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Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12

Public Grades 7-12

7^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 271 Arizona High Schools

Better than 97% of Arizona high schools

Summary

Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 is a highly-ranked public high school serving grades 7-12 in Gilbert, Arizona. Part of the Gilbert Unified District, the school has consistently been among the top-performing high schools in the state, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.

The school's academic performance is exceptional, with proficiency rates significantly exceeding district and state averages across subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, 95% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in AASA Mathematics, compared to just 47% for the Gilbert Unified District and 30% for Arizona. Similarly, 92% of 8th-grade students were proficient or better in AASA English Language Arts, compared to 53% for the district and 40% for the state. Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 also maintains high graduation rates, ranging from 76.6% to 90.0% over the past few years, and low dropout rates of 2.3% to 6.1%.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Gilbert High School and Highland High School, both part of the Gilbert Unified District, Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 significantly outperforms them in academic achievement and student outcomes. The school's performance is also on par with the nearby charter school, Great Hearts Academies - Arete Prep, though the charter school has a higher spending per student.

572

Students ?

18.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,314

Per pupil spending ?

9.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1016 N Burk Street
Gilbert, AZ 85234

(480) 497-4034

District: Gilbert Unified District

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.0%

Asian:

26.4%

Hispanic:

20.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 98th percentile in 2013 → 97th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Arizona average (80% vs 31% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 3% of Arizona high schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Gilbert Unified District

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school80%

District avg46%

Arizona avg31%

Middle school

17^th of 552

Arizona public middle schools ?

Top 3%▼ down 2 pts since 2021

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

7^th of 271

Arizona public high schools ?

Top 3%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 6High Schools in the Gilbert Unified District

85^th of 289Gilbert Unified District among Arizona districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	97.2	17 of 552	96.9%	★★★★★
2024	97.9	14 of 550	97.5%	★★★★★
2023	99.6	3 of 854	99.6%	★★★★★
2022	99.4	1 of 605	99.8%	★★★★★
2021	98.7	12 of 832	98.6%	★★★★★
2010	96.7	3 of 692	99.6%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	73.9	5 of 27	81.5%	★★★★☆
2024	62.1	12 of 29	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	96.9	3 of 247	98.8%	★★★★★
2022	96.3	2 of 192	99.0%	★★★★★
2021	76.6	45 of 404	88.9%	★★★★☆
2019	72.8	10 of 31	67.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	93.1	20 of 395	94.9%	★★★★★
2024	96.4	12 of 386	96.9%	★★★★★
2023	99.4	2 of 806	99.8%	★★★★★
2022	98.3	3 of 494	99.4%	★★★★★
2021	98.0	11 of 820	98.7%	★★★★★
2019	94.7	12 of 466	97.4%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	95.8	13 of 345	96.2%	★★★★★
2024	97.3	11 of 329	96.7%	★★★★★
2023	99.4	6 of 760	99.2%	★★★★★
2022	99.5	2 of 392	99.5%	★★★★★
2021	96.8	14 of 802	98.3%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2024	99.7	1 of 320	99.7%	★★★★★
2023	99.8	4 of 717	99.4%	★★★★★
2022	99.5	2 of 369	99.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	97.2	14 of 379	96.3%	★★★★★
2024	96.6	15 of 370	95.9%	★★★★★
2023	99.5	4 of 810	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	99.1	1 of 476	99.8%	★★★★★
2021	98.7	10 of 818	98.8%	★★★★★
2019	93.7	17 of 435	96.1%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	98.5	1 of 384	99.7%	★★★★★
2021	93.5	16 of 650	97.5%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	97.2	6 of 789	99.2%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	90.4	19 of 277	93.1%	★★★★★
2024	91.7	23 of 288	92.0%	★★★★★
2023	97.8	6 of 675	99.1%	★★★★★
2022	98.0	3 of 446	99.3%	★★★★★
2021	95.0	13 of 780	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	92.8	12 of 337	96.4%	★★★★★

