Wickenburg High School

Wickenburg High School and Annex
The former Wickenburg High School building
Location
Arizona 85390 United States
Information
School type	Public high school
School district	Wickenburg Unified School District
Principal	Garrett Maier
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	457 (2023–2024) [1]
Color(s)	Purple and gold    [2]
Mascot	Wranglers [2]
Information	928.684.6600
Website

Wickenburg High School Gymnasium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Wickenburg High School Gymnasium
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Location	1090 S. Vulture Mine Rd. Wickenburg, Arizona
Coordinates	33°58′3″N112°43′36″W / 33.96750°N 112.72667°W / 33.96750; -112.72667
Area	approx. 10 acres
Built	1925/1934/1999
Architect	Lescher & Mahoney
Architectural style	Colonial Revival/Moderne, WPA Moderne
MPS	Wickenburg MRA
NRHP reference No.	86001595, 86001594 [3]
Added to NRHP	July 10, 1986

Wickenburg High School is a high school in Wickenburg, Arizona under the jurisdiction of the Wickenburg Unified School District #9. The original campus was built at 101 Coconino St. in 1925, with the gym annex added in 1935. In 1999, the high school was relocated to its current building at 1090 S. Vulture Mine Rd. ^[4]

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. ^[5] Within Yavapai County it includes that county's portion of Wickenburg and that county's section of Peoria. ^[6]

Congress Elementary School District sends high school students to Wickenburg High. ^[7] 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. ^[8]

History

The original high school campus 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). The original high school campus now serves as the Wrangler Event Center and the district office for WUSD #9.

During the evacuation period of the Yarnell Hill Fire, the school was used as an evacuation shelter for the nearby town of Yarnell. ^[9]

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

References

1. "Wickenburg High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
2. "Wickenburg High School". Arizona Interscholastic Association. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
4. "Our Schools". Wickenburg Unified School District #9. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Maricopa County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. pp. 2-3 (PDF p. 3-4). Retrieved December 21, 2022.
6. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yavapai County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/3). Retrieved December 21, 2022. - This includes the borders of the former Walnut Grove Elementary District, which has since dissolved, with a portion going to Wickenburg USD.
7. "District". Congress Elementary School District . Retrieved January 28, 2022.
8. "High School Tuition and Transportation per Student". Yarnell Elementary School District. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
9. Bierman, Breanne (July 1, 2013). "Yarnell Hill Fire: Red Cross sets up shelters for Arizona wildfire victims". CBS 5 Arizona. Retrieved July 1, 2013.