Phoenix Union High School District
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4502 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Type | Public secondary school |
| Motto | "Preparing Every Student for Success in College, Career and Life" |
| Established | 1895 |
| Faculty | 2,777 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 27,031 |
| Website | [1] |
The Phoenix Union High School District is a school district in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is one of the state's oldest school districts and its largest high school-only district, serving 27,031 students in 16 schools and employing nearly 3,000 people. Areas served by the district mostly include central Phoenix, south Phoenix, and Laveen; a variety of other school districts serve the remaining areas of the city. The district has 13 different elementary school districts which feed into its service area. It is also one of the most diverse districts in the state; over 60 languages are represented, and more than half of district students come from residences where English is not the primary language. Hispanic students represent over 75 percent of the enrollment, and the district currently has the largest enrollment of African American students in the state.
The District traces its roots to the historic Phoenix Union High School, opened in 1895 with four classrooms and 90 students. The second high school in the district opened its doors in 1926, when Carver High School opened, and by 1939, North High School was operating with 1,500 students and continued growth on the way, as Phoenix Union's enrollment hit more than 5,000 students.
From 1949 to 1972, the meteoric expansion of the Phoenix metropolitan area produced overcrowding (Phoenix Union set the all-time Arizona enrollment record during the 1963-1964 school year, with 6,320 students) and most of the district's new schools. West opened in 1949; Camelback and South Mountain both opened in 1954; Carl Hayden and Central both opened in 1957; Alhambra opened in 1961; Maryvale opened in 1963; East opened in 1964; Trevor Browne High School opened in 1972, the last comprehensive high school in the district to open. This period saw one school closure, with the now-renamed Carver High School being closed upon the integration of schools in Arizona, and the Bostrom and Desiderata special-needs schools opening in the 1970s.
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