High school ranking

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	98.8	7 of 271	97.4%	★★★★★
2024	99.6	6 of 270	97.8%	★★★★★
2023	99.9	10 of 469	97.9%	★★★★★
2022	99.3	11 of 464	97.6%	★★★★★
2021	99.9	8 of 509	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	98.6	2 of 420	99.5%	★★★★★
2017	99.5	3 of 416	99.3%	★★★★★
2016	99.3	2 of 406	99.5%	★★★★★
2015	96.8	6 of 261	97.7%	★★★★★
2013	93.8	12 of 491	97.6%	★★★★★
2012	92.8	16 of 471	96.6%	★★★★★
2011	96.6	5 of 397	98.7%	★★★★★
2010	96.2	5 of 403	98.8%	★★★★★
2009	96.2	5 of 395	98.7%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	83.1	24 of 301	92.0%	★★★★★
2021	95.7	14 of 306	95.4%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	79.0	6 of 35	82.9%	★★★★☆
2024	72.4	8 of 30	73.3%	★★★★☆
2023	97.1	2 of 146	98.6%	★★★★★
2022	90.7	8 of 238	96.6%	★★★★★
2021	89.7	30 of 231	87.0%	★★★★☆
2019	89.4	8 of 44	81.8%	★★★★☆
2018	92.3	5 of 83	94.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	97.4	8 of 207	96.1%	★★★★★
2024	98.6	7 of 200	96.5%	★★★★★
2023	99.6	3 of 406	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	99.1	10 of 456	97.8%	★★★★★
2021	99.8	7 of 492	98.6%	★★★★★
2019	97.7	5 of 247	98.0%	★★★★★
2018	99.3	1 of 354	99.7%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	99.7	2 of 379	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	99.7	10 of 441	97.7%	★★★★★
2021	99.3	17 of 479	96.5%	★★★★★
2018	99.4	3 of 311	99.0%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	100.0	1 of 180	99.4%	★★★★★
2023	100.0	1 of 347	99.7%	★★★★★
2018	99.8	1 of 253	99.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2024	99.5	3 of 219	98.6%	★★★★★
2023	99.9	3 of 429	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	98.8	13 of 455	97.1%	★★★★★
2021	99.8	8 of 492	98.4%	★★★★★
2019	96.5	10 of 238	95.8%	★★★★★
2018	98.4	6 of 370	98.4%	★★★★★

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	50.4	56 of 125	55.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	58.2	30 of 102	70.6%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	95.5	1 of 282	99.6%	★★★★★
2021	95.0	25 of 374	93.3%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	100.0	1 of 380	99.7%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	98.5	2 of 178	98.9%	★★★★★
2024	99.9	1 of 184	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	97.9	14 of 409	96.6%	★★★★★
2021	99.4	3 of 448	99.3%	★★★★★
2019	96.7	8 of 217	96.3%	★★★★★
2018	98.4	4 of 291	98.6%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

Multi-racial (2023)100th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)100th percentile~ school

Special Education (2021)99th percentile~ school

Male (2025)96th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)96th percentile~ school

Female (2025)95th percentile~ school

White (2025)93rd percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)81st percentile-15 vs school

High school

Special Education (2022)100th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2022)100th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2023)99th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)99th percentile~ school

White (2025)99th percentile~ school

Male (2024)99th percentile~ school

Female (2025)96th percentile~ school

African American (2022)92nd percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2025)83rd percentile-15 vs school

Military Connected (2022)55th percentile-42 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts88%+48 vs state

Mathematics79%+51 vs state

Science74%+49 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Great school. Highly recommend it. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, August 6, 2018

Excellent school with well rounded and well spoken kids. Academically challenging but also focused on sports, philanthropy, and service. Great environment for success due to peer support (Legion) and programs. Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, February 23, 2018

GCA has a very rigorous, but limited, college preparatory curriculum. All classes are honors or AP. If you want a small, sheltered school setting with emphases on academics over sports, then this is your school. There is diversity in ethnicity and religion of the student body. However, the principal and vice-principal are not qualified to lead this type of school. Although there are some outstanding instructors, too many are sub-standard in their teaching abilities. It's more often that the students are teaching themselves. I must agree with the previous review, in that the school's high ratings are due to the fact that the school 'selects' its students, who are already high performers. There is a massive amount of work, and the Socratic method is mentioned in GCA rhetoric, but really not used. We were very disappointed in GCA. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, May 24, 2014

Our hopes for a "classical" school were dashed. We expected Latin education, the Socratic method used through much of the instruction, history taught four years in high school, and rhetoric. Unfortunately, you don't have the opportunity for Latin in high school. Latin 1, 2 are only offered in junior high. History is not taught in 9th gr. Socratic method was scarcely used. Group projects were overused. The school appears to be high performing, but it's not due to the material they present or how they teach. Instead, the school benefits by being full of students who would normally excel at any high school.Students who endure the ridiculous amount of unnecessary homework succeed. It's normal for students to spend all day in school and all evening doing homework.There's a false assumption: many assignments plus many hours of homework equals success. This school model is not conducive to long term retention of the information learned, nor is it "classical". The administration was not open to feedback. Most disturbing is the "Springboard" English program. The student's literary experience no longer includes reading complete novels, just segments of books. This is not classical education. Close Quote

