Playa del Rey Elementary School

Playa del Rey Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in GILBERT, Arizona, overseen by Gilbert Unified District (4239), caters to 431 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

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

On the student-mix side, Playa del Rey Elementary School logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 36% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) shows that median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Playa del Rey Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Islands Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Playa del Rey Elementary School.

Playa del Rey Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 50% to 44%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Playa del Rey Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.