Camelback High School

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Camelback High School
CamelbackSpartan.jpg
Address
Camelback High School
4612 North 28th Street

Phoenix
,
Arizona 85016
Coordinates 33°30′15″N112°01′23″W / 33.5041384°N 112.0231604°W / 33.5041384; -112.0231604 [1]
Information
Type Public secondary school
MottoOnce a Spartan, always a Spartan
Established1954
PrincipalJames Arndt
Staff121.60 (FTE) [2]
FacultyApprox. 177
Grades9–12
Number of students2,238 (2022–2023) [2]
Student to teacher ratio18.40 [2]
Color(s)   Blue and orange
Mascot Spartan
Website www.CamelbackHS.org

Camelback High School is part of the Phoenix Union High School District. The campus is located at 4612 North 28th Street, northeast of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Camelback's enrollment is just over 2,200 students, over 75 percent of whom are Hispanic. [3] The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary districts Balsz, Creighton, Madison and Wilson. During the 2023-2024 school year, Camelback was named a National Demonstration School for the Center for High School Success. [4]

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History

Camelback was designed by a group of noted local architects consisting of Lescher & Mahoney, Edward L. Varney, H. H. Green and John Sing Tang with Harold Ekman and Fred M. Guirey as consultant and supervising architects. The construction contract to build the school was awarded to Mardian Construction Co. [5] The campus was renovated in 2007 with many of the outdated original buildings demolished and replaced with new buildings. Architectural Resource Team drew up the planes for the renovation. [6] Phoenix City Council District 6 candidate [7] [8]

Trivia

Camelback High School is referenced in the song "Alma Mater" by Alice Cooper, whose drummer Neal Smith graduated from there.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Data from GNIS
  2. 1 2 3 "Camelback High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Camelback High School Statistics".
  4. ↑ Bresnahan, Claire (September 6, 2023). "Introducing CHSS Demonstration Schools". Center for High School Success. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Arizona Builder and Contractor, May 1954, Vol. 16, No. 10". azmemory.azlibrary.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  6. ↑ "education 2". Architectural Resource Team. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Juan Schoville for City Council District 6 - facts about Juan Schoville".
  8. ↑ "Other races for Nov. 8 will gel next week". July 7, 2022.
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