Schools Near Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)				AASA Mathematics (2025)				AzSCI Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 11th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 11th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12	Public	7-12	1016 N Burk Street	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-4034	572	32	18.0		240 (42.0%)	13 (2.3%)	116 (20.3%)	151 (26.4%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	46 (8.0%)	98.8	7^th of 271 public high schools	97.4%		99.6	6^th of 270 public high schools	97.8%	1		85.0	92.0			60.0	82.0	95.0	80.0	67.0	$7,314	$00			$6,852	$462	$7,314
Premier Prep Online Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	7-12	459 N Gilbert Rd Ste A213	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Premier Prep Online Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(480) 896-7200	218	7	30.3		55 (25.2%)	71 (32.6%)	52 (23.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	38 (17.4%)								(n/a)			26.0	27.0
Gilbert High School	Public	7-12	1101 E Elliot Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 497-0177	2,418	124	19.4		1,262 (52.2%)	70 (2.9%)	800 (33.1%)	83 (3.4%)	28 (1.2%)	14 (0.6%)	161 (6.7%)	57.4	98^th of 271 public high schools	63.8%		48.2	124^th of 270 public high schools	54.1%	26		88.0	78.0	51.0		72.0	62.0	45.0	67.0	24.0	$6,343	$96	$27	$218	$5,775	$446	$6,221
EVIT - Gilbert High School	Public	9-12	1101 E Elliot Rd	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	East Valley Institute of Technology	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 461-4000	3				2 (66.7%)	1 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)												$00			$00
Sun Valley High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1143 S Lindsay Rd	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	American Charter Schools Foundation d.b.a. Sun Val	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 497-4800	345	15	23.0		63 (18.3%)	30 (8.7%)	215 (62.3%)	2 (0.6%)	15 (4.3%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.5%)								(n/a)											$10,504	$1,264	$1,405	$3,934	$4,238	$3,597	$7,835
EVIT - Mesa High School	Public	9-12	1630 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	East Valley Institute of Technology	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 461-4000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)												$00			$00
Mesa High School	Public	9-12	1630 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85204	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 472-5900	3,233	156	20.6		710 (22.0%)	148 (4.6%)	2,194 (67.9%)	18 (0.6%)	65 (2.0%)	26 (0.8%)	72 (2.2%)	21.9	206^th of 271 public high schools	24.0%		20.9	206^th of 270 public high schools	23.7%					31.0				21.0		8.0	$6,532	$88	$32	$209	$5,967	$444	$6,411
Great Hearts Academies - Arete Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	4525 E. Baseline Road	Gilbert	85234	Maricopa County	Arete Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 222-4233	540	44	12.2		286 (53.0%)	20 (3.7%)	136 (25.2%)	53 (9.8%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.6%)	37 (6.9%)	90.8	21^st of 271 public high schools	92.3%		94.6	17^th of 270 public high schools	93.7%	4	55.0	60.0	62.0	75.0	44.0	37.0	42.0	75.0	42.0	46.0	$10,377	$316	$72	$703	$6,258	$3,732	$9,989
Mesquite High School	Public	8-12	500 S McQueen Rd	Gilbert	85233	Maricopa County	Gilbert Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 632-4750	1,303	73	17.8		520 (39.9%)	95 (7.3%)	517 (39.7%)	41 (3.1%)	47 (3.6%)	5 (0.4%)	78 (6.0%)	39.4	148^th of 271 public high schools	45.4%		38.2	150^th of 270 public high schools	44.4%	2				40.0				36.0		15.0	$6,969	$49	$10	$108	$6,507	$403	$6,910
EVIT - Mesquite High School	Public	9-12	500 S McQueen Rd	Gilbert	85233	Maricopa County	East Valley Institute of Technology	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 461-4000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)												$00			$00

Frequently Asked Questions about Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12

What district is Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 in?

Gilbert Unified District

How many students attend Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12?

In the 2024-25 school year, 572 students attended Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12.

Is Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 a good school?

Yes! Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 7^th of 271 Arizona high schools.

What is the racial makeup of Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12?

Students at Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 are 42% White, 26% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 2% African American.

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