Phoenix Union Bioscience High School

Bioscience High School
Address
512 East Pierce Street Phoenix , Arizona United States
Coordinates	33°27′22″N 112°4′1″W
Information
Type	Public secondary school
Established	2006; 19 years ago (2006)
School district	Phoenix Union High School District
NCES School ID	040633002670[1]
Principal	Neda Boyce
Teaching staff	22.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	370 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.82[1]
Color(s)	Purple and green
Mascot	Double Helix Dragons
Website	www.biosciencehs.org
The school campus

Phoenix Union Bioscience High School is a small magnet school within the Phoenix Union High School District and the campus is in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, US. The school specializes in preemptive science education with a concentration in engineering or biomedical studies.[2] A new building was constructed and the existing one renovated, opening in the fall of 2007.

Enrollment

Bioscience currently is home to approximately 395 students in grades 9 - 12. The student-to-faculty ratio for the 2023 to 2024 school year was 1:18, with an average class size of 1:24. The first class of 43 students graduated from Bioscience in May 2010, and the class of 2024 has the largest prospective graduation class of 103 students. [3] 97 percent of its 10th graders passed the AIMS Math exam (in 2009), the highest public (non-charter) school percentage in the Valley, and No. 2 in the state.[4] Their science scores were No. 3 in the state among non-charter schools.[4]

In its first year of eligibility, Bioscience earned the maximum "Excelling" Achievement Profile from the State.[5]

Campus

The US$10 million campus which opened in October 2007 is located in Phoenix's downtown Biotechnology Center and open to students throughout the District.[6] The Bioscience High School campus, which was designed by The Orcutt-Winslow Partnership [7] won the American School Board Journal's [8] Learning By Design 2009 Grand Prize Award. The school received this award for its classrooms, collaborative learning spaces, and smooth circulation.[9]

Phoenix Union High School District received a $2.4 million small schools grant from the City of Phoenix to renovate Bioscience's existing historic McKinley building for a Bio-medical program. It includes administrative office, four classrooms, a library/community room and a student demonstration area.[10]

In 2014, Bioscience ranked number 27 on the Best Education Degrees Web site's "Most Amazing High School Campuses In The World" list, ranked by their modern designs. The school has a solar charging station, and is partially powered by solar panels.[11]

References

1. "Search for Public Schools - Phoenix Union Bioscience High School (040633002670)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
2. "Bioscience High School - Home". Archived from the original on May 8, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
3. "Bioscience High to graduate first class". Azcentral.com. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
4. "Phoenix Union High School District / Homepage". www.phoenixunion.org. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
5. "Arizona School Report Cards - School Summary". Archived from the original on June 7, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2009.
6. "Bioscience High gets formal declaration". Azcentral.com. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
7. "Phoenix Bioscience High School". Owp.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
8. "American School Board Journal". Asbj.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
9. "Learning by Design 2010 – Home". Learningbydesign.biz. May 20, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
10. "McKinley School to get medical use". Azcentral.com. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
11. "Bioscience High School ranks in worldwide 'Most Amazing High School Campuses' list". DowntownDevil.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

External links

• Bioscience High School
• Phoenix Union High School District website
• Arizona Department of Education School Report Card
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