Gale Elementary School

Summary:

Gale Elementary School is a public elementary school in Tucson, Arizona, serving 335 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Tucson Unified District, which has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Despite the district's lower ranking, Gale Elementary has consistently outperformed both the district and the state of Arizona in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects.

In the 2023-2024 school year, 61% of Gale Elementary's 4th graders and 62% of 5th graders were proficient or better in AASA/Mathematics, compared to just 26% and 24% for the district, respectively. The school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate of 52% in 2022-2023 was more than double the district's 22% and the state's 34%. Gale Elementary also has a relatively diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 40.3% White, 44.48% Hispanic, 4.48% African American, and 1.79% Asian, which is higher than the nearby schools.

While Gale Elementary has seen a significant increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 24.03% in 2021-2022 to 53.73% in 2022-2023, the school has maintained its strong academic performance. This suggests that the school has effective strategies in place to support students from low-income backgrounds. Additionally, Gale Elementary's smaller class sizes, with a student-teacher ratio of 13.5 in 2022-2023, may contribute to its success compared to nearby schools, which range from 11 to 16.4 students per teacher.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 678 S Gollob Rd
       Tucson, AZ  85710-4506


(520) 731-4500

District: Tucson Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
365th of 904 Arizona Elementary Schools


Students who attend Gale Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Gridley Middle School
High:    Sahuaro High School
    University High School
Alternative:    Tucson Unified Virtual Academy

Student/teacher ratio:  13.5 Help
Number of students:  335

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
44.5%
White:
40.3%
Two or more races:
8.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  53.7% Help


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Compare Details Gale Elementary School ranks better than 59.6% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks 8th among 32 ranked elementary schools in the Tucson Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.78. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (44.5%), White (40.3%), two or more races (8.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 53.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Gale Elementary School is 13.5. 31 elementary schools in the Tucson Unified District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Gale Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Gale Elementary School 365th of 904 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Gale Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Tucson Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Tucson Unified District 207th of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Gale Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 90.78 34th 1062 96.8%
2010 87.55 99th 1090 90.9%
2011 83.68 148th 1075 86.2%
2012 78.97 213th 1141 81.3%
2013 79.54 191st 1158 83.5%
2014 68.75 346th 1079 67.9%
2015 57.48 358th 955 62.5%
2016 69.09 314th 1079 70.9%
2017 80.49 207th 1106 81.3%
2018 76.95 254th 1109 77.1%
2019 59.68 401st 1039 61.4%
2021 53.00 508th 1226 58.6%
2022 63.46 315th 1000 68.5%
2023 75.42 288th 1245 76.9%
2024 54.78 365th 904 59.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 57.13 353rd 1027 65.6%
2022 71.90 81st 444 81.8%
2023 71.26 104th 617 83.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 39.10 780th 975 20.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 32.01 852nd 1201 29.1%
2023 56.93 254th 820 69.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 64.65 299th 1116 73.2%
2024 75.38 93rd 546 83.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.50 309th 1023 69.8%
2019 59.90 322nd 862 62.6%
2021 53.76 499th 1219 59.1%
2022 63.70 259th 824 68.6%
2023 71.40 311th 1219 74.5%
2024 70.37 147th 593 75.2%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 62.84 81st 239 66.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.52 248th 1032 76.0%
2019 54.73 363rd 850 57.3%
2021 50.23 528th 1220 56.7%
2022 58.46 315th 830 62.0%
2023 74.27 277th 1216 77.2%
2024 55.52 256th 609 58.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 65.25 203rd 620 67.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 40.65 486th 895 45.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.76 268th 911 70.6%
2019 59.15 261st 709 63.2%
2021 46.56 559th 1198 53.3%
2022 69.67 207th 716 71.1%
2023 66.65 309th 1170 73.6%
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Rank History for White students at Gale Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.68 157th 720 78.2%
2019 47.83 324th 595 45.5%
2021 43.82 654th 1161 43.7%
2022 67.26 205th 800 74.4%
2023 68.92 272nd 1024 73.4%
2024 47.84 258th 477 45.9%
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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.

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Gale Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 297 16 7 37 3 n/a n/a -15 345
1989 304 13 5 35 2 n/a n/a 30 389
1990 352 13 8 38 2 n/a n/a -85 328
1991 285 10 8 42 2 n/a n/a -25 322
1992 306 9 10 46 3 n/a n/a 0 374
1993 303 9 8 39 3 n/a n/a 0 362
1994 326 15 10 41 2 n/a n/a 0 394
1995 316 11 14 40 2 n/a n/a 0 383
1996 316 11 14 40 2 n/a n/a 0 383
1997 261 13 14 39 1 n/a n/a 0 328
1998 283 23 21 56 2 n/a n/a 0 385
1999 271 25 19 55 5 n/a n/a 0 375
2000 257 19 21 58 3 n/a n/a 0 358
2001 263 21 25 59 2 n/a n/a 0 370
2002 226 24 21 63 6 n/a n/a 0 340
2003 226 24 21 63 6 n/a n/a 0 340
2004 216 22 14 65 4 n/a n/a 0 321
2005 216 28 20 75 4 n/a n/a 0 343
2006 238 23 22 73 5 n/a n/a 0 361
2007 236 14 21 65 4 n/a n/a 0 340
2008 242 10 23 69 3 n/a n/a 0 347
2009 251 15 21 78 5 n/a n/a 0 370
2010 261 16 20 106 6 n/a n/a 0 409
2011 232 8 9 112 3 0 22 0 386
2012 222 12 12 109 3 0 23 0 381
2013 237 10 10 120 2 0 27 0 406
2014 226 6 10 138 0 0 34 0 414
2015 218 10 9 141 0 0 41 0 419
2016 207 9 10 145 0 2 39 0 412
2017 169 8 9 154 2 2 32 0 376
2018 163 3 13 158 0 4 32 0 373
2019 180 14 12 171 1 5 33 0 416
2020 197 10 11 175 1 3 34 0 431
2021 169 11 8 158 2 2 29 0 379
2022 154 18 8 147 1 4 30 0 362
2023 135 15 6 149 0 3 27 0 335

