📍 1750 W Thunderbird Rd, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 85023
Thunderbird High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 1,540 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 75.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
Thunderbird High School enrolls 1,540 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 75.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 39% White and 7.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 676 | 44% |
| White | 594 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 117 | 7.6% |
| Two or more races | 65 | 4.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 45 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 35 | 2.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 8 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
662 of the school's 1,540 students (43%) 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.
Thunderbird 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-10.
Thunderbird 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 1,540 students, Thunderbird High School is close to the district average of about 1,463 students per school.
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