| Desert Mountain High School | |
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| Address | |
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12575 East Via Linda , United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°35′19″N 111°48′37″W / 33.588573°N 111.810184°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary public school |
| Established | 1995 |
| School district | Scottsdale Unified School District |
| Principal | John Andrews (2024–) |
| Teaching staff | 87.10 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 1,880 (2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 21.58[1] |
| Color(s) | |
| Mascot | Wolf |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary School Systems |
| Newspaper | Wolf's Print |
| Yearbook | Archives |
| Website | https://www.susd.org/desertmountain |
Desert Mountain High School (DMHS) is a public high school in northeast Scottsdale, Arizona, which opened in the fall of 1995. It is the newest of five high schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District. The school has four computer labs, media studio, theater, college/career center, yearbook/newspaper production labs, child development department, business-regulated curriculum, off-school campus medical education facilities and extensive athletic facilities.
Desert Mountain has a two-semester scheduling format to serve its student population of almost 2,300 students in grades nine through twelve.
In 1998, Desert Mountain became an International Baccalaureate Member School and is a magnet program for the Scottsdale Unified School District. Desert Mountain offers students the choice of standard, honors, Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes. Special programs are available for gifted (including Advanced Placement), English Language Learners and Special Education students. Extensive vocational programs are available through a partnership with the East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT).[2]
- ^ a b c "Desert Mountain High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Scottsdale Unified School District". Susd.org. August 20, 2016. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved September 16, 2016.