• Year Founded: 1895

• Student Enrollment: 25,903

• Attendance Rate: 87.6%

• 4-year Graduation Rate: 73.4%

• Annual Dropout Rate: 6%

• District Size: 220 Square Miles

• Grades: 9-12

• 11 Comprehensive

• 4 Small Specialty Schools

• 3 Support Schools

• 3 Micro Schools

• 1 Digital Academy

• PXU City

• Hispanic: 81.4%

• African American: 9.4%

• Caucasian: 3.9%

• Native American: 2.2%

• Asian: 1.4%

• Other: 1.7%

• English Language Learners: 17.4%

• Primary Home Language

• Spanish: 44.7%

• English: 52.2%

• Primary Home

• Languages Represented: 100+

• Special Education Program: 10.8%

• Gifted Program: 4.5%

• Free and Reduced Lunch: 86%

• Aviation / Aerospace Education

• Computer Studies

• Global Studies

• International Baccalaureate

• Law-Related Studies

• Medical and Health Studies

• Metro Tech High School

• Multimedia Communications

• Performing Arts

• Visual Arts

Alhambra, Balsz, Cartwright, Creighton, Isaac, Laveen, Madison, Murphy, Osborn, Phoenix Elementary, Riverside, Roosevelt, and Wilson

Staff

• Teachers: 1,370

• Certified Non-Teachers: 288

• Support Staff: 1,371 (including 184 Part-Time workers)

• Administrators: 145

Teacher Education

• 66% have Masters or above

Teacher Experience

• 62% 10 years or more

• 23% 4-9 years

• 15% 0-3 years

• Beginning Teacher Salary: $52,200

• Average Teacher Salary: $77,686 *Includes Prop 301 Performance-based pay.