Maricopa High School

Maricopa High School is a high school in Maricopa, Arizona under the jurisdiction of the Maricopa Unified School District.

Maricopa High School
Address
45012 W. Honeycutt Avenue

Maricopa
,
Arizona
85138

United States
Coordinates33°3′13.59″N 112°3′10.52″W
Information
School typePublic high school
Establishedcirca 1955[1]
School districtMaricopa Unified School District
PrincipalDean McNamee [2]
Teaching staff95.12 (FTE)[3]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,287 (2018-2019)[3]
Student to teacher ratio24.04[3]
Color(s)Red, white and black
MascotRam
Websitewww.musd20.org/mhs

Maricopa High School was opened in 1955 with the first freshman class on 35 students, and for the next decade, it held fewer than 100 students. The school's first graduating class was the class of 1959. At the height of the Baby Boom era, Maricopa peaked in 1976 with 218 students. It next surpassed that in 1985, when the school had 221 students. At the end of 1999, the school had some 306 students.

The 2000s were a decade of stunning growth in Pinal County (which saw 109% growth) and especially Maricopa (which grew 4,180%).[4] In 2000, Maricopa had 308 students. That jumped quickly (within five years) to 551, then to 1190 by October 2007,[5] 1473 in October 2008, and 1612 in October 2010. Maricopa High School is now larger than the town of Maricopa was in the year 2000 (1,040 residents).

References
  1. Vinyard, Julia. "Ace Hardware gives Maricopa High a paint makeover." Chandler Republic (The Arizona Republic) 12 January 2011: 11.
  2. "Administration Team". Maricopa Unified School District.
  3. "Maricopa High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  4. http://www.kpho.com/news/27150971/detail.html%5B%5D
  5. "Oct 1 2007 enrollment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2011-03-11.



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