Gilbert Unified District (4239)
Gilbert, AZ · 38 schools · 33,281 students
Largest Schools
Schools ranked by enrollment. Proficiency data from EDFacts where available.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Gilbert Unified District (4239) has 38 schools serving 33,281 students. The average proficiency rate across the district is 60%. The average graduation rate is 81%.
Gilbert Unified District (4239) operates 38 public schools, including Highland High School, Gilbert High School, Desert Ridge High, Campo Verde High School, Mesquite High School and others. The full school list is shown above with enrollment and grade-level details.
The average graduation rate across high schools in Gilbert Unified District (4239) is approximately 81% (EDFacts district-level data, most recent reporting year). Individual school graduation rates may vary; this is a district-wide adjusted-cohort graduation rate.
The largest school in Gilbert Unified District (4239) is Highland High School with 3,174 students.
Gilbert Unified District (4239) serves 33,281 students across 38 schools in AZ, per the latest NCES Common Core of Data enrollment.
Gilbert Unified District (4239)'s average proficiency rate of 60% (math and reading combined, EDFacts) is well above the typical state threshold for proficiency, suggesting strong overall performance. "Good" depends on what you value — proficiency is one signal; enrollment trends, class size, graduation rates, and district resources also matter. Check individual school pages for granular data.
Student-teacher ratios are reported at the school level by NCES, not aggregated at the district level in our dataset. Open any individual school page in Gilbert Unified District (4239) to see its specific student-teacher ratio. The US national average is approximately 16:1 for public schools.
All data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (enrollment, school count, demographics) and EDFacts assessment results (proficiency rates, graduation rates). Proficiency and graduation rates are reported at the district level. Both are federal sources used by the US Department of Education.
School performance data is sourced from NCES enrollment records and EDFacts proficiency and graduation rate assessments.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. public schools and districts. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.