East High School (Arizona)

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East High School
Location
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Phoenix
,
Arizona
Information
TypePublic secondary school
Established1964[1]
Closed1982[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,251 (1982)[2]
MascotLonghorns[2]

East High School was a high school in Phoenix, Arizona, and was part of the Phoenix Union High School District.

History[]

The school was designed by the noted local architecture firm of Weaver & Drover.[3]

Enrollment peaked in 1975, when 2,561 students attended the school.[2]

Phoenix Union High School District board members voted to close the school in November 1981, due to declining enrollments that has caused financial problems for the district.[4] Parents then filed a lawsuit in an effort to keep the school open.[4]

Student population[]

At the time of the school's closure, the school was noted by an article in The Arizona Republic to have an almost evenly divided enrollment of African Americans, "Hispanics",[5] and White Americans.[4]

Athletics[]

The school's basketball program was considered to be a giant among the state's boys' basketball teams from 1969 to 1982, winning five big-schools state championships, one runner-up, two semifinals and five quarterfinals teams, under coach Royce Youree.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "District Information / History". Phoenix Union High School District. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Arizona High School Enrollment Figures (1912–2005)" (PDF). aiaonline.org.
  3. ^ "Arizona-New Mexico Contractor and Engineer, May 1962, Vol. 24, No. 10". azmemory.azlibrary.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hawley, Chuck (23 June 1982). "East High closure 'a shock'". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. ^ See Hispanic–Latino naming dispute for details of an ongoing dispute on the naming of US inhabitants who are of Latin American or Spanish origin.
  6. ^ Olbert, Richard (16 December 2014). "Phoenix East's all-time greatest boys basketball players". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

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Coordinates: 33°27′16″N 111°58′38″W / 33.45444°N 111.97722°W / 33.45444; -111.97722

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