Flagstaff Unified School District
Primary school district in Arizona
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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.
- Kurt Steele
- Lance Huffman[3]
| Flagstaff Unified School District | |
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| Location | |
| , 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) |
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| 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 |
History
The Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District opened in 1991, taking territory and assets from FUSD. At the time, Sedona students continued to attend Flagstaff for high school.[5]
Boundary
The district boundary consists of portions of Coconino County. It includes all of Flagstaff. 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.[6]
Prior to the establishment of Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District, Flagstaff USD directly included all of Sedona, and took students from the Red Rock school district, which did not operate any schools.[7]
List of schools
High schools
- Coconino High School
- Flagstaff High School
- Summit High School
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.[8][9] It is a K-5 elementary school.[10] As of 2018[update] all of the students are Native American.[11] In addition to Leupp its attendance zone includes Birdsprings and Tolani Lake. The sole FUSD school in the Navajo reservation,[8] 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."[12] 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.[12]
- 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.[13]
- Puente de Hozho
- Sechrist
- Thomas
Former schools
Closed schools with year of closure:
- Sinagua High School (2010)
- Flagstaff Middle School (2010)
- Christensen Elementary School (2010)
- South Beaver Elementary School (2010)
Flagstaff USD formerly operated Sedona School in Sedona.[7] That school went to the Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District.