Red Mountain High School

Red Mountain High School
Home of the Mountain Lions
Address
7301 E. Brown Road Mesa , Maricopa , Arizona United States
Coordinates	33°26′08″N 111°40′26″W
Information
Type	Public secondary (U.S.)
Motto	Roar Lions, Roar On This Mountain, We Stand As One
Established	1988
School district	Mesa Public Schools
NCES District ID	0404970
NCES School ID	040497001411
Principal	Steven Tannenbaum[1]
Teaching staff	166.00 (FTE) (2022-23)[2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	3,448 (2022-23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	20.77 (2022-23)[2]
Color(s)	Cardinal Red and Black
Mascot	Mountain Lion
Website	Red Mountain High School

Red Mountain High School is a four-year public high school in the eastern part of Mesa, Arizona. It opened in 1988 with Robert Free as the founding principal. In the 1994–95 and 1995-96 school years, it was honored as a Blue Ribbon school.^[3] RMHS received the 2014 A+ School Award under the direction of Dr. Gerald Slemmer, principal (2004-2014).^[4] They received the award again in 2018 under Mr. Jared Ryan, principal (2014-2019).^[5] Red Mountain High School has over 3,300 students enrolled as of the 2020–21 school year. It is a part of the Mesa Unified School District.^[2]

Athletics

Offered Athletics:^[6]

• Badminton
• Cross Country
• Football
• Pom & Cheer
• B/G Golf
• Swim & Dive
• B/G Volleyball
• Girls Flag football
• B/G Basketball
• B/G Soccer
• Wrestling
• E-Sports
• Baseball
• Softball
• Track & Field
• B/G Tennis
• B/G Beach Volleyball

State Champions[7]
Sport	Years	Notes
Basketball - Girls	2007
Cheer	2020
Cross Country - Girls	1991
Football	2000, 2001
Golf - Boys	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2013
Softball	2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013*, 2014	* National Champions
Tennis - Girls	2005
Track - Girls	1992, 1996
Wrestling	1994

Demographics

During the 2020–2021 school year, the demographic break of the 3,340 students enrolled was:^[2]

• Male - 52%
• Female - 48%
• American Indian/Alaska Native - 1.8%
• Asian - 2%
• Black - 3.6%
• Hispanic - 23.6%
• Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 0.7%
• White - 65.6%
• Multiracial - 2.5%

Feeder Schools

Junior High Schools that feed into Red Mountain High School (and the Elementary Schools that feed into the junior high schools):^[8]

Fremont Junior High:

• Falcon Hill Elementary School

• Jefferson Elementary School

• Las Sendas Elementary School

• James Madison Elementary School

• Salk Elementary School

• William Howard Taft Elementary School

• Wilson Elementary School

• Zaharis Elementary School

Shepherd Junior High:

• Barbara Bush Elementary School

• Falcon Hill Elementary School

• Ramon S. Mendoza Elementary School

• Sandra Day O'Connor Elementary School

• Red Mountain Ranch Elementary School

Notable alumni

• Vance Wilson (1991) - MLB player and coach^[9]
• Brian Jennings (1994)- NFL player^[10]
• Lennox Gordon (1996) - NFL player^[11]
• Charlie Beljan (2003) - PGA Tour golfer^[12]
• Nick Miller (2005) - NFL player^[13]
• Kayla Pedersen (2007) - WNBA player^[14]
• Evan Svoboda (2021) - Wyoming Cowboys quarterback^[15]
• Ja'Kobi Lane (2023) – USC Trojans wide receiver^[16]

References

1. "Red Mountain High School Staff". Retrieved July 6, 2022.
2. "Red Mountain High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
4. "Mesa Public Schools » News » Five Mesa schools win A+ Award". www.mpsaz.org. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
5. "a+ school of excellence recipients". Retrieved June 10, 2022.
6. "Red Mountain High School » Athletics". www.mpsaz.org. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
7. "Championships". Red Mountain High School. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
8. "Research » Feeder Schools". www.mpsaz.org. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
9. "Vance Wilson Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com.
10. "Brian Jennings Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
11. "Lennox Gordon Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
12. "Charlie Beljan PGA TOUR Profile - News, Stats, and Videos". PGATour. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
13. "Nick Miller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
14. "Former Mountain Lion now playing on big stage - KRay's 6G Blog | AIA365.com - Our Students, Our Teams... Our Future". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
15. "Evan Svoboda's leadership transfers from gridiron to court". eastvalleytribune.com. February 18, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
16. Red Mountain's Big 3 looks to return team to 6A football championship game

External links

• Red Mountain High School
• Mesa Public Schools