Neely Traditional Academy

Public PK, KG-6

 500 E Houston Ave
       Gilbert, AZ  85234-3427


(480) 892-2805

District: Gilbert Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
12th of 1,245 Arizona Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,888 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  18.5 Help
Number of students:  805

Racial breakdown:

White:
54.7%
Hispanic:
22.0%
Asian:
12.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  16.9% Help


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Compare Details Neely Traditional Academy ranks better than 99% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks first among 26 ranked elementary schools in the Gilbert Unified District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 98.2. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Neely Traditional Academy is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (54.7%), Hispanic (22%), Asian (12.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Neely Traditional Academy is 18.5, which is the highest among 26 elementary schools in the Gilbert Unified District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Neely Traditional Academy is $5,888. 24 elementary schools in the Gilbert Unified District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Neely Traditional Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Neely Traditional Academy 12th of 1245 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Neely Traditional Academy in the ranking list.)

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Gilbert Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Gilbert Unified District 104th of 540 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Neely Traditional Academy

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Rank History for all students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 93.27 14th 1062 98.7%
2010 94.51 14th 1090 98.7%
2011 94.96 8th 1075 99.3%
2012 92.47 13th 1141 98.9%
2013 92.62 16th 1158 98.6%
2014 95.46 9th 1079 99.2%
2015 95.61 24th 955 97.5%
2016 97.02 13th 1079 98.8%
2017 97.40 12th 1106 98.9%
2018 96.10 19th 1109 98.3%
2019 96.99 7th 1039 99.3%
2021 98.21 12th 1226 99.0%
2022 97.05 6th 1000 99.4%
2023 98.20 12th 1245 99.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 84.49 47th 1027 95.4%
2022 88.56 15th 444 96.6%
2023 75.00 84th 617 86.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 70.04 157th 1201 86.9%
2022 97.11 1st 145 99.3%
2023 89.70 31st 820 96.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 93.26 28th 820 96.6%
2022 97.74 3rd 618 99.5%
2023 97.67 8th 1116 99.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 95.35 20th 1023 98.0%
2019 94.95 13th 862 98.5%
2021 96.19 20th 1219 98.4%
2022 94.05 12th 824 98.5%
2023 97.53 13th 1219 98.9%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 50.22 133rd 239 44.4%
2022 31.90 86th 101 14.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 95.58 23rd 1032 97.8%
2019 96.48 7th 850 99.2%
2021 98.58 6th 1220 99.5%
2022 95.26 7th 830 99.2%
2023 97.49 11th 1216 99.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 58.94 13th 27 51.9%
2021 80.23 50th 620 91.9%
2022 96.21 2nd 270 99.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 81.55 48th 895 94.6%
2022 85.97 13th 289 95.5%
2023 85.07 34th 607 94.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.96 58th 911 93.6%
2019 94.55 23rd 709 96.8%
2021 98.19 5th 1198 99.6%
2022 97.11 6th 716 99.2%
2023 96.88 16th 1170 98.6%
See the entire list of Best Arizona Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for Native American students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 98.93 2nd 654 99.7%
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Rank History for White students at Neely Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.70 12th 720 98.3%
2019 94.36 3rd 595 99.5%
2021 92.93 14th 1161 98.8%
2022 92.31 12th 800 98.5%
2023 94.20 10th 1024 99.0%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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by a parent
Friday, February 22, 2019

