Eastmark High School

In November 2017, voters in the Queen Creek Unified School District approved a $63 million bond package, as well as the repurposing of a 2014 bond, to allow the district to build a new high school and two new elementary schools, after a $95 million proposal had been defeated in 2016.[2] The new schools, in the northern part of the district, would alleviate lengthy commutes.[1] In August 2018, the district voted to name the school Eastmark High School, after the community in which it is located.[3] Ground was broken on the high school on March 29, 2018,[4] and the first day of classes for 800 students in grades 7 through 10 was July 31, 2019.[1]

The school, currently with 154,000 square feet (14,300 m²) of space, is planned to allow the construction of two further phases to bring its capacity from 1,350 to 2,800; the future phases would add a performing arts center, auxiliary gym, additional classrooms and an auditorium.[5]

Eastmark is organized into four "Career Plan Academies", which allow students to specialize in STEM, medical and social health, business and marketing, and fine arts; each academy has its own setting and environment within the campus.[5]