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Williams Field High School
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2017, while math scores are up about 7 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Williams Field High School
Set in Gilbert, Arizona, Williams Field High School is a sprawling 9-12 campus, run under Higley Unified School District (4248). It teaches 2,150 students across grades 8 through 12. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so Williams Field High School sits 241% bigger than that benchmark.
Williams Field High School is one of 16 schools operated by Higley Unified School District (4248), a district that instructs 12,387 students overall.
On demographics, Williams Field High School shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian.
In terms of school funding signals, Williams Field High School logs 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.
In the area at large, Maricopa County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Williams Field High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: EVIT - Williams Field High School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Williams Field High School operates from a city-core location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 23%: 1,753 students in 2018 compared to 2,150 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 63% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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