Flagstaff High School
Flagstaff High School is a secondary school in Flagstaff, Arizona. Flagstaff High School has been opened to the public since 1923. FHS is a four-year public high school of approximately 1,500 students. The students are primarily of five ethnic groups: White, Native American, Hispanic, Asian, and African-American. Approximately 50 percent of the students are minorities; 147 are from various Native American tribes and live at the Bureau of Indian Affairs KinLani Dormitory. The student body represents a broad socio-economic range from low income to upper middle class. Each year approximately 50 percent of the graduates enroll in four-year colleges and universities and 25 percent in two-year institutions.
Attendance boundary and supplementary dormitory
In addition to sections of Flagstaff, the school serves sections of the Navajo Reservation: Birdsprings, Leupp, and Tolani Lake.It also includes Bellemont, Fort Valley, Kachina Village, Mormon Lake, Mountainaire, Munds Park, and Oak Creek Canyon, as well as portions of Blue Ridge.
There is a tribally-controlled dormitory facility contracting with the Bureau of Indian Education, Flagstaff Bordertown Dormitory, which houses Native American students who attend Flagstaff High.
Prior to the establishment of Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District, Flagstaff High directly included Sedona in its attendance boundary, and took students from the Red Rock school district, which did not operate any schools.
Notable alumni
- Bruce Babbitt, 16th Governor of Arizona and US Secretary of the Interior during the Bill Clinton administration.
- Clifford Beck, Jr., Navajo painter and illustrator.
- James Brooks, professional defensive end and coach
- Tyler Gillett, filmmaker and producer
- George Grantham, MLB player
- Yaotzin Meza, Arizona State Wrestling All-American and MMA fighter with the UFC.
- Michael Slobodchikoff, political science professor and media analyst.
- Amber Coffman, professional singer and songwriter