Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary

Set in GILBERT, Arizona, Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school, part of LEAD Charter Schools (79967). It teaches 282 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Within LEAD Charter Schools (79967), which oversees 4 schools and 757 students, Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Maricopa County shows median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Early College, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leading Edge Academy Gilbert Elementary has ticked up 23%, going from 230 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 52% to 40%.

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