Gila Ridge High School is a public high school in

Yuma, Arizona Yuma ( coc, Yuum) is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The city's population was 93,064 at the 2010 census, up from the 2000 census population of 77,515. Yuma is the principal city of the Yuma, Arizona, M ...

, United States. Gila Ridge is 1 of 7 high schools in the

Yuma Union High School District Yuma Union High School District (YUHSD) is a high school district headquartered in Yuma, Arizona. Feeder elementary school districts include Crane Elementary School District, Gadsden Elementary School District, Somerton Elementary School Distric ...

. It opened to freshman and sophomores for the 2007–08 school year. The school's mascot are the Hawks. The school is located on 7150 East 24th Street, which is home to many other schools in the Yuma County District, including Desert Mesa Elementary, Mary A. Otondo Elementary, Castle Dome Middle School, Ron Watson Middle School and Sunrise Elementary. Gila Ridge is also located west of Arizona Western College. In May 2010, Gila Ridge High School held its first graduation of students who had started at Gila Ridge as

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. In May 2011, the school's four-year graduating students became known as the first "100% Hawk" class. Gila Ridge High School won the City Championship title (football) in 2014. The Hawks took the title from the Cibola Raiders who had held the title for the previous seven years. Gila Ridge's highest athletic achievement came in 2018, winning the Arizona 4a Division Soccer State Championship. On Monday, February 26, 2018, a shooting threat in detail and resemblance to the

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began to circulate that led to the cancellation of classes on the following Tuesday. Extra precautions were taken at other schools in the district. On Monday, January 30, 2023, the school went on lockdown after shots were fired in the parking lot. Nearby school Arizona Western College also went on lockdown as police searched for the subject. The lockdown was lifted at 11:50 AM. No casualties were reported, other than two injuries that were not from gunshot wounds.

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