Scottsdale Unified School District

The Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) is a school district with its headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The district serves most of Scottsdale, most of Paradise Valley, a portion of Phoenix, and a portion of Tempe.

Its 22 schools earning the state's highest rating, Excelling. All SUSD schools are rated as Performing, Performing Plus, Highly Performing or Excelling by the Arizona Department of Education. In 2011, SUSD was "moving toward making Algebra I available to all eighth-graders". The enrollment of the district has bee
declining
over the last 23 years. Its enrollment is just over 20;000 as of June 2023.

History

The Scottsdale Unified School District was founded in 1896 by Mayor Winfield Scott, also the founder of the city of Scottsdale. The first classes were taught by Alza Blount, who, for health reasons, moved to Arizona from Illinois with her husband George and their three children. Classes were held in their adobe home, which was just south of what is now Civic Center Plaza and Second Street. Alza Blount was paid $40 a month to teach the 8-10 students from the seven families who resided in Scottsdale at that time.

The district's first bond election was held May 1, 1909, with all 13 citizens voting "yes". The amount of the bond, $5,000, was used to build the district's first school, now known as the "Little Red Schoolhouse." This building, also known at the time as Coronado School, is a historic site on Scottsdale Mall and now the home of the Scottsdale Historical Society.

Prior to 1974 the district enrolled students of the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community reservation, but that year ceased doing so.
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Today, the district covers , including some areas not part of the City of Scottsdale itself; specifically, the district includes most of the town of Paradise Valley and parts of Tempe and Phoenix in addition to most of Scottsdale. The district has about 27,000 students and approximately 1,800 certified and 1,000 classified employees; five comprehensive high schools, six middle schools, three K-8 schools, sixteen elementary schools, and one alternative school.

Elementary Schools

* Anasazi Elementary School
* Cherokee Elementary School
* Cochise Elementary School
* Desert Canyon Elementary School
* Hohokam Elementary School
* Hopi Elementary School
* Navajo Elementary School
* Pima Elementary School
* Pueblo Elementary School
* Redfield Elementary School (formerly Zuni elementary school until approx 2013)
* Sequoya Elementary School
* Tavan Elementary School
* Yavapai Elementary School

K-8 Schools

* Cheyenne Traditional School
* Copper Ridge School
* Echo Canyon School
* Tonalea K-8 School

Middle Schools

* Cocopah Middle School
* Desert Canyon Middle School
* Ingleside Middle School
* Mohave Middle School
* Mountainside Middle School

High schools

The original Scottsdale High School operated from 1922 until 1983.

* Arcadia High School
* Chaparral High School
* Coronado High School
* Desert Mountain High School
* Saguaro High School
* Scottsdale Online Learning

Former schools

* Supai Middle School - The first building was built in 1959 for around $10 million. In 2002, ''The Arizona Republic'' printed an editorial in favor of remodeling the school.
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References

External links

SUSD Home Page

Arizona Department of Education district report card for 2006-2007

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School districts in Maricopa County, Arizona
Education in Scottsdale, Arizona
School districts established in 1896
1896 establishments in Arizona Territory