Eastmark High School

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Eastmark High School
Address
Eastmark High School
9560 East Ray Road

Mesa
,
Arizona
85212

United States
Coordinates 33°19′26″N111°37′39″W / 33.323802°N 111.627518°W / 33.323802; -111.627518
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Type Public high school
OpenedJuly 24, 2019 [1]
School district Queen Creek Unified School District
PrincipalThomas Swaninger
Teaching staff80.60 (FTE) [2]
Grades7–12
Enrollment1,842 (2022-23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio22.85 [2]
Color(s)Teal and copper    [3]
MascotFirebirds [3]
Website ehs.qcusd.org

2022 football 3A Arizona State Champions, Eastmark High School is a junior high and high school in Mesa, Arizona, the second public high school operated by the Queen Creek Unified School District. It is located in the Eastmark master-planned community on the site of the former Mesa General Motors proving grounds. Its cross streets are Ray Road between Ellsworth Road and Signal Butte Road.

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History

In November 2017, voters in the Queen Creek Unified School District approved a $63 million bond package, as well as the repurposing of a 2014 bond, to allow the district to build a new high school and two new elementary schools, after a $95 million proposal had been defeated in 2016. [4] The new schools, in the northern part of the district, would alleviate lengthy commutes. [1] In August 2018, the district voted to name the school Eastmark High School, after the community in which it is located. [5] Ground was broken on the high school on March 29, 2018, [6] and the first day of classes for 800 students in grades 7 through 10 was July 31, 2019. [1]

The school, currently with 154,000 square feet (14,300 m2) of space, is planned to allow the construction of two further phases to bring its capacity from 1,350 to 2,800; the future phases would add a performing arts center, auxiliary gym, additional classrooms and an auditorium. [7]

Curriculum

Eastmark is organized into four "Career Plan Academies", which allow students to specialize in STEM, medical and social health, business and marketing, and fine arts; each academy has its own setting and environment within the campus. [7]

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  3. 1 2 "Eastmark High School". Arizona Interscholastic Association. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ Cano, Ricardo (November 8, 2016). "Voters show strong support for Maricopa County school-ballot proposals". Arizona Republic. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Growing Eastmark gets a name for high school". East Valley Tribune. August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
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