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Yuma High School

400 6th Ave, Yuma, AZ, 85364-2127 -

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Definition of Terms

Yuma High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Yuma County, AZ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2856 students

% Male / % Female

49% / 51%

Total Classroom Teachers

125 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 874 students

Grade 10 - 801 students

Grade 11 - 673 students

Grade 12 - 508 students

This School

(AZ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:23

1:20

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(AZ) School Average

% American Indian	1%	13%
% Asian	1%	1%
% Hispanic	69%	34%
% Black	3%	5%
% White	25%	47%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(AZ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

65%

23%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

13%

(AZ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Yuma Union High School District

This School's Agency

(AZ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	5	2
Number of Students Managed	9,935 students	505 students
District Total Revenue	$81,783,000	$3,309,000
District Expenditure	$69,824,000	$2,717,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,232	$6,552
District Expenditure / Student	$7,028	$5,380
District Graduation Rates	70%	50%

Charity football game scores touchdown for children (The Yuma Sun)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:44:33 pm
A team of Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma will play against a team of players from five area high schools on Friday night in an annual charity game of flag football to collect toys for underprivileged children in Yuma County.
Educational boost program sets open house (The Yuma Sun)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 01:59:33 am
It is hard not to like a program named GOOD, a pilot project begun this summer to intervene in the education of low-income youths in danger missing out on their potential.
YHS Dance Club to host workshop, concert (The Yuma Sun)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:14:33 pm
The Yuma High School dance program wants to spread a little Saturday Night Fever, and whether you move like John Travolta or not they will teach happy feet how to get in a groove.
Veterans Day parade Wednesday (The Yuma Sun)
posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:14:33 pm
The 2009 Veterans Day parade, sponsored by the American Legion Post 19, begins at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at 17th Place and 4th Avenue. It will proceed south along 4th Avenue before turning east on 25th Street to Virginia Drive, ending at the American Legion building, 2575 S. Virginia Drive.
Yuma High organizations raise funds for American Cancer Society (The Yuma Sun)
posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:14:04 am
Yuma High School's Doan Field, ordinarily covered in traditional blue and white jerseys, took on a hue of pink Friday night as everyone came together to wage battle against breast cancer.

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Yuma Union High School (often referred to simply as Yuma High)is the oldest standing high school in Yuma, Arizona. It was erected in 1909 and earned its mascot, the Criminal, after the school burned down and the students had to finish their classes in the Yuma Territorial Prison. The football team also went on to win the State title and the nickname was given by other schools, it stuck and was later officially adopted. YHS is the only school in America that has a copyrighted high school mascot.
Yuma High School began in 1909- the Arizona Territory taxpayers voted to organize a union district from several elementary districts. In September of that year, Yuma High School began with four teachers in three rooms near the corner of Main and Third Streets. At the end of the first year, twelve seniors graduated.
The next year, 1910, the students moved to the newly abandoned Yuma Territorial Prison, where they remained for the next three years. Teachers conducted classes in the cellblock area, and the school held assemblies in what had been the prison hospital.
City officials notified the school in 1912 that they needed the Prison as a city jail. The school board carried through a bond election to build a new school. In 1913 school began in the newly constructed "Main" building. That same year, the Yuma football team traveled to Phoenix to play the "Coyotes". Yuma High won, and the angry "Coyotes" dubbed the Yuma High players the "Criminals". At first "Criminals" was a fighting word, but before long students and teachers wore the name with pride. In 1917 the school board officially adopted the nickname. Yuma High School has been proudly called the home of the "Criminals" ever since.
The only fire that ever occurred was when the Main Gym (now "Old Gym") burned down in 1958.
From that day on, The YHS Criminals soon built Research building, Union Building, Technology, and the Snider Auditorium.
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Kofa High School
San Luis High School
Vista Alternative High School
Yuma Catholic High School
Yuma High School
External links
Yuma High School Website
Yuma Union High School District Website
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About This Zip Code (85364)

School Zip (85364)

(AZ) State Average

Population (Approximate)

71,745 people

5,005,418 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

19%

25%

Population Average Age

31 years old

32 years old

Average Household size

2.9 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$31,515

$40,312

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.1 rooms

4.9 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

31 years old

30 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

61% / 39%

63% / 37%

Nearby Schools:

1. Cibola High School - 2341 students - 1.2 mi. away - view location
2. Carpe Diem Academy - 254 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
3. Aspc-yuma - n/a - 2.3 mi. away - view location
4. Harvest Preparatory Academy - 666 students - 2.3 mi. away - view location
5. Vista Alternative School - 314 students - 2.4 mi. away - view location

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