The Wickenburg Unified School District covers over 1,100 square miles in an area that spans from the southern border of the Prescott National Forest in Yavapai County to the north, through the Town of Wickenburg, all the way to the White Tank Mountains to the south. 

Four of the district’s schools are located in the Town of Wickenburg, about 50 miles northwest of Phoenix. Wickenburg is a beautiful area known for its rolling hills that sit at the base of the Bradshaw Mountains. 

Festival Foothills Elementary School (grades K-8) is on the southern boundary of the district in the Festival Ranch community located in Buckeye, ten miles west of Surprise.  

Our school district consists of:

Festival Foothills Elementary (grades K-8)
Hassayampa Elementary School (grades K-5)
Vulture Peak Middle School (grades 6-8)
Wickenburg High School (grades 9-12)
Wickenburg Virtual Academy (an online school for grades K-12)

Our district serves roughly 1200 students in grades Pre-K - 12 and employs roughly 200 people.