The Tempe Union High School District is a school district

School district

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 of high school

High school

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s in Tempe, Arizona

Tempe, Arizona

Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...

, USA

United States

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. Its service area includes all of Tempe, the city of Chandler, Arizona

Chandler, Arizona

-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...

 west of the Loop 101, Guadalupe

Guadalupe, Arizona

Guadalupe is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 5,258. The town is nestled between Phoenix and Tempe. Since its founding, it has been known as a center of Yaqui culture and it is home to many religious festivals...

, the Gila River Indian Community

Gila River Indian Community

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 in Maricopa County, and the Ahwatukee

Ahwatukee

Ahwatukee is an affluent L-shaped neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona bordered on the north by South Mountain Park and Baseline Road, on the east by Interstate 10 and the cities of Chandler, Guadalupe, and Tempe, and on the south and west by the Gila River Indian Community. It is the southernmost of...

 area of Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

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.

The district consists of six mainstream high schools and Compadre Academy, an alternative school

Alternative school

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 for high-risk students. Tempe High School also teaches the International Baccalaureate

IB Diploma Programme

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. Peggy Payne Academy, once an independent 'school-within-a-school' for gifted students, is now a program of McClintock High School.

Schools

High schools in Tempe Union HSD

School	Compadre	Corona del Sol Corona Del Sol High School Corona del Sol High School located in Tempe, Arizona, United States, was established in 1977 and is a part of the Tempe Union High School District. It was expanded in 1986. It was expanded again in 2001.-Campus:...	Desert Vista Desert Vista High School Desert Vista High School is located in the Ahwatukee neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona, was established in 1996, and is a part of the Tempe Union High School District.-Academics:...	Marcos de Niza Marcos de Niza High School Marcos de Niza High School is a high school located in Tempe, Arizona. It was founded in 1971 and it has an enrollment of approximately 1,900 students. The school's mascot is the Padre...	McClintock McClintock High School McClintock High School is located in Tempe, Arizona, approximately two miles southeast of the campus of Arizona State University. McClintock High School was established in 1964. McClintock moved to the Arizona 4A Conference beginning with the 2001-02 school year...	Mountain Pointe Mountain Pointe High School Mountain Pointe High School is a secondary school located in the community of Ahwatukee, which is in the southern part of Phoenix, Arizona. Mountain Pointe is a part of the Tempe Union High School District....	Tempe High School Tempe High School (Tempe, Arizona) Tempe High School is located in Tempe, Arizona, approximately one mile south of Arizona State University.-History:Tempe Union High School was established by a vote of the people of Tempe in 1907. It was required, as the Normal School in Tempe no longer would enroll students with 8th-grade diplomas...
Location	Tempe	Tempe	Phoenix	Tempe	Tempe	Phoenix	Tempe
Opened	1997	1977	1996	1971	1964	1991	1908, 1953 (current site)
Colors	Teal, purple	Orange, yellow, black	Blue, gold	Brown, gold	Cardinal red, navy blue	Maroon, gold	Blue, white
Mascot	Dreamcatcher	Aztecs	Thunder	Padres	Chargers	Pride	Buffalo
Principal	Sean McDonald	Susan Jilek Edwards	Anna Battle	Frank Mirizio	Kim Hilgers	Bruce Kipper	Mark Yslas
Athletic conference	N/A	5A	5A	5A	4A	5A	4A
Enrollment	439	2498	2876	1872	1726	2366	1272