Glendale Union High School District

Coordinates: 33°34′55″N 112°07′33″W / 33.5819°N 112.1258°W

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Glendale Union High School District
Location
Glendale , Maricopa County, Arizona, 85301 United States
Coordinates	33°34′55″N 112°07′33″W / 33.5819°N 112.1258°W / 33.5819; -112.1258
District information
Type	traditional and online
NCES District ID	0403450^[1]
Students and staff
Enrollment	16,462 (2020-2021)^[1]
Staff	734.40 (on an FTE basis)^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	22.42^[1]
Other information
Website	www.guhsdaz.org

Glendale Union High School District No. 205 is a school district headquartered in Glendale, Arizona, United States.

The union high school district operates nine comprehensive high schools and serves most of Glendale and a portion of Phoenix. It is the second largest high school-only district preceded by Phoenix Union.

Glendale Union High School District schools receive the graduates of the Washington Elementary School District, Glendale Elementary School District, and many students from the Madison School District. Glendale Elementary district is located in Glendale, Arizona, Madison schools are in North Central Phoenix and the Washington Elementary schools are in North Phoenix and Sunnyslope.

Schools

Zoned

Apollo (Glendale) – opened 1970
Cortez (Phoenix) – opened 1960
Glendale (Glendale) – opened 1911
Greenway (Phoenix) – opened 1973
Independence (Glendale) – opened 1977
Moon Valley (Phoenix) – opened 1965
Sunnyslope (Phoenix) – opened 1953
Thunderbird (Phoenix) – opened 1972
Washington (Phoenix) – opened 1955

Alternative

The GUHSD Online Learning Academy (formerly "Christown Academy" and "Metrocenter Academy"), is an alternative high school. It admits students who wish to take online courses, and it offers high school diplomas but not GEDs.^[2]^[3] In 2018–19 it had 247 students enrolled.^[4]

Feeder school districts

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Glendale Union High School District (4285)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
^ "MetroCenter Academy (Formerly Christown Academy) GUHSD". GUHSD. SchoolMessenger Presence. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
^ Glendale Union High School District | Glendale, Arizona Archived 2006-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Glendale Union High School District Online Learning Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

External links

Official website

Education in Maricopa County, Arizona

School districts

K-12	Cave Creek Chandler Deer Valley Dysart Fountain Hills Gila Bend Gilbert Higley Mesa Nadaburg Paradise Valley Peoria Queen Creek Saddle Mountain Scottsdale Wickenburg
High	Agua Fria Buckeye Glendale Phoenix template Tempe Tolleson
Elementary	Aguila Alhambra Arlington Avondale Balsz Buckeye Cartwright Creighton Fowler Glendale Isaac Kyrene Laveen Liberty Litchfield Littleton Madison Mobile Morristown Murphy Osborn Palo Verde Paloma Pendergast Phoenix Riverside Roosevelt Sentinel Tempe Tolleson Union Washington Wilson