Open Quote This school is more into ratings and not about students advancement. They pride themselves with the fact that their students to do Math at a grade above their math level. They find it discouraging if your child can’t do math above their grade level and they won’t provide help to get your child to that level they just expect your child to know it. If you ask for help (IEP) or anything else they will not allow you back the next year. Especially if you aren’t in their school district. I asked the teacher over and over for help but she tend to think my child just had ADHD and need medicine. Couldn’t possibly be that he needed help with the advance Math. It doesn’t make sense to me to have kids do Math on a level higher then their grade level. Math is NOT an easy nor very liked subject by most people in general so to rush someone through it just makes them hate Math and perhaps doubt themselves in other subjects. The concept only works if that child was born and raised in the school however when or if they were to change school then they are bored because everyone else is doing math on their level and at the right pace. It’s not like the kids they teach this to are gifted in Math they are only on a higher level because they make them, so they can say something is special about their school. If the kids had a gift then no matter which school they attended the gift of higher grade in Math would follow but instead all it does for the child is cause them to be bored and have to repeat. This is what happened to my God daughter coming out of a Gilbert school now her family moved to a school in Washington and she is bored because is doing a repeat of the Math. I see why the schools have a reputation to be some of the worst schools. I have come from great schools in NY and the short time I’ve been here 5mos I can feel the politics and racial discrimination. How about instead of making math so difficult & frustrating the kids how about equipping the kids with a language or two so they can be combative with the other countries when they enter into the work force and represent USA. The younger you start them the better off. But NO who cares all they seem to care about is their ratings and money— it’s all politics. No one has ever stood up to these people and that’s why everyone told me just leave the school the battle is bigger than you can ever imagine. So everyone just conforms and the bullies get away with this ill behavior and it’s sad. At this school the Academic Dean is not very personable and I never ever met the principal. I moved to Az from NY and not once was I EVER introduced to anyone or made to feel welcome to do so. the Academic Dean saw me every morning I came in she never once introduced herself but when I didn’t know a rule she was quick to rudely inform me of the rules at this school. She always gave me dirty looks when I came to the school but I never knew who she was and just wrote it off as “teacher who hates her job” no big deal but I quite found it disturbing. Everytime I went to an event I NEVER knew who the PTO players were. They put on events but never encourage anyone to be a member never had a table for sign up or anything. Nor did I see the principal or the Academic Dean there. I asked other parents who was who and they didn’t seem to know anything or anyone either. I will just say I was encouraged by the teacher to turn in my enrollment form for the next year because there was a deadline and she said she’d love to see us back next year. I wasn’t thinking of really coming back the next year but I wanted to keep my options open so I filled out the form and turned it in. The next day I recieved a phone call from a lady at the school who told me her name (not her title) and basically said we were not welcomed to return next year because of tardies and because my child couldn’t keep up academically. I was shocked they felt this way we had only been at the school for 5m and we lived 30min from the school. I was shocked that they could respond the the enrollment form but when I asked for help for my child in Math (an IEP) I got NO response and was told he really didn’t need help,because he was working on his level, but the teacher felt like he just had ADHD and perhaps some meds would help him instead. That was the response. But quick response to the reenrollment. I see quickly and IEP is a no no to ask for at this school. They cherry pick their students to help their acedemic rating and funds.it’s not about NO kids left behind motto. When I asked this lady did it also have something to do with me pushing for an IEP she said no she had No idea about that. Which is sad because being the Academic Dean you’d think she would have known about the request I made at least 4/5 times. Having said all that I finally saw this was NOT a good fit for my child and why wait till next year— we felt very unwanted now so we left moved to another school. My child had been telling me they weren’t nice all along. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Neely Traditional Academy

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 871 13 16 80 14 n/a n/a -423 571
1989 559 1 1 48 3 n/a n/a -4 608
1990 593 17 2 43 5 n/a n/a 11 671
1991 626 8 2 58 6 n/a n/a -18 682
1992 488 9 2 60 8 n/a n/a 0 567
1993 458 8 3 49 9 n/a n/a 0 527
1994 470 7 9 54 9 n/a n/a 0 549
1997 514 16 14 75 12 n/a n/a 0 631
1998 537 23 27 87 10 n/a n/a 0 684
1999 520 27 31 91 8 n/a n/a 0 677
2000 405 13 11 58 2 n/a n/a 0 489
2001 487 24 17 83 10 n/a n/a 0 621
2002 370 25 6 59 9 n/a n/a 0 469
2003 370 25 6 59 9 n/a n/a 0 469
2004 426 28 27 63 8 n/a n/a 0 552
2005 531 31 37 71 8 n/a n/a 0 678
2006 501 34 40 73 5 n/a n/a 0 653
2007 503 27 51 57 4 n/a n/a 0 642
2008 550 23 69 61 1 n/a n/a 0 704
2009 540 20 89 59 3 n/a n/a 0 711
2010 607 16 118 60 5 n/a n/a 0 806
2011 597 22 136 69 5 0 11 0 840
2012 582 23 136 64 3 0 18 0 826
2013 584 13 134 67 4 0 26 0 828
2014 557 13 127 78 7 2 25 0 809
2015 546 9 125 91 4 1 36 0 812
2016 535 9 107 104 4 1 46 0 806
2017 499 13 79 119 4 1 44 0 759
2018 504 13 71 128 6 1 53 0 776
2019 475 20 86 142 8 1 61 0 793
2020 461 20 96 124 9 2 67 0 779
2021 416 13 100 150 6 3 64 0 752
2022 429 18 87 161 5 2 62 0 764
2023 440 18 99 177 4 3 64 0 805

