Wickenburg High School

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Wickenburg High School and Annex
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The former Wickenburg High School building
Location
Wickenburg High School
Wickenburg
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Arizona
85390

United States
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School type Public high school
School districtWickenburg Unified School District
Grades 9–12
Enrollment657 students (Nov. 2017)
Color(s)Purple and gold    [1]
MascotWranglers [1]
Information928.684.6600
Website
Wickenburg High School Gymnasium
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Wickenburg High School Gymnasium
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Location250/252 S. Tegner, Wickenburg, Arizona
Coordinates 33°58′3″N112°43′36″W / 33.96750°N 112.72667°W / 33.96750; -112.72667
Arealess than one acre
Built1925/1934
Architect Lescher & Mahoney
Architectural styleColonial Revival/Moderne, WPA Moderne
MPS Wickenburg MRA
NRHP reference No. 86001595, 86001594 [2]
Added to NRHPJuly 10, 1986

Wickenburg High School is a high school in Wickenburg, Arizona under the jurisdiction of the Wickenburg Unified School District. It is double-listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona. The original Colonial Revival high school and annex were completed in 1925 and 1935, respectively. In 1934, the Works Progress Administration-built gymnasium was completed in a Moderne style. It is the town's only WPA building and the larger of two cast-in-place concrete structures in the town; it also is separately listed. The two buildings were put on the NRHP at the same time (July 1986). In 1999, the high school moved to a new building. [3]

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Service area

Within Maricopa County, the school district, and therefore Wickenburg High's attendance boundary, includes that county's portion of Wickenburg and sections of Buckeye and Surprise. [4] Within Yavapai County it includes that county's portion of Wickenburg and that county's section of Peoria. [5]

Congress Elementary School District sends high school students to Wickenburg High. [6] Previously students from the Yarnell Elementary School District (model Creek School) could select Wickenburg High as an option for high school, but in order to reduce taxes, the Yarnell Elementary district board removed the Wickenburg option in November 2018. [7]

History

During the evacuation period of the Yarnell Hill Fire, the school was used as an evacuation shelter for the nearby town of Yarnell. [8]

Academic Course Offerings

Wickenburg High School has the following academic courses:

  1. English
  2. Mathematics
  3. Science
  4. Social Studies
  5. International Languages
  6. Performing Arts
  7. Visual arts
  8. Physical Education

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wickenburg High School". Arizona Interscholastic Association. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  2. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Our Schools". Wickenburg Unified School District #9. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Maricopa County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. pp. 2-3 (PDF p. 3-4). Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  5. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yavapai County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/3). Retrieved 2022-12-21. - This includes the borders of the former Walnut Grove Elementary District, which has since dissolved, with a portion going to Wickenburg USD.
  6. ↑ "District". Congress Elementary School District . Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  7. ↑ "High School Tuition and Transportation per Student". Yarnell Elementary School District. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  8. ↑ Bierman, Breanne (July 1, 2013). "Yarnell Hill Fire: Red Cross sets up shelters for Arizona wildfire victims". CBS 5 Arizona. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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