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Higley Unified School District (4248), AZ: schools, enrollment and spending
Higley Unified School District (4248) runs 16 public schools with 12,387 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.6 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Arizona figure of 17.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 12,387
- Teachers (FTE)
- 747
- Students per teacher
- 16.6
- AZ: 17.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2935 S Recker Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85295
- Phone
- (480)279-7000
- County
- Maricopa County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0403780
- State district ID
- AZ-4248
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,491
- School counselors (FTE)
- 16.0About 774 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 33.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.6
Arizona17.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (12,521), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $136.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.9 million
- State revenue
- $67.3 million
- Local revenue
- $58.0 million
- Total spending
- $118.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,492
- Salaries
- $66.0 million55.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $86.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.0%
- State: 49.4%
- Local: 42.6%
Arizona overall
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 36.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,492
Arizona$11,583
United States$16,826
Schools in Higley Unified School District (4248)
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, 2 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bridges Elementary School | Elementary | K to 6 | 770 | 17.9 |
| Centennial Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 588 | 14.7 |
| Chaparral Elementary School | Elementary | K to 8 | 734 | 15.3 |
| Cooley Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 795 | 15.6 |
| Coronado Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 536 | 12.5 |
| Cortina Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 629 | 15.7 |
| Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 76 | 4.2 |
| Gateway Pointe Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 685 | 14.9 |
| Higley High School | High | 8 to 12 | 2,005 | 18.9 |
| Higley Traditional Academy | Elementary | PK to 8 | 726 | 18.1 |
| Higley Virtual Academy | Other | K to 12 | 162 | 162.0 |
| Power Ranch Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 509 | 12.7 |
| San Tan Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 854 | 19.0 |
| Sossaman Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,094 | 19.9 |
| Sue Sossaman Early Childhood Development Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 74 | 4.4 |
| Williams Field High School | High | 8 to 12 | 2,150 | 19.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Maricopa County
- Mesa Unified District (4235) 55,821 students
- Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) 41,421 students
- Peoria Unified School District (4237) 34,436 students
- Deer Valley Unified District (4246) 32,265 students
- Gilbert Unified District (4239) 31,560 students
- Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) 26,183 students
- Phoenix Union High School District (4286) 25,800 students
- Dysart Unified District (4243) 23,078 students
- Scottsdale Unified District (4240) 20,682 students
- Washington Elementary School District (4260) 18,816 students
- Glendale Union High School District (4285) 16,092 students
- American Leadership Academy Inc. (4348) 15,291 students
- Queen Creek Unified District (4245) 15,065 students
- Tolleson Union High School District (4288) 13,931 students
- Cartwright Elementary District (4282) 13,436 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.