University High School (Tucson) Explained

University High School
Principal:Alberto Ranjel
Type:Public (magnet) secondary
Grades:9–12
Address:421 N. Arcadia Ave.
State:Arizona
Country:United States
Ceeb:030488
Enrollment:1,060 (2022-2023)[1]
Campus Type:Urban
Colors:Black and white
Newspaper:The Perspective
Oversight:Tucson Unified School District

University High School (UHS) is an accelerated public high school located in Tucson, Arizona. Originally known as Special Projects High School (SPHS), University High School is in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD). The mission statement of UHS identifies it as "a special function high school which serves students who are academically focused and intellectually gifted and provides curriculum and social support not offered in the comprehensive high school." Since 1985, it has shared a campus with Rincon High School, a separate high school. Courses from each school can be combined, and athletics and fine arts are combined under the Rincon/University (RUHS) name.

Ranking and recognition

U.S. News & World Report has included UHS in their list of "America's Best High Schools" out of nearly 18,000 schools in the US:

Year Rank
2024Ranked #81[2]
2023Ranked #25
2022Ranked #28[3]
2021Ranked #17[4]
2020Ranked #22[5]
2019Ranked #40[6]
2018 Ranked #27[7]
2017 Ranked #15[8]
2016 Ranked #24[9]
2015 Ranked #8
2014 Ranked #7
2013 Ranked #28
2012 Ranked #4

In 2014, the Washington Post listed UHS at No. 28[10] in its review of "America's Most Challenging High Schools," which ranked the 1,900 highest-performing high schools nationally.[11]

In 2013, the Daily Beast listed UHS at No. 19 in its annual list of the "Best 2,000 High Schools in the Nation.[12]

In May 2006, Newsweek named UHS as one of "The Public Elites," schools that, "NEWSWEEK excluded...from the list of Best High Schools because so many of their students score well above average on the SAT and ACT."[13]

In 2005 and 2016, it was honored as a Blue Ribbon school.[14]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University High School. National Center for Education Statistics. November 2, 2024.
  2. Web site: April 23, 2024. University High School (Tucson) in Tucson, AZ - US News Best High Schools . us news.com.
  3. Web site: May 12, 2022. University High School (Tucson) in Tucson, AZ - US News Best High Schools . us news.com.
  4. Web site: January 28, 2022 . University High School (Tucson) in Tucson, AZ - US News Best High Schools . January 28, 2022 . usnews.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128001307/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arizona/districts/tucson-unified-district/university-high-school-tucson-1124 . January 28, 2022 . dead.
  5. Web site: October 19, 2020 . University High School (Tucson) in Tucson, AZ - US News Best High Schools . January 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201019214259/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arizona/districts/tucson-unified-district/university-high-school-tucson-1124 . October 19, 2020 . dead.
  6. Web site: July 22, 2019 . University High School (Tucson) in Tucson, AZ - US News Best High Schools . January 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190722042501/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arizona/districts/tucson-unified-district/university-high-school-tucson-1124 . July 22, 2019 . dead.
  7. Web site: October 12, 2018 . University High School (Tucson) in Tucson, AZ - US News Best High Schools . January 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181012050826/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arizona/districts/tucson-unified-district/university-high-school-tucson-1124 . October 12, 2018 . dead.
  8. Web site: October 5, 2017. University High School (Tucson) in Tucson, AZ US News Best High Schools. January 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20171005002617/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arizona/districts/tucson-unified-district/university-high-school-tucson-1124. October 5, 2017.
  9. Web site: October 5, 2016. University High School (Tucson) in Tucson, AZ US News Best High Schools. January 28, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20161005071745/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/arizona/districts/tucson-unified-district/university-high-school-tucson-1124. October 5, 2016.
  10. News: America's Most Challenging High Schools - University High School. https://web.archive.org/web/20161008140550/https://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2014/list/national/university-tucson-az/. October 8, 2016. dead. Washington Post. 2014.
  11. https://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2014/list/national/
  12. Web site: 2013 America's Best High Schools . . April 22, 2014 . April 2, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402030604/https://www.newsweek.com/2013/05/06/america-s-best-high-schools.html . dead .
  13. Web site: The Public Elites . https://web.archive.org/web/20060615085908/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12551652/site/newsweek/. June 15, 2006. dead. Newsweek America. MSNBC.com. June 15, 2006.
  14. Web site: NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS PROGRAM - Schools Recognised 1982 Through 2018. US Department of Education.
  15. https://www.universityhighschoolfoundation.org/main/sites/default/files/pilote%20releaase%201.pdf
  16. Web site: TUSD considers giving University High School its own campus in Tucson. Hank Stephenson Arizona Daily. Star. Arizona Daily Star.
  17. https://web.archive.org/web/20120229234035/http://www.classmates.com/directory/public/memberprofile/list.htm?regId=8719644754
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  19. Web site: Former Tucsonan Reckart snags Oscar nomination. Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily. Star. Arizona Daily Star.
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  21. Web site: Dan Cortese to Host truTV's Guinness World Records™ Gone Wild As New Series Starts Production . tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com . January 17, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120630012933/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/28/dan-cortese-to-host-trutvs-new-series-guiness-world-records-gone-wild/139816/ . June 30, 2012 . dead.
  22. Web site: Hertvik . Nicole . December 7, 2016 . An Interview With Jay Kuo, Composer and Lyricist of 'Allegiance.' . D.C. Theater Arts.
  23. Web site: Finding 'Lost'. James. Reel. Tucson Weekly.
  24. Web site: Tucson . Angela Pittenger This Is . Tucson's Deja Foxx on eloquently confronting Sen. Flake and running for president . March 22, 2022 . This is Tucson . April 19, 2017 . en.

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