Ironwood High School is a public secondary school located in Glendale, Arizona, United States serving students grades 9-12 from 7:20 AM to 2:20 PM (MST). The high school is currently a part of the Peoria Unified School District. The school opened its doors in August 1986, since which it has maintained an Excelling academic status. Since 2004, it has offered the IB Diploma Programme to its junior and senior year students, with a Pre-IB program for its freshman and sophomore-year students. Currently, approximately 2,000 students are enrolled (the second largest in the district), making Ironwood a 5A Conference school as determined by the Arizona Interscholastic Association. Their mascot is the Bald Eagle. The principal is Vance Setka, and vice principals include Mark Borkowski, Russell Dunham and Caitlin Filleman.
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