Casa Grande Union High School

Casa Grande Union High School is a high school in Casa Grande, Arizona. It is part of the Casa Grande Union High School District.

Casa Grande Union High School
Address
2730 N Trekell Road

Casa Grande
,
Arizona
85122

United States
Coordinates32.9358°N 111.7369°W / 32.9358; -111.7369
Information
School typePublic high school
Established1920
School districtCasa Grande Union High School District
PrincipalBrian Mabb
Faculty81.50[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,853 (2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio22.74[1]
Color(s)Blue/gold
MascotCougar
Website

The original high school and gym, now used as the Casa Grande City Hall, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History
Casa Grande Union High School and Gymnasium
Former high school, now Casa Grande city hall
Location510 E. Florence Blvd.,[3] Casa Grande, Arizona
Coordinates32°52′49″N 111°44′52″W
Area2.8 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1920–1921; 1936
ArchitectLyman & Place
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Revival
MPSCasa Grande MRA
NRHP reference No.86000821[4]
Added to NRHPFebruary 3, 1986

The original Casa Grande Union High School was built in 1920–21 at a cost of $135,000. It featured an indoor swimming pool and an auditorium. The large building's construction was a major milestone for the growing town between Phoenix and Tucson.

The gymnasium was added on in 1936. It is Arizona's only adobe gymnasium. $12,000 was used to build the structure ($7,200 of it came from the Depression-era Works Progress Administration). The adobe was locally made with on-site earth; manufacturing it provided much-needed jobs during the Depression in hard-hit Casa Grande. It was in use as the high school until 1997, when a new, modern school with the capacity to serve 2,800 students opened at a different location.[5]

Growth and splitting

Until the late 2000s, it was the only high school for the rapidly growing town of Casa Grande. In 1964, the school had 1,000 students for the first time, and by 1996, it had grown to double that size. By 2007, Casa Grande had 3,335 students, making it the state's largest single high school.[note 1] Finally, Vista Grande High School was opened by the district. By 2012, Vista Grande was larger than Casa Grande by about 175 students.

Academics

The academic departments that Casa Grande Union High offers include the following:[6]

  • English
  • Mathematics
  • World Languages
  • Mathematics
  • Fine Arts
  • Science
  • Social Sciences
  • Exceptional Student Services
  • CTE (Career and Technical Education)

Band

Casa Grande offers a symphonic band, a freshman band, a jazz band, a color guard program, an indoor drumline and the "Pride of Casa Grande" marching band. "The Pride of Casa Grande" is recognized as one of the top ten Division 1 marching bands in Arizona. The indoor drumline also known as the "Casa Grande Indoor Percussion Ensemble" competes on a state and national level. They have been runners-up in the state for the past 11 years and in 2011 they traveled to Dayton, Ohio to compete in the World Drum Line championships and received 5th place in their division. In 2015 the Casa Grande Indoor Percussion Ensemble were crowned the 2015 Percussion Scholastic Open State Champions. Scholastic Open is the highest competing High School drumline division in Arizona. They also traveled to World Championships in Dayton, Ohio later that month and competed against the Nation's Top High School drumlines, making it their second trip to Nationals. In 2016 the Casa Grande Indoor Percussion Ensemble was crowned the 2016 Percussion Scholastic Open State Champions for their second consecutive year. They won the Percussion Scholastic Open State Champions again in 2017 for their third consecutive year.

Notes
  1. High schools in Mesa Public Schools had higher figures, but only when 9th grade students in feeder junior high schools was considered. Including these, Casa Grande was Arizona's fourth-largest high school.

See also

References
  1. "Casa Grande Union High School". web. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  2. "Casa Grande Union High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  3. "Main Street District Historic Sites". Casa Grande Main Street. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  5. The Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce's website on education: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2011-03-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) – note that it is outdated slightly
  6. "Departments". web. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
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