Higley Traditional Academy

Summary:

Higley Traditional Academy is a public elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Gilbert, Arizona, with a student population of 761 as of the 2022-2023 school year. This school is part of the Higley Unified School District, which is ranked 75 out of 288 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Higley Traditional Academy consistently outperforms the state and district averages in academic proficiency across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 70% of 4th graders were proficient or better in AASA/English Language Arts, compared to 67% for the Higley Unified School District and 46% for the state of Arizona. The school has maintained a strong statewide ranking, placing in the top 15% of Arizona elementary schools for the past several years, and it excels in the performance of various student subgroups, including Asian, African American, and low-income students.

While Higley Traditional Academy outperforms the state and district averages, it also generally outperforms the nearby public schools, both district and charter, in terms of academic proficiency and statewide rankings. This suggests that Higley Traditional Academy is a high-performing school within its local context. One potential area for improvement is the performance of English Language Learner (ELL) students, which indicates that the school may need to focus on strengthening its support and instructional strategies for this subgroup.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 3391 E Vest Ave
       Gilbert, AZ  85295-8482


(480) 279-6800

District: Higley Unified School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
163rd of 912 Arizona Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,505 Help


Students who attend Higley Traditional Academy usually attend:

Middle:    Cooley Middle School
High:    Williams Field High School

Student/teacher ratio:  20.4 Help
Number of students:  793

Racial breakdown:

White:
53.7%
Hispanic:
24.2%
Asian:
7.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  18.9% Help


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Compare Details Higley Traditional Academy ranks better than 82.1% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks 4th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Higley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 80.04. (See more...)
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Compare Details Higley Traditional Academy is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2014 the calculated Average Standard Score was 82.07. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (53.7%), Hispanic (24.2%), Asian (7.6%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Higley Traditional Academy is 20.4, which is the highest among 11 elementary schools in the Higley Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Higley Traditional Academy is $6,505. 7 elementary schools in the Higley Unified School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Higley Traditional Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Higley Traditional Academy 163rd of 912 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Higley Traditional Academy in the ranking list.)

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Higley Unified School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Higley Unified School District 83rd of 297 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Higley Traditional Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 64.64 401st 1062 62.2%
2010 72.26 302nd 1090 72.3%
2011 77.36 242nd 1075 77.5%
2012 80.71 187th 1141 83.6%
2013 73.71 285th 1158 75.4%
2014 85.10 146th 1079 86.5%
2015 86.24 109th 955 88.6%
2016 90.21 88th 1079 91.8%
2017 88.21 116th 1106 89.5%
2018 88.19 117th 1109 89.4%
2019 86.49 117th 1039 88.7%
2021 91.53 98th 1226 92.0%
2022 80.47 166th 1000 83.4%
2023 89.19 131st 1245 89.5%
2024 80.04 163rd 912 82.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 81.13 88th 1027 91.4%
2022 70.23 91st 444 79.5%
2023 58.80 193rd 617 68.7%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 39.24 754th 975 22.7%
2023 81.70 60th 451 86.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.64 121st 417 71.0%
2021 69.36 166th 1201 86.2%
2023 45.48 383rd 820 53.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.46 29th 820 96.5%
2023 87.28 75th 1116 93.3%
2024 76.77 90th 556 83.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 72.43 21st 423 95.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.98 153rd 1023 85.0%
2019 77.70 159th 862 81.6%
2021 90.87 86th 1219 92.9%
2022 77.19 136th 824 83.5%
2023 89.29 95th 1219 92.2%
2024 69.91 149th 602 75.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Foster Care students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 53.17 69th 306 77.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.00 96th 1032 90.7%
2019 85.48 92nd 850 89.2%
2021 89.66 110th 1220 91.0%
2022 71.34 194th 830 76.6%
2023 86.10 152nd 1216 87.5%
2024 66.65 177th 628 71.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.64 31st 33 6.1%
2021 76.20 80th 620 87.1%
2022 76.59 47th 270 82.6%
2023 77.32 54th 316 82.9%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 70.50 105th 895 88.3%
2022 35.15 240th 289 17.0%
2023 82.03 60th 607 90.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.50 52nd 911 94.3%
2019 85.66 80th 709 88.7%
2021 84.04 107th 1198 91.1%
2022 58.11 295th 716 58.8%
2023 80.00 162nd 1170 86.2%
2024 77.46 95th 486 80.5%
See the entire list of Best Arizona Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for elementary school Pacific Islander students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 80.05 16th 171 90.6%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Higley Traditional Academy

