Independence High School

Independence High School operates as a large high school in GLENDALE, Arizona, operated by Glendale Union High School District (4285). Current enrollment sits at 1,907 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so Independence High School sits 202% larger than that benchmark.

Within Glendale Union High School District (4285), which oversees 11 schools and 16,040 students, Independence High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Independence High School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. Other groups include 8% White, 7% Black, 5% Asian. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Independence High School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Discovery School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Independence High School.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Independence High School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 1,959 (now 1,907). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

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