📍 8828 N 31st Ave, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 85051
Cortez High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 1,104 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Glendale Union High School District (4285) school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
Cortez High School enrolls 1,104 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 668 | 61% |
| White | 155 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 136 | 12% |
| Asian | 60 | 5.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 51 | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 2.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
794 of the school's 1,104 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cortez High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-80.
Cortez High School is one of 11 schools in Glendale Union High School District (4285), based in GLENDALE, Arizona. The district serves 16,092 students district-wide and employs 737 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,104 students, Cortez High School is smaller than the district average of about 1,463 students per school.
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