Sunrise Mountain High School

Sunrise Mountain High School is a public secondary school located in Peoria, Arizona, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened its doors in August 1996. It is the district's second-smallest high school by enrollment, larger than only Cactus High School. [3]

Sunrise Mountain High School
Location
21200 N 83rd Ave, Peoria, Arizona, USA
Coordinates33°40′38″N 112°14′24″W
Information
TypePublic secondary
Motto'Committed to Excellence"
Established1996
PrincipalVance Setka
Faculty91.22 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,920 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio21.05[1]
Color(s)      Purple, White and Gold
MascotMustangs
NewspaperThe Mustang Express
YearbookThe Stampede
AIA Class5A - Northwest[2]
WebsiteSunrise Mountain High School

Overpopulation problem

Sunrise Mountain dealt with considerable overgrowth in the early and mid-2000s. With 2,440 students by 2005, many freshmen classes were pushed out to "Frosh Island", a former elementary school. Between each period a bus would shuttle students between "Frosh Island" and the main campus so that classes such as physical education, band, advanced science, and choir could be attended by freshmen. The use of this campus was discontinued by Sunrise Mountain following the end of the 2005-2006 school year. The overpopulation problem has been relieved by the creation of Liberty High School. Liberty is now larger than Sunrise Mountain by some 600 students.

Music

Sunrise Mountain has a marching band, concert band and jazz band. The jazz band competes yearly in the Northern Arizona University jazz competition.

Sunrise Mountain also has choral and drama programs representing the Peoria Unified School District. The choir has achieved superior in several festivals over the past few years, including Superior with Distinction, which was won by the Varsity Choir at the NAU Jazz Festival in February 2017.[4]

Sunrise Mountain is the only school in PUSD to have an orchestra.[4]

Sports

Sunrise Mountain has many various types of sports.[5] Sunrise Mountain Mustangs have had a long-standing rivalry between fellow Peoria District schools, Liberty Lions, and Centennial Coyotes.

Feeder schools

All of the following are K–8 schools:[6]

  • Apache
  • Coyote Hills
  • Frontier
  • Parkridge

References
  1. "Sunrise Mountain High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  2. "Team Info - Sunrise Mountain Mustangs Football (Peoria, AZ)". www.maxpreps.com.
  3. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arizona/districts/peoria-unified-school-district/cactus-high-school-1039
  4. "Choir/Orchestra / Overview". http.
  5. http://sunrisehigh.peoriaud.k12.az.us/sports.htm
  6. "Peoria Unified School District / Homepage". http.
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