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Pioneer Elementary School

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Pioneer Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Gilbert, Arizona, serving grades PK-8 with a student population of 416. The school is part of the Gilbert Unified District, which is ranked 90 out of 288 districts in Arizona and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pioneer Elementary School consistently ranks in the top 30% of Arizona elementary schools, with a strong performance on state assessments, particularly in English Language Arts where proficiency rates are around 10-15 percentage points higher than the state average. The school's performance on the AzSCI science assessment for 5th grade is also impressive, with a proficiency rate of 51% compared to the state average of 34%. However, the school's performance in mathematics is more mixed, with some grades performing above the state average and others below. The school's performance for certain student subgroups, such as Native American and Hispanic students, is noteworthy, ranking in the top 30% and top 15% of Arizona elementary schools, respectively, in recent years. Conversely, the school's performance for African American and English Language Learner (ELL) students is significantly lower, ranking in the bottom 20% and bottom 15% of Arizona elementary schools, respectively, in recent years.

Comparing Pioneer Elementary School to nearby schools, both within the Gilbert Unified District and outside, highlights the school's relative strengths and areas for improvement. While the nearby schools in the Gilbert Unified District, such as Carol Rae Ranch Elementary and Patterson Elementary, generally perform at a similar level to Pioneer Elementary School, the performance of schools outside the district, such as Johnson Elementary and Wilson Elementary in the Mesa Unified District, is noticeably lower across all grade levels and subject areas.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 1535 N Greenfield Rd
       Gilbert, AZ  85234-8532

(480) 892-2022

District: Gilbert Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
322nd of 912 Arizona Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,686 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  10.5 Help
Number of students:  359

Racial breakdown:

White:
51.0%
Hispanic:
34.0%
Two or more races:
5.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  35.8% Help


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Compare Details Pioneer Elementary School ranks better than 64.7% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks 18th among 26 ranked elementary schools in the Gilbert Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 61.02. (See more...)
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Compare Details Pioneer Elementary School 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 92.92. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Pioneer Elementary School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Gilbert Unified District. Racial makeup is: White (51%), Hispanic (34%), two or more races (5.8%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pioneer Elementary School is 10.5, which is the 3rd best among 26 elementary schools in the Gilbert Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pioneer Elementary School is $9,686, which is the 6th highest among 26 elementary schools in the Gilbert Unified District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pioneer Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Pioneer Elementary School 322nd of 912 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Pioneer Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Gilbert Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Gilbert Unified District 97th of 297 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Pioneer Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 78.95 213th 1062 79.9%
2010 72.48 300th 1090 72.5%
2011 75.88 260th 1075 75.8%
2012 81.18 175th 1141 84.7%
2013 81.47 156th 1158 86.5%
2014 86.82 116th 1079 89.2%
2015 73.66 229th 955 76.0%
2016 84.40 165th 1079 84.7%
2017 86.05 149th 1106 86.5%
2018 82.15 190th 1109 82.9%
2019 74.98 261st 1039 74.9%
2021 82.55 211th 1226 82.8%
2022 65.81 293rd 1000 70.7%
2023 70.80 328th 1245 73.7%
2024 61.02 322nd 912 64.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 57.31 350th 1027 65.9%
2022 52.07 205th 444 53.8%
2023 56.28 221st 617 64.2%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 38.86 826th 975 15.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 56.56 338th 1201 71.9%
2023 35.91 512th 820 37.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.59 80th 820 90.2%
2022 69.60 178th 618 71.2%
2023 70.20 229th 1116 79.5%
2024 85.80 54th 556 90.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 48.80 135th 423 68.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.29 216th 1023 78.9%
2019 67.48 250th 862 71.0%
2021 84.22 176th 1219 85.6%
2022 54.06 374th 824 54.6%
2023 67.04 354th 1219 71.0%
2024 52.48 256th 602 57.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Military Connected students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 59.37 91st 239 61.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.44 172nd 1032 83.3%
2019 68.60 245th 850 71.2%
2021 74.15 277th 1220 77.3%
2022 64.94 246th 830 70.4%
2023 69.85 314th 1216 74.2%
2024 55.88 251st 628 60.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Asian students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 48.84 347th 620 44.0%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 22.40 810th 895 9.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 85.46 95th 911 89.6%
2019 69.02 199th 709 71.9%
2021 79.43 150th 1198 87.5%
2022 67.38 225th 716 68.6%
2023 59.35 402nd 1170 65.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Native American students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 53.17 178th 654 72.8%
2023 84.59 27th 219 87.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Pacific Islander students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 48.50 79th 171 53.8%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Pioneer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.60 232nd 720 67.8%
2019 57.70 244th 595 59.0%
2021 76.45 216th 1161 81.4%
2022 56.45 313th 800 60.9%
2023 62.59 343rd 1024 66.5%
2024 45.15 274th 486 43.6%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Pioneer Elementary School

