Poston Butte High School

Poston Butte High School
Address
32375 North Gantzel Road San Tan Valley, Arizona 85143 United States
Coordinates	33°10′24″N 111°32′40″W
Information
Type	Public High School
School district	Florence Unified School District
CEEB code	030690
Principal	Trent faddis
Staff	69.83 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,423 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	20.38[1]
Color(s)	Orange and blue
Mascot	TUFF The Bronco
Website	www.fusdaz.com/pbhs

Poston Butte High School is a high school in San Tan Valley, Arizona in the Florence Unified School District. It opened July 20, 2009.

One-to-one computing

Poston Butte High School does not employ textbooks. Instead, the school's one-to-one computing policy provides a laptop to each student in lieu of textbooks.^[2]

The first school to use one-to-one computing in Arizona was Empire High School, which started doing so in 2005. Florence district officials worked with Empire to implement a similar program at Poston Butte in 2009.^[3] After successful implementation at Poston Butte, it was expanded to Florence High School in 2010.^[4]

First graduating class

The first class graduated from Poston Butte on May 30, 2012.^[5] It had 253 students.

References

1. "Poston Butte High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
2. http://www.fusdaz.org/OurDISTRICT/AboutUs/OnetoOneComputing/tabid/5114/Default^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. https://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/08/27/20090827postonbutte0827.html Poston Butte high-school students go digital
4. "Santan Valley Today". Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
5. http://www.trivalleycentral.com/articles/2012/06/07/florence_reminder_blade_tribune/schools_and_education/doc4fcfddf3d72e8566591920.txt^{[dead link‍]}

External links

• Official website