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Patagonia Union High School

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Type
  
Public

Faculty
  
6.5 (on FTE basis)

Enrollment
  
88 (2005-06)

Phone
  
+1 520-394-3050

Mascot
  
Lobo

Established
  
1926

Grades
  
9 to 12

Student to teacher ratio
  
13.5

Number of students
  
88 (2005–2006)

Address
  
200 Naugle Ave, Patagonia, AZ 85624, USA

District
  
Patagonia Union High School District

Similar
  
Patagonia Elementary School, Rio Rico High School, Nogales High School, Buena High School, Sahuarita High School

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Patagonia Union High School (PUHS), is a public high school located in Patagonia, Arizona, which serves rural eastern Santa Cruz County, Arizona, including the communities of Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin. PUHS is a 1A school, with an enrollment of about 90 students in grades 9-12. Its mascot is the Lobo, the Spanish word for "wolf."

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General information

The student population is 54% low income (i.e., eligible for free & reduced-price lunches by the federal definition). Ethnically, the student population is 52% Anglo and 48% Latino.

National and state authorities have lauded the school for its academic excellence. PUHS has met the federal standard of "adequate yearly progress" every year since the passage of No Child Left Behind. The Arizona Department of Education has given the school its highest rating (Excelling) for the past three years. PUHS is the only "Excelling" high school in Arizona south of the Tucson metro area.

U.S. News & World Report recently recognized PUHS as a bronze medal school, a designation that indicates unusually good test scores for the school's demographics. Patagonia is the only bronze medal school in southern Arizona outside the Tucson metro area.

Great Schools rated PUHS at 7 out of 10.

Academic awards

Arizona Department of Education Report Cards

  • 2008-2009: Excelling
  • 2007-2008: Excelling
  • 2006-2007: Excelling
  • 2005-2006: Excelling
  • 2004-2005: Performing
  • 2003-2004: Highly Performing
  • 2002-2003: Excelling

    • No Child Left Behind Adequate Yearly Progress

  • 2007-2008: Met
  • 2006-2007: Met
  • 2005-2006: Met
  • 2004-2005: Met
  • 2003-2004: Met
  • 2002-2003: Met

    • U.S. News & World Report America's Best Schools

  • Bronze Medal, 2007, 2008

    • Arizona Regional Brain Bee

  • 1st place: 2008
  • 2nd place: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009

    • Arizona Academic Decathlon

  • 2nd place among 1A schools in regional & state competition, 2008

    • Willow Canyon Scholastic Bowl Invitational

  • 3rd Place, 2008

    • Athletic achievements

    Baseball

  • 1st place, 1A South division, 2003 (Head Coaches: Brian MacKenzie & Alvaro Monteverde)

    • Basketball (Boys)

  • 3rd place, 1A South division, 2008 (Head Coach: Jim Paul)
  • 1st place, 1A South division, 2007 (Head Coach: Jimmy Lewis)

    • Basketball (Girls)

  • 4th place, 1A South division, 2007 (Head Coach: Michelle Shadrick)

    • Football

  • 3rd place, 1A South division, 2008 (Head Coach: Jim Paul)
  • 3rd place, 1A South division, 2007 (Head Coach: Brian MacKenzie)
  • Co-State Champion, Class C division, 1991 (Head Coach: Bill House)
  • State Champion, Class C division, 1988 (Head Coach: Bill House/Darrell Howell)
  • State Champion, Class C division, 1987 (Head Coach: Bill House)

    • Volleyball (Girls)

  • 1st place, 1A South division, 2005 (Head Coach: Lance Sabbe)

    • Faculty and staff recognition

  • Brian MacKenzie

    • Arizona Educational Foundation Arizona Teacher of the Year finalist and Ambassador for Excellence, 2009

    Patagonia Union High School Teacher of the Year, 2008

    Veterans of Foreign Wars Arizona High School Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year, 2008

    Arizona 1A South Baseball Coach of the Year, 2003

  • Lois Rodgers

    • National Rural Teacher of the Year, 2001–2002

    Arizona Rural Schools Association Teacher of the Year, 2000-2001

  • Susan Stropko

    • Superintendent of the Year for Small & Rural Schools, 2004

    Notable alumni

  • Dinesh D'Souza, author, conservative activist, Reagan Administration policy analyst
  • Jim Kolbe, Republican U.S. Congressman for southern Arizona, 1985–2007
  • John Kolbe, reporter and columnist for the Phoenix Gazette and Arizona Republic
  • Cynthia Matus-Morriss, 2003 president of the Arizona School Boards Association and 2004 vice-chairman of the National Hispanic Caucus of the National School Boards Association

    • References

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