Cartwright Elementary School District

Cartwright Elementary School District is a school district in Phoenix, Arizona, United States which operates 21 schools in the city's Maryvale neighborhood. The district contains twelve K–5 elementary schools, four K–8 elementary schools, four 6th–8th grade middle schools and a preschool. that serve more than 18,000 students.^[3]

Cartwright Elementary School District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Cartwright School
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Location	5833 W. Thomas Rd. Phoenix, Arizona
Coordinates	33.48°N 112.19°W / 33.48; -112.19
Built	1921
NRHP reference No.	93000739 [1][2]
Added to NRHP	1993

History

The area at 51st Avenue and Thomas Road was settled and homesteaded by Reddick Jasper Cartwright (1837–1914), a native of Illinois, in 1877. In 1884, Tom Brockman, a native of California and fellow homesteader, donated land at 59th Avenue and Thomas Road for a school site. Cartwright and his neighbors raised enough funds to build the first one-room school house. In 1921, Cartwright School joined a neighboring school known as Independence and the Cartwright School District was founded. Mr. Glenn L. Downs became the first superintendent of the district in 1928. Mr. Downs and his family lived in the residence which is currently the Cartwright Heritage House. The two-story original all brick structure was replaced with the structure which stands today. The Cartwright School was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.^[4]

In the 2020s, the instructional week became a four-day week as the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona occurred. In 2023, the teacher's work week was set to the same number of days.^[5]

Schools

• Bret R. Tarver School
• G. Frank Davidson School
• Marc T. Atkinson Middle School
• Byron A. Barry School
• Glenn L. Downs School
• Palm Lane School
• Cartwright School
• Heatherbrae School
• Peralta School
• Charles W. Harris School
• Holiday Park School
• Raúl H. Castro Middle School
• Desert Sands Middle School
• John F. Long School
• Starlight Park School
• Estrella Middle School
• Justine Spitalny School
• Sunset School
• Frank Borman School
• Manuel "Lito" Peña Jr School
• Tomahawk School

Gallery of Historical Cartwright School

Historical Cartwright School in Phoenix, Arizona
(NRHP = National Register of Historic Places)^[6]

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  Historic Cartwright Heritage House, one of the buildings listed in the NRHP in 1993, which housed Mr. Glenn L. Downs in 1923. Downs was the first superintendent of the Cartwright School Dist
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  1910 Cartwright School bell