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.74 124th 720 82.8%
2019 75.91 104th 595 82.5%
2021 84.95 97th 1161 91.6%
2022 78.29 90th 800 88.8%
2023 78.74 159th 1024 84.5%
2024 59.66 178th 486 63.4%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Higley Traditional Academy

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 63.42 225th 663 66.1%
2010 72.41 175th 692 74.7%
2011 76.40 147th 685 78.5%
2012 73.98 176th 772 77.2%
2013 69.92 205th 787 74.0%
2014 82.07 116th 690 83.2%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Higley Traditional Academy

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 125 5 4 55 8 n/a n/a 7 204
1990 136 4 2 65 4 n/a n/a -18 193
1991 122 4 0 96 3 n/a n/a -25 200
1992 116 2 0 78 2 n/a n/a 0 198
1993 127 0 0 75 5 n/a n/a 0 207
1994 99 0 0 77 4 n/a n/a 0 180
1995 104 1 0 86 4 n/a n/a 0 195
1996 104 1 0 86 4 n/a n/a 0 195
1997 155 0 0 97 4 n/a n/a 0 256
1998 147 11 0 76 5 n/a n/a 0 239
1999 155 15 7 89 5 n/a n/a 0 271
2000 202 10 7 86 5 n/a n/a 0 310
2001 261 11 11 81 13 n/a n/a 0 377
2002 224 11 3 41 6 n/a n/a 0 285
2003 224 11 3 41 6 n/a n/a 0 285
2004 599 32 26 144 31 n/a n/a 0 832
2005 690 53 27 193 29 n/a n/a 0 992
2006 496 46 31 142 12 n/a n/a 0 727
2007 595 51 58 172 14 n/a n/a 0 890
2008 370 30 44 121 8 n/a n/a 0 573
2009 449 40 55 133 12 n/a n/a 0 689
2010 357 37 66 129 6 n/a n/a 0 595
2011 323 35 57 142 16 2 6 0 581
2012 380 31 44 137 12 2 17 0 623
2013 434 46 55 190 13 1 25 0 764
2014 384 22 49 152 1 0 25 0 633
2015 389 26 56 138 3 0 33 0 645
2016 415 23 57 143 5 3 41 0 687
2017 414 30 51 147 4 1 49 0 696
2018 363 32 56 149 7 2 53 0 662
2019 390 41 54 170 5 4 54 0 718
2020 400 57 61 164 3 5 58 0 748
2021 372 61 50 166 3 6 47 0 705
2022 397 54 50 159 1 7 59 0 727
2023 418 46 60 167 3 6 61 0 761
2024 426 55 60 192 7 3 50 0 793

