In 2018, the district was awarded "4th Best School District in America" by the National Council for Home Safety and Security and "Best Public School/District" in the Best of Gilbert 2018 issue of the East Valley Tribune.

[6] In 1900, the first school, in Gilbert, was built on the southwest corner of Baseline and Cooper Roads.

[1] This school was moved, in 1909, to the northeast corner of Guadalupe and Cooper Roads.

It was named Highland because it was the highest land south of the Salt River.

[7] In 1977, the building closed for classroom use and in 1982 it became the Gilbert Historical Museum.