📍 1100 S Recker Rd, Gilbert, Maricopa County, 85296
Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center is a Special Education serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Gilbert, Maricopa County. The school has 81 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Higley Unified School District (4248) school district. It serves grades Pre-K in an urban setting. The school employs 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.1:1.
Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center enrolls 81 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 70% male and 30% female. A teaching staff of 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 49 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 20% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 11% |
| Asian | 5 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
37 of the school's 81 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-50.
Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center is one of 16 schools in Higley Unified School District (4248), based in GILBERT, Arizona. The district serves 12,387 students district-wide and employs 732 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 81 students, Elona P. Cooley Early Child Development Center is smaller than the district average of about 774 students per school.
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