Red Mountain High School

Red Mountain High School
Location
7301 E. Brown Road

Mesa
,
Maricopa
,
Arizona

United States

33°26′08″N 111°40′26″W / 33.435461°N 111.673908°W / 33.435461; -111.673908
Information
TypePublic
MottoRoar Lions, Roar
On This Mountain, We Stand As One
Established1988
LocaleCity, Large (11)
School district
Mesa Public Schools
NCES District ID
0404970
CEEB code030221
NCES School ID
040497001411
Principal
Bruce Cosseboom [1]
Faculty165.20
Teaching staff
166.30 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment3,469 (2023-2024)[2]
 • Grade 9826
 • Grade 10845
 • Grade 11880
 • Grade 12828
Student to teacher ratio
20.86[2]
ColorsCardinal Red and Black
   
Athletics conference
6A
MascotMountain Lion
Rival Mountain View High School
YearbookPinnacle
WebsiteRed Mountain High School

Red Mountain High School is a public high school in Mesa, Arizona.

History

Red Mountain first opened its doors in 1988 as the 4th high school built by Mesa Unified School District. It currently has student capacity of approximately 3,300 students as of the 2020–21 school year.[2]

Academics

Red Mountain's curriculum is aligned with the standards set by the Arizona Department of Education required for all students grades 9–12 graduating from a publicly funded high school.[3]

Arizona requires that all high school students take 6 credit bearing courses during their freshmen through junior years, and provides the option for students on track for graduation the ability to reduce their course load to 4 credit bearing courses. However, Mesa Public Schools requires all students must complete 24 credits whereas the public university system controlled by the Arizona Board of Regents requires only 16 credits in the following areas:

  • English - 4 credits
  • Mathematics - 4 credits
  • Science - 4 credits
  • Social Studies - 3 credits
  • Arts - 1 credit
  • Career and Technical Educator/Fine Arts - 1 credit
  • Physical Education - 1 credit
  • Electives - 6 credits

Demographics

During the 2023–2024 school year, the demographic break of the 3,469 students enrolled was:[2]

  • Male - 50.7%
  • Female - 49.3%
  • American Indian/Alaska Native - 1.3%
  • Asian - 1.6%
  • Black - 3.4%
  • Hispanic - 28.6%
  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 0.6%
  • White - 60.7%
  • Multiracial - 3.8%

Accolades

In the 1994–95 and 1995-96 school years, it was honored as a Blue Ribbon school.[4] RMHS received the 2014 A+ School Award under the direction of Dr. Gerald Slemmer, principal (2004–2014).[5] They received the award again in 2018 under Mr. Jared Ryan, principal (2014–2019).[6]

Athletics

Red Mountain is an Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) member school offering boys and girls sports adhering to Mesa Unified School District's Title IX compliance. Student athletes can participate in varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen only teams as well as individual sports under the AIA's 6A Conference.[7] Red Mountain Athletics consist of these sports:

  • † denotes individual and team sports
  • ‡ denotes individual, doubles, and team sports

Each sport is funded by the school, yet additional funds are raised through boosters creating 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, donations, and tax credits.

State Champions[8]
Sport Years Notes
Basketball - Girls 2007
Cheer 2020, 2024
Cross Country - Girls 1991
Football 2000, 2001
Golf - Boys 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2013
Softball 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013*, 2014 * National Champions
Tennis - Girls 2005
Track - Girls 1992, 1996
Wrestling 1994

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Red Mountain High School Staff". Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Red Mountain High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  3. ↑ 2019 – 2020 Course Description Catalog: Grades 9-12 (PDF). Chandler Unified School District. 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Mesa Public Schools » News » Five Mesa schools win A+ Award". www.mpsaz.org. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. ↑ "a+ school of excellence recipients". Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  7. ↑ Bordow, Scott. "Bordow: Breaking down the new 6A Conference". azcentral. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Championships". Red Mountain High School. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Vance Wilson Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. ↑ "Brian Jennings Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  11. ↑ "Lennox Gordon Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  12. ↑ "Charlie Beljan PGA TOUR Profile - News, Stats, and Videos". PGATour. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Nick Miller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  14. ↑ "Former Mountain Lion now playing on big stage - KRay's 6G Blog | AIA365.com - Our Students, Our Teams... Our Future". Retrieved July 25, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. ↑ "Evan Svoboda's leadership transfers from gridiron to court". eastvalleytribune.com. February 18, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  16. ↑ Red Mountain's Big 3 looks to return team to 6A football championship game
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