Flagstaff Unified School District

Primary school district in Arizona

Flagstaff Unified School District

Location
Flagstaff , Coconino County, Arizona United States of America
District information
Grades	PK-12^[1]
President	Dorothy Denetsosie Gishie ^[2]
Superintendent	Michael A. Penca ^[3]
Asst. superintendent(s)	Kurt Steele Lance Huffman^[3]
NCES District ID	0402860^[1]
District ID	AZ-4192^[1]
Students and staff
Students	9,106 (2021-2022 school year)^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	16.36^[1]
Colors	Blue and White^[2]
Other information
Website	fusd1.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

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

High schools

Middle schools

Mount Elden Middle School
Sinagua Middle School

Alternative schools

Teenage Parent Program (TAPP)

Magnet schools

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

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^[update] 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

Sinagua High School (2010)
Flagstaff Middle School (2010)
Christensen Elementary School (2010)
South Beaver Elementary School (2010)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Flagstaff Unified School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
^ ^a ^b "Governing Board". Flagstaff Unified School District. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
^ ^a ^b "FUSD Administration Contact Information". Flagstaff Unified School District. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
^ "District Information". Flagstaff Unified School District. Archived from the original on 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2006-04-10.
^ "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
^ ^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.
^ "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)
^ "Leupp Public School". National Center of Education Statistics. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
^ Vanek, Corina (2018-05-26). "Flagstaff charters lagging in diversity". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
^ ^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.
^ "About Us". Flagstaff Bordertown Dormitory. Retrieved 2021-04-27.