Gilbert Public Schools Receives an A Letter Grade from Arizona Department of Education

Gilbert Public Schools

Oct 25 2024

For Immediate Release:

The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has released the 2023-24 School Letter Grades. The state’s ‘Accountability System’ is designed to empower schools to achieve and increase success for their students by providing districts and schools with feedback on areas of strength and those that may need additional focus and enrichment.

Schools earn a letter grade based on a range of metrics including proficiency and growth in key subject areas, graduation rates, subgroup proficiency improvement, acceleration and readiness measures, and college and career readiness indicators.

The Letter Grades used are as follows:

A = Excellent
B = Highly Performing
C = Performing
D = Minimally Performing
F = Failing

In Gilbert Public Schools we are extremely proud of our students and staff and their achievements. For the 2023-24 school year Gilbert Public Schools has achieved an ‘A’ letter grade for our school district. Further, all GPS schools have achieved either an ‘A’ or ‘B’ letter grade, rating them as excellent or highly performing by the Arizona Department of Education, listed below.

District	Grade
Gilbert Public Schools	A

School	Grade
Ashland Ranch Elementary	A
Augusta Ranch Elementary	A
Boulder Creek Elementary	A
Burk Elementary	B
Campo Verde High School	A
Canyon Rim Elementary	A
Carol Rae Ranch Elementary	A
Desert Ridge Junior High	B
Desert Ridge High	A
Finley Farms Elementary	A
Gilbert Classical Academy	A
Gilbert Elementary	B
Gilbert High	A
Gilbert Global Academy (online)	B
Greenfield Elementary	A
Greenfield Junior High	A
Harris Elementary	B
Highland Park Elementary	A
Highland Junior High	A
Highland High	A
Islands Elementary	A
Meridian Elementary	A
Mesquite Elementary	A
Mesquite Junior High	B
Mesquite High	A
Neely Traditional Academy	A
Oak Tree Elementary	A
Patterson Elementary	A
Pioneer Elementary	B
Playa del Rey Elementary	A
Quartz Hill Elementary	A
Settler’s Point Elementary	A
Sonoma Ranch Elementary	A
South Valley Junior High	A
Spectrum Elementary	A
Superstition Springs Elementary	A
Towne Meadows Elementary	A
Val Vista Lakes Elementary	A

This year has been another year of growth and achievement for our students and schools, with scores improving at both the school and district level. We look forward to continuing to improve, with our goal of continuing to deliver academic excellence for all students.

By the Numbers

Harris Elementary students and teacher looking at a project on a desk

82% of GPS schools are rated A.
- 85% of GPS elementary schools are rated A.
- 75% of GPS secondary schools are rated A.
31 A schools, and 7 B schools K-12.
1 school Quartz Hill Elementary successfully moved up two grades, from C to A.
5 elementary schools, Val Vista, Playa, Oak Tree, Boulder Creek, and Augusta Ranch all moved from B to A.
61% of GPS schools improved letter grade points and/or letter grades from last year overall.
- 13 out of 26 of our elementary schools improved letter grade points and/or letter grades from last year.
- 10 out of 12 secondary schools had an increase in points and or letter grade from last year.