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 Higley Traditional Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 204 10.0 20.4 n/a
1990 193 10.0 19.3 n/a
1991 200 10.0 20.0 n/a
1992 198 10.0 19.8 n/a
1993 207 10.0 20.7 n/a
1994 180 10.0 18.0 n/a
1995 195 10.0 19.5 n/a
1996 195 10.0 19.5 n/a
1997 256 12.5 20.5 n/a
1998 239 13.5 17.7 n/a
1999 271 14.3 19.0 n/a
2000 310 15.4 20.1 n/a
2001 377 24.8 15.2 n/a
2002 285 26.1 10.9 50.5
2003 285 26.1 10.9 50.5
2004 832 40.5 20.5 29
2005 992 49.0 20.2 16.9
2006 727 49.5 14.7 20.9
2007 890 50.8 17.5 18.3
2008 573 39.8 14.4 17.8
2009 689 37.0 18.6 20.8
2010 595 37.1 16.0 30.1
2011 581 32.2 18.0 28.1
2012 623 32.4 19.2 28.9
2013 764 37.4 20.4 26.2
2014 633 30.4 20.8 22
2015 645 29.0 22.2 20
2016 687 34.0 20.2 9
2017 696 37.6 18.5 23.4
2018 662 36.3 18.1 18.9
2019 718 40.7 17.6 17.8
2020 748 42.1 17.7 14.8
2021 705 42.7 16.5 n/a
2022 727 40.7 17.8 6.9
2023 761 40.8 18.6 18.9
2024 793 38.8 20.4 n/a

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 Higley Traditional Academy

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 204 10.0 20.4 n/a
1990 193 10.0 19.3 n/a
1991 200 10.0 20.0 n/a
1992 198 10.0 19.8 n/a
1993 207 10.0 20.7 n/a
1994 180 10.0 18.0 n/a
1995 195 10.0 19.5 n/a
1996 195 10.0 19.5 n/a
1997 256 12.5 20.5 n/a
1998 239 13.5 17.7 n/a
1999 271 14.3 19.0 n/a
2000 310 15.4 20.1 n/a
2001 377 24.8 15.2 n/a
2002 285 26.1 10.9 50.5
2003 285 26.1 10.9 50.5
2004 832 40.5 20.5 29
2005 992 49.0 20.2 16.9
2006 727 49.5 14.7 20.9
2007 890 50.8 17.5 18.3
2008 573 39.8 14.4 17.8
2009 689 37.0 18.6 20.8
2010 595 37.1 16.0 30.1
2011 581 32.2 18.0 28.1
2012 623 32.4 19.2 28.9
2013 764 37.4 20.4 26.2
2014 633 30.4 20.8 22
2015 645 29.0 22.2 20
2016 687 34.0 20.2 9
2017 696 37.6 18.5 23.4
2018 662 36.3 18.1 18.9
2019 718 40.7 17.6 17.8
2020 748 42.1 17.7 14.8
2021 705 42.7 16.5 n/a
2022 727 40.7 17.8 6.9
2023 761 40.8 18.6 18.9
2024 793 38.8 20.4 n/a

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 Higley Traditional Academy

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $34 (0.3%) $172 (1.8%) $240 (2.4%) $7,186 (73.1%) $2,432 (24.8%) $9,618 (97.9%) $9,824
2020 $40 (0.5%) $344 (4.2%) $424 (5.2%) $6,629 (81.8%) $1,086 (13.4%) $7,715 (95.2%) $8,100
2021 $337 (4.6%) $53 (0.7%) $728 (10.0%) $5,739 (78.8%) $1,157 (15.9%) $6,896 (94.6%) $7,287
2022 $130 (2.0%) $100 (1.5%) $360 (5.5%) $5,683 (87.4%) $592 (9.1%) $6,275 (96.5%) $6,505

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Higley Traditional Academy

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Rankings

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Ranks 117th of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 131st of 1245 Elementary schools
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Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students718761
 6%
African American4146
 12.2%
American Indian53
 40%
Asian5460
 11.1%
Hispanic170167
 1.8%
Pacific Islander46
 50%
White390418
 7.2%
Two or More Races5461
 13%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients17.8%18.9%
 1.1%


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Students at Higley Traditional Academy are 54% White, 24% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% African American, 6% Two or more races.

Students who attend Higley Traditional Academy usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cooley Middle School
High : Williams Field High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 793 students attended Higley Traditional Academy.

Higley Traditional Academy ranks 163rd of 912 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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