Round Valley High School is a high school serving 445 students in

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, United States. It is the only high school in the

Round Valley Unified School District The Round Valley Unified School District (RVUSD) is an Arizona school district comprising five schools in Apache County, Arizona. The towns that house the schools of RVUSD include Eagar and Springerville, Arizona. As of 2006, RVUSD has 1610 studen ...

. When Blue School District in

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was a

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, Round Valley served Blue for high school, with some students living with relatives in Eagar and some traveling to and from Eagar via

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History

For several years until 1961, when enrollment was 180, the number of students kept increasing. In 1962 that figure was down to 170 (which was up from 168 two weeks prior to the start of that school year). On 11 June 2010, a small plane crashed into the high school administration building, killing a family of four on board. It might have been trying to land on the practice football field in high winds."Breaking News: Plane reportedly crashes into Round Valley High School" (''NAZ Today'')
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Dome

The school owns the

Round Valley Ensphere The Round Valley Ensphere is a wooden-dome stadium in Eagar, Arizona, USA. It is owned by Round Valley High School and the Round Valley Unified School District. It is the only domed high school football stadium in the United States. Opened in ...

, a multi-use domed stadium that hosts football, basketball, and other sports events, plus non-school functions such as car shows.

Notable alumni

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, former

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for the

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(1979–88)

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Arizona Schools in Apache County, Arizona Education in Greenlee County, Arizona