Tempe Union High School District

Tempe Union High School District #213
Location
500 West Guadalupe Road Tempe, Arizona 85283
District information
Type	Public
“Excellence in Teaching and Learning”
Established	1908
Superintendent	Kenneth Baca
Budget	$159,833,346 (2008-09)
Students and staff
Students	13,260
Other information
Website	http://www.tempeunion.org

The Tempe Union High School District is a school district of high schools in Tempe, Arizona, USA. Its service area includes all of Tempe, the city of Chandler, Arizona west of the Loop 101, Guadalupe, the Gila River Indian Community in Maricopa County, and the Ahwatukee area of Phoenix.

The district operates six comprehensive high schools and Compadre Academy, an alternative school for high-risk students. Tempe High School also teaches the International Baccalaureate. Peggy Payne Academy, once an independent 'school-within-a-school' for gifted students, is now a program of McClintock High School.

Schools

High schools in Tempe Union HSD

School	Compadre	Corona del Sol	Desert Vista	Marcos de Niza	McClintock	Mountain Pointe	Tempe High School
Location	Tempe	Tempe	Phoenix	Tempe	Tempe	Phoenix	Tempe
Opened	1997	1977	1996	1971	1964	1991	1908, 1953 (current site)
Colors	Teal, purple	Orange, yellow, black	Blue, gold	Brown, gold	Cardinal red, navy blue	Maroon, gold	Blue, white
Mascot	Dreamcatcher	Aztecs	Thunder	Padres	Chargers	Pride	Buffalo
Principal	Sean McDonald	Brent Brown	Christine Barela	Frank Mirizio	Derek Hoffland	Bruce Kipper	Mark Yslas
Athletic conference	N/A	5A	5A	5A	4A	5A	4A
Enrollment	439	2498	3003	1872	1726	2366	1272

Feeder Elementary School Districts

• Tempe
• Kyrene

See also

• Chandler Unified School District
• Tempe Elementary School District
• Kyrene School District

External links

• Official Site

• Alternative school
• Includes 140 Peggy Payne Academy students