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 77.11 132nd 663 80.1%
2010 80.14 121st 692 82.5%
2011 77.03 140th 685 79.6%
2012 89.52 33rd 772 95.7%
2013 79.93 119th 787 84.9%
2014 92.92 24th 690 96.5%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Pioneer Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 671 4 1 50 0 n/a n/a 93 819
1989 787 3 7 54 1 n/a n/a 57 909
1990 876 4 13 56 3 n/a n/a -216 736
1991 684 6 8 55 6 n/a n/a 6 765
1992 391 4 8 30 3 n/a n/a -1 435
1993 464 6 4 16 2 n/a n/a 0 492
1994 701 8 9 29 7 n/a n/a 0 754
1997 512 15 15 48 2 n/a n/a 0 592
1998 616 13 18 64 6 n/a n/a 0 717
1999 681 12 23 76 5 n/a n/a 0 797
2000 754 22 31 77 2 n/a n/a 0 886
2001 528 14 12 62 3 n/a n/a 0 619
2002 484 28 19 71 4 n/a n/a 0 606
2003 484 28 19 71 4 n/a n/a 0 606
2004 528 38 19 80 8 n/a n/a 0 673
2005 514 27 29 81 11 n/a n/a 0 662
2006 520 16 28 107 8 n/a n/a 0 679
2007 465 16 25 93 8 n/a n/a 0 607
2008 441 23 22 85 10 n/a n/a 0 581
2009 459 15 18 88 8 n/a n/a 0 588
2010 405 19 17 101 7 n/a n/a 0 549
2011 383 21 18 89 2 2 0 0 515
2012 388 21 13 94 4 8 4 0 532
2013 370 19 14 101 5 5 7 0 521
2014 382 13 16 113 8 7 15 0 554
2015 357 12 15 111 11 5 28 0 539
2016 352 8 21 111 10 5 25 0 532
2017 343 11 18 129 9 7 30 0 547
2018 331 10 16 118 7 6 35 0 523
2019 341 3 15 124 8 6 37 0 534
2020 343 9 23 124 12 4 42 0 557
2021 267 15 17 139 15 3 37 0 493
2022 249 16 13 129 12 3 30 0 452
2023 221 19 11 123 13 3 26 0 416
2024 183 11 9 122 11 2 21 0 359

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Pioneer Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 819 40.0 20.4 n/a
1989 909 45.8 19.8 n/a
1990 736 35.8 20.5 n/a
1991 765 39.0 19.6 n/a
1992 435 27.5 15.8 n/a
1993 492 28.0 17.6 n/a
1994 754 37.5 20.1 n/a
1997 592 35.3 16.8 n/a
1998 717 41.3 17.4 n/a
1999 797 44.8 17.8 n/a
2000 886 48.2 18.4 n/a
2001 619 38.3 16.2 n/a
2002 606 35.2 17.2 16
2003 606 35.2 17.2 16
2004 673 42.5 15.8 14.4
2005 662 40.2 16.5 8.8
2006 679 40.5 16.8 21.1
2007 607 40.3 15.1 19.9
2008 581 38.8 15.0 21.5
2009 588 36.1 16.3 24.8
2010 549 35.0 15.6 29
2011 515 35.2 14.5 31.8
2012 532 37.4 14.2 24.2
2013 521 37.1 14.0 n/a
2014 554 37.1 14.9 n/a
2015 539 37.0 14.5 0.6
2016 532 36.0 14.7 n/a
2017 547 33.4 16.3 36.4
2018 523 36.4 14.3 36.9
2019 534 35.0 15.2 34.8
2020 557 36.0 15.4 33.8
2021 493 36.0 13.6 n/a
2022 452 30.6 14.7 17.5
2023 416 34.0 12.2 35.8
2024 359 34.1 10.5 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 Pioneer Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 819 40.0 20.4 n/a
1989 909 45.8 19.8 n/a
1990 736 35.8 20.5 n/a
1991 765 39.0 19.6 n/a
1992 435 27.5 15.8 n/a
1993 492 28.0 17.6 n/a
1994 754 37.5 20.1 n/a
1997 592 35.3 16.8 n/a
1998 717 41.3 17.4 n/a
1999 797 44.8 17.8 n/a
2000 886 48.2 18.4 n/a
2001 619 38.3 16.2 n/a
2002 606 35.2 17.2 16
2003 606 35.2 17.2 16
2004 673 42.5 15.8 14.4
2005 662 40.2 16.5 8.8
2006 679 40.5 16.8 21.1
2007 607 40.3 15.1 19.9
2008 581 38.8 15.0 21.5
2009 588 36.1 16.3 24.8
2010 549 35.0 15.6 29
2011 515 35.2 14.5 31.8
2012 532 37.4 14.2 24.2
2013 521 37.1 14.0 n/a
2014 554 37.1 14.9 n/a
2015 539 37.0 14.5 0.6
2016 532 36.0 14.7 n/a
2017 547 33.4 16.3 36.4
2018 523 36.4 14.3 36.9
2019 534 35.0 15.2 34.8
2020 557 36.0 15.4 33.8
2021 493 36.0 13.6 n/a
2022 452 30.6 14.7 17.5
2023 416 34.0 12.2 35.8
2024 359 34.1 10.5 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 Pioneer Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,032 (10.3%) $9,485 (94.2%) $10,066
2020 $803 (10.0%) $7,558 (93.8%) $8,060
2021 $1,042 (12.3%) $7,784 (91.7%) $8,492
2022 $1,373 (14.2%) $8,742 (90.3%) $9,686

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Pioneer Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 261st of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 328th 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 Students534416
 22.1%
African American319
 533.3%
American Indian813
 62.5%
Asian1511
 26.7%
Hispanic124123
 0.8%
Pacific Islander63
 50%
White341221
 35.2%
Two or More Races3726
 29.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients34.8%35.8%
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Students at Pioneer Elementary School are 51% White, 34% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 3% African American, 3% American Indian, 3% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 359 students attended Pioneer Elementary School.

Pioneer Elementary School ranks 322nd of 912 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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