Ironwood High School


Ironwood High School is a public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States, part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened in August 1986 with its first graduating class in 1989. Since 2004, it has offered the IB Diploma Programme to its junior and senior year students, with a Pre-IB program for its freshman and sophomore-year students. It is the district's third-largest high school by enrollment.

Diversity

Ironwood's student body of 1987 students, as of the 2014-2015 school year, was:
; Students by grade
; Ethnicity

IB Program

In 2004, Ironwood High School began to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to juniors and seniors. Since 2004, the school has graduated over 100 full diploma members. Ironwood offers the standard five areas of English, History, Science, Foreign Language, and Math, as well as numerous six area courses. The six area courses offered include Art, Computer Science, Economics, Music, Photo, Physics, and Theatre. The school also offers a two-year AIM program sponsored by the district in order to prepare pre-IB students. Ironwood offers the IB/AIM Club as a way to support IB and Pre-IB students.
The Program coordinator is Mrs. Christine Kuczka.

Advanced Placement Program

Ironwood offers numerous Advanced Placement courses. These include higher level computer science, history, math, and science. However, since Ironwood took on the IB program in 2004, the number of AP classes has declined compared to other schools in the Peoria Unified School District, due to the popularity of IB classes.

Academic School Ratings

According to www.greatschools.org, Ironwood high school scores an 8/10 in college readiness, 7/10 in test scores, and 5/10 in academic progress. The school is rated an overall 7/10 in Great Schools rating

Arts

Choir

There are five choir groups at Ironwood:
Ironwood is home to three bands:
The Ironwood Marching Eagles is a distinguished group that plays at pep assemblies, football games, parades, and festivals. The Eagles participate in all games - both home and away - and play a half-time performance when at home and a pre-game performance when away. The marching eagles typically compete in two to three festivals per year. They have competed in multiple marching band state festivals, including: the 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 festivals. The Ironwood Marching Eagles' season starts in July with band camp is held on campus and the season extends into early November.
Director: Ryan Salcido
The marching eagles past shows include :
Nightwatch
To catch a thief
Dead men tell no tales
Every which way
Through the masters eyes
Mirrors: Musical echoes and reflections
Freak Show

Theater

Drama is responsible for sponsoring the fall play, spring musical and annual talent show. The students participate in backstage activities to run each production as well performing in the shows. The club also provides social activities for students involved in the fall play and spring musical.

Sports

Fall
Winter
Spring
The following is a list of clubs offered at Ironwood High School as of the fall of 2011. Ironwood also formerly offered Hockey and Bowling as clubs.
The following are K-8 schools that feed into Ironwood: