Alhambra High School (Arizona)

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Alhambra High School
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Alhambra High School (Arizona)
3839 West Camelback Road

Phoenix
,
Arizona
85019

United States
Coordinates 33°30′31″N112°08′30″W / 33.508661°N 112.141684°W / 33.508661; -112.141684
Information
Type Public secondary school
Established1961 [1]
School district Phoenix Union High School District
NCES District ID 0406330 [2]
NCES School ID 040633000538 [3]
PrincipalDr. Jodi Weber [4]
Staff125.80 (FTE) [5]
Faculty161 [1]
Grades9-12
Number of students2,282 (2022-23) [5]
Student to teacher ratio18.14 [5]
Color(s)  
Mascot Lion [1]
Website www.pxu.org/Domain/8

Alhambra High School is a high school that forms part of the Phoenix Union High School District in Phoenix, Arizona. The campus is located at 3839 West Camelback Road, northwest of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

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The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary districts Alhambra, Isaac and Phoenix Elementary, although students from across the district come to Alhambra for its Phoenix Union Magnet Program—Medical and Health Studies. [6]

History

Alhambra High was founded in 1961, and was, along with East and Maryvale, one of three schools opened by the Phoenix Union High School District in the 1960s. [7]

The campus was designed by the noted local architecture firm of Weaver & Drover. The construction contract to build the school was awarded to Gilbert & Dolan Construction Co. [8]

Student population

The school, like all other schools within the PUHSD, is a minority-majority school. 77.6% of the students enrolled are identified as "Hispanics". [1] [9] African Americans form 7.2% of the student population. [1]

Sports

Alhambra's Boys Basketball team won two state titles, in 1974 and 1985, under coach Phil Kemp. [10] The team defeated East High in 1974, and Catalina High School in 1985. [10]

The school's Boys Cross Country team has been placed first in a number of occasions: 2010, 2009, and 2007. [11]

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Phoenix Union High School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  3. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - Alhambra High School (040633000538)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "School Information / Administration". Alhambra High School. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Alhambra High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "District Information / History". Phoenix Union High School District . Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Arizona-New Mexico Contractor and Engineer, January 1962, Vol. 24, No. 6". azmemory.azlibrary.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  9. ↑ See Hispanic–Latino naming dispute for details of an ongoing dispute on the naming of US inhabitants who are of Latin American or Spanish origin.
  10. 1 2 "Boys Basketball Championship Teams" (PDF). aiaonline.org. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Cross Country (Boys) Championship Teams" (PDF). aiaonline.org. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Basketball: Steve Malovic Dies at 50". Haaretz.
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