San Tan Foothills High School

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Coordinates: 33°08′18″N 111°34′51″W / 33.138311°N 111.580854°W / 33.138311; -111.580854

San Tan Foothills High School
Address
1255 W. Silverdale Road San Tan Valley , Arizona 85143 United States
Information
School type	Public high school
Established	2009
School district	Florence Unified School District
Principal	Mr. Steve Miller
Teaching staff	31.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	594 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	18.86[1]
Color(s)	Silver/blue
Mascot	Sabercat
Website	http://foothills.fusdaz.com

San Tan Foothills High School is a high school in San Tan Valley, Arizona. It is one of three high schools under the jurisdiction of the Florence Unified School District as of July 1, 2016.

History[]

San Tan Foothills opened in 2009, around the time of the housing market crash and financial crisis. Designed for 1,500 students, into the mid-2010s it was home to 500. The Coolidge district had overbuilt in San Tan Valley; it built Mountain Vista Middle School and San Tan Heights Elementary School. In 2014, the Coolidge district closed Mountain Vista and moved its students and teachers to the San Tan Foothills campus.

In order to save significant costs for Coolidge, and make a third high school in the district (second in San Tan Valley) unnecessary, the Florence Unified School District voted to acquire CUSD's three San Tan Valley schools in 2015. The move was approved by voters in both districts in overwhelming margins that November.^[2]

The Florence Unified School District took control of the schools on July 1, 2016; it converted the operating elementary school into a K–8 and is utilizing the non-operating elementary as the alternative school. San Tan Foothills High School will help to relieve overcrowding at Poston Butte High School.

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