Flagstaff Unified School District

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Flagstaff Unified School District
Location
Flagstaff
, Coconino County, Arizona
United States of America
District information
GradesPK-12[1]
PresidentDorothy Denetsosie Gishie [2]
SuperintendentMichael A. Penca [3]
Asst. superintendent(s)
  • Kurt Steele
  • Lance Huffman[3]
NCES District ID0402860[1]
District IDAZ-4192[1]
Students and staff
Students9,106 (2021-2022 school year)[1]
Student–teacher ratio16.36[1]
ColorsBlue and White[2]
Other information
Websitefusd1.org

The Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD) is a K-12 school district for Flagstaff, Arizona area and neighboring areas. The district has approximately 11,500[4] students and operates 16 schools; including three high schools (9–12), two middle schools (6–8), four magnet schools (various grades), ten elementary schools, and two alternative programs.

Boundary

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The district boundary consists of portions of Coconino County. It includes all of Flagstaff, as well as the Coconino County portion of Sedona. Additionally, the district includes the following census-designated places: Bellemont, Doney Park, Fort Valley, Kachina Village, Leupp, Mormon Lake, Mountain View Ranches, Mountainaire, Munds Park, Oak Creek Canyon, and Timberline-Fernwood, as well as portions of Blue Ridge and the Coconino County portion of Winslow West.[5]

List of schools

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High schools

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Middle schools

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  • Mount Elden Middle School
  • Sinagua Middle School

Alternative schools

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  • Teenage Parent Program (TAPP)

Magnet schools

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  • Advanced Placement Academy at Flagstaff High School
  • Honors Pre-AP Academy at Mount Elden Middle School
  • Alpine Academy at Mount Elden Middle School
  • Coconino Institute of Technology (located inside of Coconino High School)
  • The Middle School Institute of Technology and Engineering, or MIT-e (located inside of Sinagua Middle School)
  • Marshall Elementary Arts and Science Magnet
  • Puente de Hozho Bilingual Elementary
  • Northern Arizona Distance Learning (on-line)

Elementary schools

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  • Cromer
  • DeMiguel
  • Killip
  • Kinsey
  • Knoles
  • Leupp
    • Leupp Public School is in Leupp, 45 miles (72 km) northeast of Flagstaff.[6][7] It is a K-5 elementary school.[8] As of 2018 all of the students are Native American.[9] In addition to Leupp its attendance zone includes Birdsprings and Tolani Lake. The sole FUSD school in the Navajo reservation,[6] it was previously a K-8 school. According to Mitch Strohmann, the public relations official at FUSD, the school, in 2002, had "made some amazing strides in recent years."[10] Construction on the current campus was scheduled to start in summer 2002. Within the campus, which had a cost of $2.8 million, is a hogan that was dedicated in January 2002. FUSD consulted with the school community on the design of the school.[10]
  • Marshall
    • Before the Kinlani Dormitory (now the Flagstaff Bordertown Dormitory), a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIE)-contracting dormitory, stopped taking younger students, it sent younger children living there to Marshall Elementary.[11]
  • Puente de Hozho
  • Sechrist
  • Thomas

Closed schools

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Flagstaff Unified School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  2. ^ a b "Governing Board". Flagstaff Unified School District. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  3. ^ a b "FUSD Administration Contact Information". Flagstaff Unified School District. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  4. ^ "District Information". Flagstaff Unified School District. Archived from the original on 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2006-04-10.
  5. ^ "2020 census - school district reference map: Coconino County, AZ" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. pp. 2, 4 (PDF pp. 3, 5/5). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved 2024-09-12. - Text list
  6. ^ a b "About Us". Leupp Elementary School. Retrieved 2021-07-14. Our School serves the communities of Leupp, Birdsprings and Tolani Lake. - Also see the "Directions" part.
  7. ^ "School Contact Information". Leupp Elementary School. Retrieved 2021-07-14. Mailing Address: 3285 E. Sparrow Ave Flagstaff, Arizona 86004 Physical Address: 45 Miles NE of Flagstaff on reservation route 15. (school on the right when entering Leupp)
  8. ^ "Leupp Public School". National Center of Education Statistics. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  9. ^ Vanek, Corina (2018-05-26). "Flagstaff charters lagging in diversity". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  10. ^ a b Strohman, Mitch (2002-01-27). "Leupp hogan dedicated; FUSD students recognized". Arizona Daily Star. p. C5. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. Strohman was an employee of FUSD.
  11. ^ "About Us". Flagstaff Bordertown Dormitory. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
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