Mountain Ridge has excellent programs for all the departments! The athletics is stellar, academics sky-rocketing, and the art department is funded very well. There are yearly updates to the school and I'd reccomend this high school to any unsure freshman. There are annual musicals, which average in 10k
... Read more a show, and they are quite spectacular. Mountain Ridge beats every other school in the district in every aspecct. I am in one non-honors class, and I am not treated badly; the respect the students get reflect on their attitude to the teacher and the school, but that goes for everything. Ridge is an exemplary school. Read less
Posted by a student on 09/04/09
Ridge is an absolutly amazing school. In other reviews I read, people are trying to say how they just care about AP kids. From my experience this isn't true. I myself was in honors classes my freshman year, and will be taking them again this year. But I had friends who weren't in honors and they got
... Read more just as much attention as I did. The teachers are very nice and will do anything they can to help you succeed in their classes. I participated in the musical this past spring and plan to do more with theatre in the next three years. The theatre department is an amazing group of people and they easily accept you as their new friend and cast mate if you are new to the department. For me so far, Ridge has been an amazing experience. Read less
Posted by a student on 08/13/09
I am a senior who attends Ridge. There are several things I dislike about it but I know it could be worse. The school only supports the athletic and AP students, all others are ignored and disrespected. The only way to get personal attention is to send million's of emails. Then you get a condesending
... Read more attitude. The lack of different classes is horrible. I actually enjoy learning and I do not feel that the school does not offer enough non-AP classes. I am too busy to take AP classes and my grades do leave something to be desired. The arts departments, besides band, are dissapointingly underfunded. Read less
Posted by a student on 02/22/09
I graduated in 2007 from MRHS, and I feel the need to defend my alma mater. The main problem here is that students are not as interested in getting an education as they used to be. When I was a teaching assistant in my senior year, I was able to read essays and such that sophomores were writing. Let
... Read more me tell you, they were horrible. Not only was the grammar aweful, but there was no thought whatsoever behind them. As for the teachers, they work hard to come up with interesting assignments to engage students in the work, but students just aren't interested in anything other than what's happening outside of school. Education doesn't have to be limited to school. Help your children out. Let them know they can come to you with their inquiries and their homework. Rather than make comments from the outide, get involved in your students education.There.is.always.room.for.improvement.so.get.involved. Read less
Posted by a student on 02/22/09
Not the best school my kid attended this school and the teachers were just bad and didnt really care about what you do in class
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Posted by a parent on 02/04/09
I am very disappointed in Mountain Ridge. Many of the teachers and administrative personnel consider you just a number unless you're an athlete or exceptional learner. You will get no respect if you're an average or below-average student. Teachers treat you like a second-class citizen if you don't
... Read more get straight A's. I had a homework assignment in math. Out of 30 problems, I didn't understand two of them so I left them blank. I' earned' a zero on the assignment even though I answered the other 28 questions correctly. I give up...why try??? Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/17/09
If you're kids a jock and an excellent student this school will be great. If your kids average it's terrible. My son went 4 years to Mountain Ridge. He wasn't allowed to repeat the class because he got a C, how can a kid do the next level if they didn't get it, we could pay in the summer? Rotating
... Read more schedules are bad for students and teachers. The school's teachers while some are great, many of the admin and teacher don't treat the students with respect and look for any opportunity to kick kids out of the classroom. What ever happened to afterschool or saturday detention, kids love to get out class this isn't a punishment. They really need to put some sort of community together here, so the kids aren't just alienated by all the teachers and staff and feel left out. Read less
Posted by a parent on 12/18/08
I have not found the leadership to be of an encouragement to the student. The staff have a condensending additude toward students.
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Posted by a parent on 09/29/08
Okay, so I'm a student at Mountain Ridge high school. I am going to be a sophmore of this year 08-09. First semester of my freshman year I went to Ridge, and I HATED it, so second semester I moved to Centennial. Yes, they are both very great schools, but this year I have realized what great teachers
... Read more there are at mountain ridge, and how great the security and teaching skills are. And the way the school is run, its just OUTSTANDING. Yes, many students and parents disagree on their teaching skills, and the way things are run, but me, as a student, and only a sophmore, saying how wonderful this school is, should be more than you need to know. Yes, there are always going to be problems with schools and crime, even with schools that aren't public or that are in high ranks that you wouldn't believe. Read less
Posted by a student on 08/06/08
Mountain Ridge is an amazing school. I have attended four different valley schools and Mountain Ridge has been the best out of all of them, by far. The students are really accepting and don't have the clich d cliques that all the other high schools gave. The teachers are wonderful and are really supportive,
... Read more especially the AP teachers. This is a great school for AP classes and if they don't offer the class you want, they'll coordinate a way for you to independently study the material. I have really enjoyed my stay at Ridge and I'm excited to go back on the 11th. Read less
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Glendale schools — Mountain Ridge High School is located at 22800 N 67th Ave, Glendale AZ 85310. 22800 N 67th Ave is in the Hillcrest Ranch Homeowners neighborhood and 85310 ZIP code in Glendale, AZ The school district for Mountain Ridge High School is the Deer Valley Unified Sd 97. Mountain Ridge High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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