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Queen Creek High School
Address
22149 E. Ocotillo Rd.

Queen Creek
,
Arizona
85142
Information
TypePublic high school
Motto"High Achievement in a Caring Environment"
Established1986
School districtQueen Creek Unified School District
PrincipalAdam Wolfe
Staff102.02 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,202 (2020–21)[1]
Student to teacher ratio21.58[1]
Color(s)Purple and Gold
MascotBulldog
Websiteqchs.qcusd.org

Queen Creek High School is a public secondary school located in Queen Creek, Arizona.

History

The Queen Creek school district did not open a high school until 1986, when it became a unified school district;[2] previously, the school district bused high school students to other schools far from town.[3] In 1988, the school graduated its first class of 22 seniors, attending classes in a 12-room school building.[3] By the fall of 1988, Queen Creek High had 387 students.[4] Two years later, its principal retired in an uproar over the alteration of the low grades of 50 students.[5] The fast-growing school, housed in a former elementary school with additional portable classroom buildings,[6] was approved in 1999 to move to a new site at Signal Butte and Ocotillo roads[7] The new school opened in 2002 and allowed Queen Creek's middle school to absorb the former high school site.[8]

In November 2012, their football team won the Division III state championship with an undefeated 14–0 season.[9]

The Queen Creek Unified School District opened a second high school, Eastmark High School, in 2019, with the northern portion of the district being zoned into the new school.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Queen Creek High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ McManaman, Bob (May 13, 1987). "On the map: Rise of Queen Creek baseball team reflects town's growth". Arizona Republic. p. Extra 12. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  3. 1 2 McCowan, Karen (May 29, 1988). "Big day for tiny school". Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ McCowan, Karen (December 7, 1988). "Kids put hands on the future". Arizona Republic. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Principal who fudged grades quits". Arizona Republic. May 18, 1990. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  6. ↑ Anderson, E.J. (November 21, 1998). "Queen Creek hopes to be 1st in line for school funds". Arizona Republic. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  7. ↑ Pearce, Kelly (October 15, 1999). "Another Queen Creek high school OK'd". Arizona Republic. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  8. ↑ Meléndez, Mel (February 9, 2001). "New school to relieve crowding". Arizona Republic. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  9. ↑ Domingo, Odeen (November 25, 2012). "Queen Creek wins Div. III title with late safety". Azcentral archive. Retrieved October 21, 2015. For much of the game, Queen Creek (14-0) couldn't get its offense, which scored 590 points total this season, going.
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