Casteel High School

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Casteel High School
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Location
Casteel High School
24901 S. Power Road

Queen Creek
,
Arizona
85142

United States
Coordinates 33°13′20″N111°41′02″W / 33.222163°N 111.683804°W / 33.222163; -111.683804
Information
Type Public high school
Opened2015 [1]
LocaleSuburban, Large (21)
School district Chandler Unified School District
NCES District ID0401870
CEEB code 030821
NCES School ID040187003483
PrincipalJay Schnittger [2]
Faculty135.20
Teaching staff146.40 (FTE) [3]
Grades7–12
Enrollment2,971 (2023–2024) [3]
 •  Grade 7 430
 •  Grade 8 423
 •  Grade 9 473
 •  Grade 10 499
 •  Grade 11 513
 •  Grade 12 478
Student to teacher ratio20.29 [3]
ColorsNavy and gold    [4]
MascotColts [4]
Website cusd80.com/casteelhigh

Casteel High School is a junior high and high school in Queen Creek, Arizona.

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History

Casteel is the fifth high school built by the Chandler Unified School District. Opening in July 2015 school was named for Camille Casteel who served as superintendent of the district for 50 years. [5] The CUSD governing board changed its policy about naming schools after current staff specifically wished to name the school after Casteel. [6]

Academics

Casteel's curriculum is aligned with the standards set by the Arizona Department of Education and implements the state's Education and Career Action Plan (ECAP) [7] [8] required for all students grades 9–12 graduating from a publicly funded high school. [9] CUSD high schools also implements an open enrollment policy, meaning students from outside the intended school boundaries may attend without tuition or other penalties. [10]

Arizona requires that all high school students take 6 credit bearing courses during their freshmen through junior years, and provides the option for students on track for graduation the ability to reduce their course load to 4 credit bearing courses. However, CUSD requires all students must complete 22 credits whereas the public university system controlled by the Arizona Board of Regents requires only 16 credits in the following areas: [11]

Cross-credit courses

At Casteel and all CUSD high school students may swap two semesters (1⁄2 credits per semester) of Spiritline, Beginning through Advance Dance, Drill Team, Color Guard, Marching Band, Winter guard, or AFJROTC essentially waiving the required one Physical Education credit required for graduation. [11]

Students which choose applied sciences in areas such as Applied Biology or Applied Agricultural Sciences gain equivalent Science credits. Likewise, Economics credits can be awarded like Agricultural Business Management, Business, Business Applications, Marketing, Economics Applications, Family and Consumer Sciences, and vocational courses. [11]

Community college credits can be awarded through a partnership with Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) and cooperative credits for vocational courses are provided by East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT). Students must be dually enrolled for the Arizona community college or the Arizona public university system to accept the credits towards a degree. CUSD Transportation Department provides routes between Casteel, EVIT, and CGCC with after school hours transportation intended for students participating in activities. [11]

Separate from EVIT and CGCC, the University of Arizona implemented a pilot program to get university credits for students pursuing introductory engineering courses starting in 2014. [12]

Athletics

Casteel is an Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) member school offering boys and girls sports adhering to Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) Title IX compliance. Student athletes can participate in varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen only teams as well as individual sports under the AIA's 6A Conference. [13] Casteel Athletics consist of these sports:

Each sport is funded by the school, yet additional funds are raised through boosters creating 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, donations, and tax credits.

References

  1. ↑ "About Our School". Chandler Unified School District. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Administration / Jay Schnittger, Principal" . Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dr. Camille Casteel High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Casteel High School". Arizona Interscholastic Association. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  5. ↑ Ruiz, Raphael (December 12, 2020). "Superintendent Camille Casteel retiring after 50 years in Chandler Unified School District". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 23, 2026.
  6. ↑ Creno, Cathryn (February 25, 2015). "New schools under construction at 4 SEV districts". Arizona Republic. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ "ECAP / Overview". http. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  8. ↑ "ECAP / Grade Level ECAP Instructions". http. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  9. ↑ 2019 – 2020 Course Description Catalog: Grades 9-12 (PDF). Chandler Unified School District. 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Parent Resources / School Boundaries". http. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  11. 1 2 3 4 2019 – 2020 Course Description Catalog: Grades 9-12 (PDF). Chandler, Arizona: Chandler Unified School District. 2019. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  12. ↑ Rogers, Jill; Vezino, Beau R.; Baygents, James C.; Goldberg, Jeffrey B. (2014). "ENGR 102 for high school: An Introduction to Engineering, AP type course taught in high schools by high school teachers". ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. American Society for Engineering Education.
  13. ↑ Bordow, Scott. "Bordow: Breaking down the new 6A Conference". azcentral. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
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