Prescott High School is a public high school located in the city of Prescott, Arizona. It is the only high school in the Prescott Unified School District. Historically, Prescott High School drew students from various adjacent school districts, mostly in Prescott Valley (Humboldt Unified School District) and Chino Valley, Arizona (Chino Valley Unified School District); those districts later established their own high schools.
In addition to almost all of Prescott it serves most of Williamson and sections of Prescott Valley. It also includes Groom Creek, Iron Springs, and Potato Patch.
the district takes in high school students from the Hillside Elementary School District, Kirkland Elementary School District, and Skull Valley School District, as it is required to under law. It also takes students from the Yarnell Elementary School District.
Additionally it took high school students from the Walnut Grove Elementary School District, until that district dissolved in 2021.
PHS offers a solid academic program, including Advanced Placement and Honors courses. Courses offered include Business & Technology, English, Family & Consumer Science, Fine Arts, Foreign Language, Industrial Technology, Air Force Junior ROTC, Mathematics, PEAK, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, and Special Education. Students also have the opportunity to participate in athletics, theater, orchestra, choir, band, jazz band, Academic Decathlon, and vocational education programs.
The Arizona Department of Education has awarded Prescott High School the distinguished label of "Excelling School" for the last two years. Since 1917, the school has been continuously accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Prescott High School is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and is classified in the 4A Conference for schools with an enrollment of 950âÂÂ1899 students.
SPRING sports include Track and field-Boys / Girls (Var/JV), Tennis-Boys / Girls (Var/JV), Softball-Girls (Var/JV/Frosh), and Baseball-Boys (Var/JV/Frosh).
FALL sports include Badminton-Girls (Var/JV), Cross Country-Boys / Girls (Var/JV), Golf (Varsity only), Football (Var/JV/Frosh), Swimming-Boys / Girls (Varsity only), and Volleyball-Girls (Var/JV/Frosh).
WINTER sports include Basketball-Boys (Var/JV/Frosh), Basketball-Girls (Var/JV/Frosh), Soccer-Boys (Var/JV), Soccer-Girls (Var/JV), and Wrestling (Var/JV/Frosh).
Prescott High School has a Fine arts program. It consists of:
Art: Art 1âÂÂ2, Art 3âÂÂ4, Art 5âÂÂ6, Art 7âÂÂ8, Art AP, Sculpture, Adobe photoshop
Drama: Drama 1âÂÂ2, Methods of Theater, Music Theatre
Drama productions: Drama Productions 1âÂÂ2, Drama Productions 3âÂÂ4
Choir: Women's Choir, Chorale, Show Choir
Band: Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Percussion/Guard, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Marching Band,
Prescott High School offers four different languages, whose levels combined total 11 classes.
Offered languages: French 1âÂÂ2, French 3âÂÂ4, French 5âÂÂ6, German 1âÂÂ2, German 3âÂÂ4, Japanese 1âÂÂ2, Japanese 3âÂÂ4, Spanish 1âÂÂ2, Spanish 3âÂÂ4, Spanish 5âÂÂ6, Spanish 1âÂÂ2 for native speakers