Arcadia High School (Arizona)

Arcadia High School is a public high school in Phoenix. The school has 1,680 students enrolled. Most of them come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District.

Arcadia High School
Location
4703 E. Indian School Road Phoenix , Maricopa , Arizona 85018 United States
Coordinates	33°29′34″N 111°58′54″W
Information
Type	Public High school
Established	1958
School district	Scottsdale Unified School District
Principal	Janelle Danskey
Teaching staff	70.40 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,633 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	23.20[1]
Campus type	urban
Color(s)	Scarlet and Royal Blue
Athletics conference	4A - Desert Sky[2]
Nickname	Titans
Publication	The Titan Times
Newspaper	The Arcadian
Yearbook	The Olympian
Website	School website
Arcadia High School administration building viewed from Indian School Road, January 2020

History

The school was built 1958/59. It was designed by local architect Mel Ensign and built by Gilbert & Dolan Construction Co. The campus is known for its round buildings and futuristic space age design.^[3] Between 2005 and 2008 much of the original campus was demolished and a new campus was built in its place. The new campus was designed by Orcutt/Winslow Partnership and built by DL Withers Construction Co.^[4] The circular library is the only original building which remains.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The school competes in interscholastic athletics in several sports. Arcadia was formerly 5A Northeast Valley and was moved to 4A Desert Sky by the conference alignment committee due to enrollment.^[2]

• Badminton
• Baseball
• Basketball (Boys)
• Basketball (Girls)
• Cross-Country
• Football
• Golf (Boys)
• Golf (Girls)
• Soccer (Boys)
• Soccer (Girls)
• Softball
• Swimming and Diving
• Tennis (Boys)
• Tennis (Girls)
• Track and Field
• Volleyball
• Spiritline
• Robotics
• Lacrosse

Notable alumni

• Paul Cristo, composer^[5]
• Adam Driggs, former Arizona State Senator^[6]
• Lynda Carter, actress^[7]
• Calico Cooper, actress, singer, and dancer; daughter of Alice and Sheryl Cooper.^[8][9]
• Sam Huff, professional baseball catcher^[10]
• Alex Jones, basketball player^[11]
• Dianne Kay, actress^[12]
• Charles Keating IV, Navy SEAL sniper and Navy Cross recipient
• Kalyn Keller, Olympic swimmer^[13][14]
• Klete Keller, Olympic gold medalist swimmer^[15][16] and pardoned participant in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol^[17]
• Haley Lu Richardson, actress^[18]
• Michele Mitchell (diver), two-time Olympic silver medalist^[19]
• Glenn Rockowitz, writer and voice actor^[20]
• William Shepherd, Engineer, Navy SEAL, Astronaut.^[21]
• Steven Spielberg, film and TV director, producer^[22]
• Allie Teilz musician, artist
• Gabe Suárez, professional baseball player and manager

Notable staff

• Ken Rudolph, a former Major League catcher was the baseball coach until 2013.^[23]
• Kerry Taylor, a former American football player who began coaching at the school in 2018^[24]