The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in Science. The lowest is 38% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Oak Tree Elementary
OakTree Elementary is a regular public school in Gilbert, part of the Gilbert Unified District, serving children from prekindergarten through sixth grade. The school sits within a large, primarily residential suburb of Phoenix that has grown rapidly over recent decades, transforming from an agricultural center into a sprawling master-planned community. Gilbert remains car-dependent outside a small historic downtown district, and the town’s explosive growth has slowed but not stopped. Housing in the area is costly relative to national averages, and the local rental market reflects that pressure.
The school enrolls roughly four hundred students, a moderate size for an elementary. The student body is diverse: about two-fifths of students identify as Hispanic, and a similar share as white, with smaller numbers of students who are Black, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and multiracial. The proportion of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals is not reported in available data, so that measure of economic need is absent from this profile. Similarly, data on students with disabilities and English learners are not publicly available for this school, leaving gaps in understanding the full range of student support needs.
Academically, Oak Tree Elementary shows a mixed picture on the state’s 2025 assessments in math and English language arts. In third and fourth grades, about half of students scored proficient in math, and just under half in ELA. By fifth grade, math proficiency drops lower, while ELA holds around the same level as the earlier grades. Sixth grade brings a more noticeable decline: fewer than one in three students scored proficient in math, and fewer than one in three in ELA. Science results for fifth grade show about half of students reaching proficiency. When compared with other schools across Maricopa County, Oak Tree Elementary’s overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint. Only one year of assessment data is available, so no trend can be established. A parent considering this school may want to investigate the dip in sixth-grade performance and ask what supports are in place for students transitioning to that grade level.
The district context matters for families. Gilbert voters have rejected a maintenance and operations budget override and a bond measure in recent elections, both failing multiple times. That means the district has been operating without additional local funding for programs, staffing, and capital improvements. Budget reductions have followed, including cuts to school-site discretionary budgets and teaching positions through attrition. These constraints likely affect classroom resources and could shape the experience at Oak Tree Elementary.
There is no publicly reported information about course access, staffing ratios, discipline, or attendance for this school. As a prekindergarten-through-sixth-grade school, it does not produce a graduation rate, which is standard for elementary campuses.
Gilbert’s employment base is anchored by education, health care, and government, with the school district itself as a top employer. The area’s growth has brought infrastructure like freeway access and parks, but the town’s limited regulatory power under its town status means development patterns are shaped heavily by surrounding cities.
Oak Tree Elementary fits a family looking for a mid-sized elementary school in a growing suburban Phoenix town, where the student body is racially and economically diverse, and where academic performance in the early grades is comparable to many peers but shows a notable decline by sixth grade. A family would also want to weigh the broader district’s financial constraints, which have led to reductions in school-level budgets and staffing, and to ask the school directly how those cuts have affected its programs and class sizes.
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