Desert View High School

Not to be confused with Desert Ridge High School.

Desert View High School
Address
4101 East Valencia Road Tucson, Arizona 85706 United States
Coordinates	32°08′09″N 110°54′15″W
Information
School type	Public
Opened	1987 (1987)
Sister school	Sunnyside High School
School district	Sunnyside Unified School District
CEEB code	030479
Principal	Angelica Duddleston
Teaching staff	101.10 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,169 (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio	21.45
Color(s)	Silver and maroon
Mascot	Jaguars
Rival	Sunnyside High School
Website	www.susd12.org/desert-view-high-school

Desert View High School is a public high school located in southern Tucson, Arizona approximately 1 mile west of I-10 and Valencia Road.

History

Desert View High School opened in 1985 with 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade classes. The new school was designed with the philosophy that it was an educational regime, focussed on itself and set apart from its community. The building was thus designed with no windows, and a single entrance that would present an "impregnable face to the world".

Desert View is one of three high schools in the Sunnyside school district; the other two being Sunnyside High School and Star Academic High School. It is ranked #170 amongst Arizona high schools, and #1 in the Sunnyside Unified School District. About 80% of the school role are hispanic, However, lying close to the Valencia reserve border, the school has the largest population of Native Americans in any off-reservation school in Tucson, about 10% of the school role. In 2007 the school pioneered a Native American Literature class curriculum. This was developed because the school recognised that Native American students were harmed when none of the curriculum reflected their own culture, and that other students were studying American literature absent Native authors. Indigenous cultures and histories were also not being recognised in the metropolitan area.

See also

• Sunnyside High School

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