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Ironwood High School is a public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened in August 1986 with its first graduating class in 1989. Since 2005, it has offered the IB Diploma Programme to its junior and senior year students, with a Pre-IB program for its freshman and sophomore-year students. It is the district's third-largest high school by enrollment.
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6051 W Sweetwater Ave, Glendale AZ 85304 | |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Motto | It's Just Better Here #IJBH |
| Established | 1986 with its first graduating class in 1989 |
| Principal | Russell Dunham |
| Teaching staff | 88.57 (FTE)[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,885 (2023-2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 21.28[1] |
| Color(s) | Red and grey |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| AIA Class | 5A Conference |
| Website | Ironwood Home Page |
In April 2005, Ironwood High School began to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to juniors and seniors. Since 2005, the school has graduated over 100 full diploma members. Ironwood offers the standard five areas of English, History, Science (Physics and Biology), Foreign Language (French and Spanish), and Math, as well as numerous six area courses. The six area courses offered include Art, Computer Science, Economics, Music, Photo, Physics, and Theatre. The school also offers a two-year AIM program sponsored by the district in order to prepare pre-IB students. Ironwood offers the IB/AIM Club as a way to support IB and Pre-IB students.
Ironwood offers numerous Advanced Placement courses. These include higher level computer science, history, math, and science.
There are five choir groups at Ironwood:
Ironwood is home to three bands:
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The following is a list of clubs offered at Ironwood High School as of the fall of 2011. Ironwood also formerly offered Hockey as a club.[2][better source needed][3][better source needed][4][better source needed]
The following are K-8 schools that feed into Ironwood:
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