Mountain View High School (Mesa, Arizona)
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Mountain View High School is a high school in Mesa, Arizona. It was established in 1976, the third public high school in Mesa. It is known for its numerous athletic and academic accomplishments. The school's mascot is a Toro. Known as the Campus of Champions.[2] The Toro Spiritline has won many state and national titles. In the 1984–85 school year, it was honored as a Blue Ribbon school.[3]
| Mountain View High School | |
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 "Home of the Toros" | |
| Address | |
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2700 East Brown Road , 85213 | |
| Coordinates | 33°26′20″N 111°46′20″W / 33.438805°N 111.772129°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary (U.S.) |
| Motto | Go Forth With Pride |
| Established | 1976 |
| NCES District ID | 0404970 |
| Oversight | Mesa Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 040497000406 |
| Principal | Mike Oliver |
| Staff | 160.80 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 3,372 (2022–2023)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20.97[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Scarlet & Blue |
| Mascot | Toro |
| Website | www |
Mountain View was named a silver medal school by U.S. News & World Report.[4]
Athletics
editMountain View was included on Sports Illustrated's 2005 list of Top 25 High School Athletic Programs in the Nation:
Though the school hasn't been around for long, Mountain View has quickly established itself as king of the hill in Arizona. In the last decade the Toros have produced scores of top athletes, including Todd Heap and John Beck (Washington Commanders), Shea Hillenbrand (Toronto Blue Jays) and Max Hall (Arizona Cardinals). More stars are on the horizon: Mountain View has had 15 scholarship athletes in each of the last two years. And over the last 10 years, the Toros have won 21 state championships in 10 sports, including football (four), boys' track (four), boys' basketball (three), girls' track (three), spiritline (6+), and boys' and girls' cross-country, girls' swimming, girls' volleyball, girls' basketball, wrestling and baseball (one each).[5]
Sports Illustrated later listed Mountain View as the top athletic high school in Arizona.[6]
Academics
editIn 2007, the Siemens Foundation recognized Mountain View as having the top Advanced Placement program in Arizona.[7]
Academic Decathlon
editMountain View High School has accomplished 61 state championships[8] (the most in Arizona Academic Decathlon history) and four state championship winning streaks since 1990. Each streak has lasted for at least two years (5, 2, 4 and 2 respectively). In addition, the team has broken the 50,000 barriers three times. Mountain View has finished second at the national USAD competition on five occasions (1992, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2010).
Demographics
editDuring the 2018–2019 school year, the demographic break of the 3,204 students enrolled was:[9]
- Male - 51%
- Female 49%
- Native American/Alaskan - 4%
- Asian - 2%
- Black - 2%
- Hispanic - 28%
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 0.4%
- White - 63%
- Multiracial - 0.6%
Feeder Schools
edit- Junior high schools that feed into Mountain View High School (and the elementary schools that feed into the junior high schools)[10]
Kino Junior High School:
- Thomas Edison Elementary School
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Center for Innovation
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School
- John Kerr Elementary School
- Lehi Elementary School
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
- James Lowell Elementary School
Charles D. Poston Junior High School:
- Marjorie Entz Elementary School
- Eugene Field Elementary
- Nathan Hale Elementary School
- Michael Hughes Elementary
- Highland Arts Elementary School
- Henry Longfellow Elementary School
O. S. Stapley Junior High School:
- Barbara Bush Elementary School
- Marjorie Entz Elementary School
- Nathan Hale Elementary School
- Lehi Elementary School
- Hermosa Vista Elementary School
- Zedo Ishikawa Elementary School
- Douglas MacArthur Elementary School
Notable alumni
editThis article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (June 2011) |
- Kirk Adams, former member of the Arizona House of Representatives
- D. Nathan Sheets, economist and U.S. Department of the Treasury official
- Jim Adkins, lead singer for Jimmy Eat World[11][12]
- Brian Banks, MLB baseball player
- John Beck, NFL football coach and former player[13]
- Devin Clark, NFL football player
- Joe Germaine, NFL & AFL football player[13]
- Max Hall, NFL football player[13]
- Kurt Haws, NFL football player
- Todd Heap, NFL football player[13]
- Shea Hillenbrand, MLB baseball player
- Curtis Hodges, NFL football player
- Tommy Kuhse, basketball player[14]
- Breeja Larson, 2012 Olympic swimmer
- Scott Lydy, MLB player
- Brad Mills, MLB baseball player
- Todd Shell, NFL football player[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mountain View High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "Mountain View". www.mpsaz.org. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "Archived Information : Blue Ribbon Schools Program" (PDF). Www2.ed.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ^ "Mountain View High School in MESA, AZ | Best High Schools". US News. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ Sports Illustrated, May 16, 2005, Volume 102, No. 20, p. 66
- ^ Armstrong, Kevin. SI.com June 19, 2007
- ^ [1] Archived April 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mountain View » Championships - Titles". www.mpsaz.org. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Mountain View High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "Research » Feeder Schools". www.mpsaz.org. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Simons, Ted (August 8, 1996). "Givin' Us Static". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ Scott, Eugene (August 1, 2014). "Celebrities who attended Phoenix high schools". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Mesa Mountain View High's all-time greatest football players".
- ^ "Tommy Kuhse - Men's Basketball". SMC California Athletics.