Peoria High School (Arizona)
| Peoria High School | |
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| Location | |
| 11200 North 83rd Avenue Peoria, Arizona, United States of America 85345 | |
| Coordinates | 33°35′14″N 112°14′23″W / 33.587095°N 112.239822°WCoordinates: 33°35′14″N 112°14′23″W / 33.587095°N 112.239822°W |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1919 |
| Principal | Mr. Paul Bower |
| Faculty | 139 |
| Enrollment | 1,624 (October 1, 2012) |
| Color(s) | Green and gold |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Rivals | Raymond S. Kellis High School |
| AIA Class | 4A |
| Website | Peoria High School |
Peoria High School is a public secondary school located in Peoria, Arizona, United States. It is the oldest high school in the Peoria Unified School District, opening in August 1922, and the fifth-largest of the district's seven high schools, with an enrollment of about 1,600.
Rapid growth from infill developments in the farms bordering Peoria High School, master planned communities being built to the south, and students moving into the bordering Youngtown area caused a major spike in Peoria High School's enrollment. Between 2000 and 2004, a new building complex was constructed, and students were eating during three lunch periods. During the 2003-2004 school year, the school hit a peak in its student population, in the low 3,000s, and also welcomed the district's largest freshman class, with more than 900 new students. The school was ranked as 5A, at the time the largest Arizona Interscholastic Association classification, and was the third largest high school in the state. The school was also in need of major renovations.
A reliever high school was finally constructed, and Raymond S. Kellis High School (in Glendale city limits) was opened for the 2004-2005 school year. The new high school is located in the city limits of Glendale, approximately 3 miles south of Peoria High. This relieved most of the rapidly expanding areas from Peoria High, including all of Country Meadows Elementary and Cotton Boll Elementary, and most of Sun Valley Elementary students. This also gave Alta Loma Elementary students a choice to attend either Peoria or Kellis and Ira A. Murphy Elementary students a choice to attend either Peoria or Centennial. Due to the opening of Kellis, the number of students enrolled at Peoria has rapidly declined over the years to its current number in the 1,600s.
Many different academic tracks are offered for students to meet their needs. The first is the basic track which helps the student to take classes that interest them and allow a wide variety with no added weight in GPA. Another track is the honors program which offers somewhat of a harder work load and helps to boost the student's GPA by weighting the grades more. The last track is the Advanced Placement (AP) program which offers college level classes and college credit for those that apply. This track weights the grades the same as an honors class, but allows the student to leave high school with a certain number of college credits already to their name. All students may take a mixture of basic, honors and AP if they wish.
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