239). It hosts 451 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 38 schools in Gilbert Unified District (4239) (31,560 students total), Islands Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Islands Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 39% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Islands Elementary School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

The closest other public school is Mesquite High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Islands Elementary School.

Islands Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Islands Elementary School's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 522 (now 451). White enrollment moved from 54% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Islands Elementary School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.