Flagstaff Unified School District

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.

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.

References

1. "Flagstaff Unified School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
2. "Governing Board". Flagstaff Unified School District. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
3. "FUSD Administration Contact Information". Flagstaff Unified School District. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
4. "District Information". Flagstaff Unified School District. Archived from the original on June 19, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2006.
5. Rothschild, Becca (August 21, 1991). "Dropout rate falls at FUSD". Arizona Daily Sun. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "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 September 12, 2024. - Text list
7. "Bi-County School Bill Hit: Senate Unit Refuses Its Introduction". Arizona Daily Sun. Vol. 17, no. 154. January 31, 1963. pp. 1-2 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "About Us". Leupp Elementary School. Retrieved July 14, 2021. Our School serves the communities of Leupp, Birdsprings and Tolani Lake. - Also see the "Directions" part.
9. "School Contact Information". Leupp Elementary School. Retrieved July 14, 2021. 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)
10. "Leupp Public School". National Center of Education Statistics. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
11. Vanek, Corina (May 26, 2018). "Flagstaff charters lagging in diversity". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
12. Strohman, Mitch (January 27, 2002). "Leupp hogan dedicated; FUSD students recognized". Arizona Daily Star. p. C5. - Clipping from Newspapers.com. Strohman was an employee of FUSD.
13. "About Us". Flagstaff Bordertown Dormitory. Retrieved April 27, 2021.

External links

• Flagstaff Unified School District Web site
• Flagstaff Unified School District Web site (Archive)