Mingus Union High School

The drug use and lack of education is ridiculous and growing more and more in the wrong direction. Teachers never pull you aside concerned with their students grades and honestly don't care whether they are learning the lesson required. Also most teachers give explosive amounts of tests on a chapter that the students have only been introduced to for less then a day. Terrible school and glad I am getting out of here this year.
--Submitted by a student

I graduated from Mingus in 1992. I attended my freshman and sophomore years in Albuquerque, NM, and my junior and senior years at Mingus. My grades were suffering in Albuquerque, but when I started Mingus the counselors pulled me aside and helped me get my overall grade point average to a 3.0 by the time I graduated. All the counselors, the principal and the teachers were very concerned about me doing well. I highly recommend Mingus and would definitely send my own children there when the time comes for them to attend high school. The Cottonwood area is a great community as well. I can especially see that after living in Albuquerque for over 20 years. There is a huge difference between the two.

I attended Mingus as did my husband. We have a child there now and 2 more on the way. Mingus is a good school with an equal emphasis on academics and athletics. I don't see any more or less problems at Mingus than at any other high school. Teenagers are teenagers and the problems they have are country-wide. Mingus is a highly rated school and the students excel at everything.
--Submitted by a parent

High amount of drug abuse, school recently was fenced in which makes it resemble a prison. Too much emphasis on athletics and not on academics. More than a few teen pregnancies. There are very difficult people in key positions in this school who frankly should not be there.
--Submitted by a parent

I feel appreciated here. Most schools focus their pep assemblies on just athletic achievements, but recently, Mingus has started mentioning all of the achievements made by every culture of student at our school. Even that of the art students and thespians :)
--Submitted by a student

Good place for my children to get a high school education. Wonderful drama dept. and choir program!
--Submitted by a parent

My children love to have hands on activities in their anatomy class. They say its the greatest experience of their lives.
--Submitted by a parent

Mingus is an excellent school. My son graduated from MUHS and had several academic and athletic scholarship offers. The teachers and parents are very involved and athletic programs are exceptional. With a larger selection of AP and College Prep courses offered over other schools in the area we were willing to drive from Sedona to enable him to excel at Mingus.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is full of bad influences.
--Submitted by a student

My daughter has excelled at Mingus, particularly this year in her social science course. The teacher understand the students and creates an environment in which they want to learn. Other classes are excellent, too.
--Submitted by a parent