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Neely Traditional Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 571 31.5 18.1 n/a
1989 608 32.5 18.7 n/a
1990 671 34.0 19.7 n/a
1991 682 34.4 19.8 n/a
1992 567 32.5 17.4 n/a
1993 527 32.5 16.2 n/a
1994 549 33.5 16.4 n/a
1997 631 36.4 17.3 n/a
1998 684 40.7 16.8 n/a
1999 677 42.3 16.0 n/a
2000 489 26.0 18.8 n/a
2001 621 29.9 20.8 n/a
2002 469 33.4 14.0 9.6
2003 469 33.4 14.0 9.6
2004 552 31.9 17.3 6
2005 678 37.1 18.3 4.4
2006 653 37.6 17.4 12.4
2007 642 36.2 17.7 8.3
2008 704 36.6 19.2 9.5
2009 711 38.0 18.7 10.4
2010 806 39.4 20.4 10.5
2011 840 39.6 21.1 11.7
2012 826 40.0 20.6 7.3
2013 828 38.7 21.3 0.4
2014 809 39.9 20.2 n/a
2015 812 39.0 20.8 0
2016 806 38.0 21.2 0.4
2017 759 33.1 22.9 14.5
2018 776 33.6 23.0 13.9
2019 793 40.8 19.4 15.9
2020 779 40.3 19.3 13.9
2021 752 34.3 21.9 n/a
2022 764 39.7 19.2 5.8
2023 805 43.5 18.5 16.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Neely Traditional Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 571 31.5 18.1 n/a
1989 608 32.5 18.7 n/a
1990 671 34.0 19.7 n/a
1991 682 34.4 19.8 n/a
1992 567 32.5 17.4 n/a
1993 527 32.5 16.2 n/a
1994 549 33.5 16.4 n/a
1997 631 36.4 17.3 n/a
1998 684 40.7 16.8 n/a
1999 677 42.3 16.0 n/a
2000 489 26.0 18.8 n/a
2001 621 29.9 20.8 n/a
2002 469 33.4 14.0 9.6
2003 469 33.4 14.0 9.6
2004 552 31.9 17.3 6
2005 678 37.1 18.3 4.4
2006 653 37.6 17.4 12.4
2007 642 36.2 17.7 8.3
2008 704 36.6 19.2 9.5
2009 711 38.0 18.7 10.4
2010 806 39.4 20.4 10.5
2011 840 39.6 21.1 11.7
2012 826 40.0 20.6 7.3
2013 828 38.7 21.3 0.4
2014 809 39.9 20.2 n/a
2015 812 39.0 20.8 0
2016 806 38.0 21.2 0.4
2017 759 33.1 22.9 14.5
2018 776 33.6 23.0 13.9
2019 793 40.8 19.4 15.9
2020 779 40.3 19.3 13.9
2021 752 34.3 21.9 n/a
2022 764 39.7 19.2 5.8
2023 805 43.5 18.5 16.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Neely Traditional Academy

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $288 (3.9%) $7,168 (97.2%) $7,372
2020 $104 (1.9%) $5,399 (98.1%) $5,501
2021 $309 (5.6%) $5,193 (94.6%) $5,488
2022 $591 (10.0%) $5,303 (90.1%) $5,888

Data source: Arizona Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Neely Traditional Academy

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 7th of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 12th of 1245 Elementary schools
 0.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students793805
 1.5%
African American2018
 10%
American Indian84
 50%
Asian8699
 15.1%
Hispanic142177
 24.6%
Pacific Islander13
 200%
White475440
 7.4%
Two or More Races6164
 4.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients15.9%16.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions about Neely Traditional Academy

In the 2022-23 school year, 805 students attended Neely Traditional Academy.

Students at Neely Traditional Academy are 55% White, 22% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Yes! Neely Traditional Academy is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 12th of 1245 Arizona elementary schools.


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