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 | |
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Address | |
2730 N Trekell Road 85122 United States | |
Coordinates | 32°56′09″N 111°44′13″W / 32.9358°N 111.7369°W |
Information | |
School type | Public high school |
Established | 1920 |
School district | Casa Grande Union High School District |
CEEB code | 030040 |
Principal | Brian Mabb |
Faculty | 81.50[3] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,853 (2018–19)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 22.74[3] |
Color(s) | Blue and gold [2] |
Mascot | Cougars[2] |
Website | www |
The original high school and gym, now used as the Casa Grande City Hall, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Casa Grande Union High School and Gymnasium | |
Location | 510 E. Florence Blvd.,[5] Casa Grande, Arizona |
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Coordinates | 32°52′49″N 111°44′52″W / 32.88028°N 111.74778°W |
Area | 2.8 acres (1.1 ha) |
Built | 1920–1921; 1936 |
Architect | Lyman & Place |
Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
MPS | Casa Grande MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86000821[4] |
Added to NRHP | February 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 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. This new school quickly filled up and now has 3,200 students as of 2022-2023.[6]
The academic departments that Casa Grande Union High offers include the following:[7]
In 2015, 2016, and 2017 the Casa Grande Indoor Percussion Ensemble were the Percussion Scholastic Open State Champions.[citation needed] Scholastic Open is the highest competing High School drumline division in Arizona.