Elementary Schools in Gilbert Unified District

Gilbert Unified District has 26 elementary schools, most serving prekindergarten through grade 6, with two extending through grade 8. Across the schools, average proficiency was 58% in all-grades ELA and 53% in math, compared with statewide results of 41% and 33%; fifth-grade science averaged 47%, versus 34% statewide. Those averages are about 17 points higher in ELA, 20 in math and 13 in science than the state figures, but they conceal wide differences among schools. The most important takeaway is that strong results at some schools coexist with scores below state levels at others.

Neely Traditional Academy leads all-grades results, with 82% proficient in ELA and 78% in math, and has the group’s highest SchoolDigger statewide percentile ranking, at the 98th percentile. Ashland Elementary is second in both subjects, at 75% and 68%. At the lower end, Harris Elementary School has the lowest ELA result, 29%, while Burk Elementary School has the lowest math result, 28%. Neely’s scores are 53 points higher in ELA and 50 higher in math than those lowest results. Science has a different leader: Highland Park Elementary scores 68%, compared with 31% at Boulder Creek Elementary.

SchoolDigger’s average statewide percentile ranking rose from about 70 in 2023–24 to about 74 in 2025–26, but changed very little from 2024–25 to 2025–26, moving from 73.4 to 73.5. The biggest three-year gains were at Carol Rae Ranch Elementary (+15 points), Sonoma Ranch Elementary School and Playa del Rey Elementary School (+14 each); Burk fell 15 points. These are ranking changes, not test-score trends. School size and student–teacher ratio do not neatly track results: top-performing Neely has a 16.3-to-1 ratio, while Burk’s is 11.3-to-1; Pioneer Elementary School has the lowest ratio, 9.8-to-1, and results above state levels in both all-grades subjects. Free/reduced-lunch figures are blank, and the supplied test results cover only one year.