Queen Creek High School
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| Queen Creek High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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22149 E. Ocotillo Rd. , 85142 | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | "High Achievement in a Safe and Caring Environment" [1] |
| Established | 1986 |
| School district | Queen Creek Unified School District |
| Principal | Scott Lovely |
| Staff | 138 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,132 (2023–2024)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 21.98[2] |
| Colors | Purple and gold [3] |
| Mascot | Bulldogs[3] |
| Website | qchs |
Queen Creek High School is a public secondary school located in Queen Creek, Arizona.
The Queen Creek school district did not open a high school until 1986, when it became a unified school district;[4] previously, the school district bused high school students to other schools far from town.[5] In 1988, the school graduated its first class of 22 seniors, attending classes in a 12-room school building.[5] By the fall of 1988, Queen Creek High had 387 students.[6] Two years later, its principal retired in an uproar over the alteration of the low grades of 50 students.[7] The fast-growing school, housed in a former elementary school with additional portable classroom buildings,[8] was approved in 1999 to move to a new site at Signal Butte and Ocotillo Road.[9] The new school opened in 2002 and allowed Queen Creek's middle school to absorb the former high school site.[10]
In November 2012, their football team won the Division III state championship with an undefeated 14–0 season.[11]
The Queen Creek Unified School District opened a second high school, Eastmark High School, in 2019, with the northern portion of the district being zoned into the new school.