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 Gale Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 345 11.5 30.0 n/a
1989 389 12.0 32.4 n/a
1990 328 18.0 18.2 n/a
1991 322 16.0 20.1 n/a
1992 374 18.0 20.7 n/a
1993 362 18.0 20.1 n/a
1994 394 18.0 21.9 n/a
1995 383 17.0 22.5 n/a
1996 383 17.0 22.5 n/a
1997 328 17.0 19.3 n/a
1998 385 18.0 21.4 n/a
1999 375 17.6 21.3 n/a
2000 358 15.6 22.9 n/a
2001 370 18.0 20.6 n/a
2002 340 16.0 21.3 n/a
2003 340 16.0 21.3 n/a
2004 321 16.0 20.1 22.4
2005 343 15.0 22.9 23.3
2006 361 18.9 19.1 25.2
2007 340 19.4 17.5 12.9
2008 347 19.0 18.3 1.2
2009 370 17.4 21.3 19.5
2010 409 18.5 22.1 25.7
2011 386 16.0 24.1 23.6
2012 381 18.0 21.1 25.5
2013 406 19.0 21.3 33
2014 414 20.0 20.7 37.7
2015 419 19.0 22.0 37.7
2016 412 22.0 18.7 1.5
2017 376 22.4 16.7 44.7
2018 373 20.3 18.3 39.9
2019 416 21.3 19.5 37.7
2020 431 21.4 20.1 44.8
2021 379 21.8 17.3 n/a
2022 362 20.9 17.3 24
2023 335 24.8 13.5 53.7

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 Gale Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 345 11.5 30.0 n/a
1989 389 12.0 32.4 n/a
1990 328 18.0 18.2 n/a
1991 322 16.0 20.1 n/a
1992 374 18.0 20.7 n/a
1993 362 18.0 20.1 n/a
1994 394 18.0 21.9 n/a
1995 383 17.0 22.5 n/a
1996 383 17.0 22.5 n/a
1997 328 17.0 19.3 n/a
1998 385 18.0 21.4 n/a
1999 375 17.6 21.3 n/a
2000 358 15.6 22.9 n/a
2001 370 18.0 20.6 n/a
2002 340 16.0 21.3 n/a
2003 340 16.0 21.3 n/a
2004 321 16.0 20.1 22.4
2005 343 15.0 22.9 23.3
2006 361 18.9 19.1 25.2
2007 340 19.4 17.5 12.9
2008 347 19.0 18.3 1.2
2009 370 17.4 21.3 19.5
2010 409 18.5 22.1 25.7
2011 386 16.0 24.1 23.6
2012 381 18.0 21.1 25.5
2013 406 19.0 21.3 33
2014 414 20.0 20.7 37.7
2015 419 19.0 22.0 37.7
2016 412 22.0 18.7 1.5
2017 376 22.4 16.7 44.7
2018 373 20.3 18.3 39.9
2019 416 21.3 19.5 37.7
2020 431 21.4 20.1 44.8
2021 379 21.8 17.3 n/a
2022 362 20.9 17.3 24
2023 335 24.8 13.5 53.7

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 Gale Elementary School

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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 $949 (10.1%) $168 (1.8%) $2,066 (22.0%) $7,102 (75.6%) $1,177 (12.5%) $8,278 (88.1%) $9,395
2020 $611 (10.8%) $111 (2.0%) $1,334 (23.7%) $4,322 (76.6%) $595 (10.5%) $4,918 (87.2%) $5,640

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Gale Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 401st of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 288th of 1245 Elementary schools
 15.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
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Change (%)
Total Students416335
 19.5%
African American1415
 7.1%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian126
 50%
Hispanic171149
 12.9%
Pacific Islander53
 40%
White180135
 25%
Two or More Races3327
 18.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients37.7%53.7%
 16%


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Students who attend Gale Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Gridley Middle School
High : Sahuaro High School
High : University High School
Alternative : Tucson Unified Virtual Academy

In the 2022-23 school year, 335 students attended Gale Elementary School.

Gale Elementary School ranks 365th of 904 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Gale Elementary School are 44% Hispanic, 40% White, 8% Two or more races, 4% African American, 2% Asian.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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