Ironwood High School

Ironwood High School
Location
6051 W Sweetwater Ave, Glendale AZ 85304
Information
Type	Public Secondary
Motto	It's Just Better Here #IJBH
Established	1986 with its first graduating class in 1989
Principal	Russell Dunham
Teaching staff	88.57 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment	1,885 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	21.28 [1]
Color(s)	Red and grey
Mascot	Eagle
AIA Class	5A Conference
Website	Ironwood Home Page

Ironwood High School is a public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened in August 1986 with its first graduating class in 1989. Since 2005, it has offered the IB Diploma Programme to its junior and senior year students, with a Pre-IB program for its freshman and sophomore-year students. It is the district's third-largest high school by enrollment.

Academics

IB Program

In April 2005, Ironwood High School began to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to juniors and seniors. Since 2005, the school has graduated over 100 full diploma members. Ironwood offers the standard five areas of English, History, Science (Physics and Biology), Foreign Language (French and Spanish), and Math, as well as numerous six area courses. The six area courses offered include Art, Computer Science, Economics, Music, Photo, Physics, and Theatre. The school also offers a two-year AIM program sponsored by the district in order to prepare pre-IB students. Ironwood offers the IB/AIM Club as a way to support IB and Pre-IB students.

Advanced Placement Program

Ironwood offers numerous Advanced Placement courses. These include higher level computer science, history, math, and science.

Sports

Fall Football (male) State runners up: 1995, 1996, 2002, 2020 Cheerleading (male and female) Volleyball (female) Badminton (female) Cross country (male and female) Swim and dive (male and female) Golf (male and female) Marching band - Ironwood Marching Eagle Regiment (male and female)

Winter Basketball (male and female) Mens Basketball State champions: 2020, 2024 Wrestling (male and female) Mens Wrestling State Champions: 2023 Soccer (male and female) Cheerleading (male and female) Drumline (male and female)

Spring Baseball (male) State runners up: 1999 Softball (female) Track and field (male and female) Volleyball (male) State Runners up: 2016, 2023 Tennis (male and female)

Feeder schools

The following are K-8 schools that feed into Ironwood:

• Copperwood
• Desert Palms ^[2]
• Desert Valley ^[3]
• Heritage
• Marshall Ranch ^[4]
• Sahuaro Ranch ^[5]

Notable alumni

• Alia Shelesh - YouTuber known has SSSniperWolf (Class of 2010)
• Noah Beck - social media personality (Class of 2019) ^[6]
• Danny Cruz - soccer player, San Francisco Deltas (Class of 2007) ^[7]
• Mackenzie Dern - six-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion (Brazil), current Mixed Martial Artist (Class of 2011)
• Paul Ernster - National Football League punter (Class of 2000) ^[8]
• Eric Hagg - National Football League safety (Nebraska) (Class of 2007)
• Joshua Sweeney - Paralympic gold medalist (Class of 2005)

References

1. "Ironwood High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
2. Desert Palms
3. Desert Valley
4. Marshall Ranch
5. Sahuaro Ranch
6. "Noah Beck". MaxPreps . Retrieved March 21, 2021.
7. Cruz, Danny. "Danny Cruz". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
8. Ernster, Paul (December 2008). "Paul Ernster". nfl.com. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

External links

• Ironwood on Facebook
• Ironwood on Twitter
• Ironwood High School website
• Ironwood High School IB Program website
• School profile at greatschools.net

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