Maryvale High School is part of the

Phoenix Union High School District The Phoenix Union High School District is a high school-only school district in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is one of five high school-only districts in the Phoenix area. Overview The school district serves students within a area of Ph ...

. The school opened in 1963 and is located at 3415 North 59th Avenue northwest of downtown

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. The first graduating class was in 1964. Maryvale’s enrollment is 2,861 students. The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary districts

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and

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. Maryvale is a comprehensive high school known for maintaining the best attendance and graduation rate (91.4%) in the district. Maryvale's curriculum consists of over 60 AP and Honors sections in all academic and elective classes. Students also have the opportunity to be dual enrolled with Phoenix College earning college credit alongside their high school credit. Maryvale seniors consistently receive scholarships totaling over $1,000,000. Maryvale's staff includes six National Board Certified Teachers. Maryvale is a ''Performing'' school, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

History

The School was designed by the local architecture firm of Weaver & Drover. The construction contract to build the campus was awarded to Manhattan-Dickmann Construction Co. of Phoenix.

Notable alumni

Angel Cejudo Angel Cejudo is an American freestyle wrestler who won the Dave Schultz Memorial International freestyle wrestling tournament in the 60 kg (132 lbs) weight class on February 5, 2008. Later that same year he trained with his brother Henry Cejud ...

- 4-time Division 5A State Champion wrestler; Olympic wrestler for the United States *

Henry Cejudo Henry Cejudo (born February 9, 1987) is an American professional Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler. He is the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) UFC Flyweight Championship, Flyweight Ch ...

- 2-time Colorado and 2-time Arizona State Wrestling Champion; Olympic

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; Gold Medalist in the

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at 55 kg; professional

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, and the current flyweight champion of the

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* Robert James -

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linebacker for the

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of the

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Darren Woodson Darren Ray Woodson (born April 25, 1969) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire career for the Dallas Cowboys from 1992 to 2003. He was drafted by the Cowboys in the second round (37th o ...

- former

safety in the

. Woodson has been selected as a first-time nominee in the Class of 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame *

Phillippi Sparks Phillippi Dwain Sparks (born April 15, 1969) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. Sparks graduated from Maryvale High School in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1987. He attended and played football for Glendale Communi ...

- former

player in the

* Frank Garcia - former

player in the

Rob Babcock Robert "Rob" Babcock (1953 – May 15, 2019) was an American basketball executive. He served as a Vice President of Basketball Operations with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA, and also as general manager of the Toronto Raptors from 2004 to ...

- assistant general manager with the

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of the

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John Moraga John Anthony Moraga (born March 20, 1984) is an American professional boxer and mixed martial artist who competes as a flyweight and featherweight in MMA and boxing, respectively. He is best known for his lengthy career Ultimate Fighting Champio ...

- Two-time All-American University Freestyle Wrestler; professional

MMA Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ...

competitor for the

's Flyweight Division, top-ten Flyweight fighter in the world *

Frankie Saenz Frankie Ozuna Saenz III (born August 12, 1980) is an American mixed martial artist in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional since 2009, he made a name for himself fighting mostly in his native state, where ...

- 1st 4-Time 5A Arizona Wrestling State Champion. Two-time High School All-American Wrestler; professional

competitor for the

's Bantamweight Division, top-ten Bantamweight fighter in the world

References

External links

Maryvale High School

Phoenix Union High School District website

Arizona Department of Education School Report Card

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