{{Short description|Public school in Arizona, United States}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=October 2021}} {{Lead too long|date=October 2021}} }} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Estrella Foothills High School | website = {{URL| https://efhs.buhsd.org/}} | principal = Kim Heinz | type = Public secondary (U.S.) | grades = 9–12 | district = Buckeye Union High School District | established = 2001 | address = 13033 South Estrella Parkway | city = Goodyear | state = Arizona | country = United States | zipcode = 85338 | coordinates = {{Coord|33.3280|-112.4230|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:edu}} | enrollment = 1,461 (2023-2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0401410&ID=040141002137|title=Estrella Foothills High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 15, 2024}}</ref> | ratio = 23.95<ref name=NCES/> | staff = 61.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | mascot = Wolf | colors = {{colour box|#9BCBEB}}{{colour box|#000000}}{{colour box|#C0C0C0}} Columbia blue, black, silver }}
'''Estrella Foothills High School''' is a comprehensive high school campus located in Goodyear, Arizona. Estrella Foothills High School is a part of the Buckeye Union High School District. The school mascot is the wolf. There are approximately 1,160 students currently enrolled.
== Overview == Estrella Foothills High School opened its doors in August 2001. Opening with a freshman class of 110 students, the first graduating class of approximately 160 students received their diplomas in May 2005. From 2008 to 2011, EFHS maintained "Excelling" status, at the time the highest rank awarded to Arizona's public schools. Estrella Foothills high school is currently ranked ‘A’ by the Arizona Department of Education.
=== Academics === Estrella Foothills offers a wide range of academic classes (offered in block scheduling), including honors and AP courses, as well as many diverse electives including culinary arts, sports medicine, medical assisting, carpentry, education professions, band and choir, theatre and technical theatre, business, computer science, engineering, forensic science, dance, graphic design, creative writing, psychology, criminal law/sociology, and art. The school's CTE courses are part of the joint technological education district West-MEC.
Estrella Foothills offers extracurricular activities such as Career and Technical Student Organizations, National Honor Society, Drama Club and Thespians, Art Club, Dance Club, Newspaper, Interact, SHPE (including a robotics team), The Pythagorean Society, Earth Club, and many more.
Estrella Foothills offers a winter indoor percussion group, which competes in the WGAZ circuit. They were the first indoor percussion group in Buckeye Union High School District history to place first in their division at the WGAZ 2025 Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Event Details {{!}} Winter Guard Arizona |url=https://www.wgaz.org/events/72881 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=www.wgaz.org}}</ref>
Students at Estrella Foothills are encouraged to be well-rounded and volunteer in community and charitable events. Among these, the Drama Club and SkillsUSA chapter sponsors four blood drives through Vitalant each year. Interact Club regularly visits local charities and organizes drives for food and clothing. The student council organizes school and community events such as the annual Homecoming Carnival and Parade, Prom, and pep assemblies.
In athletics, Estrella Foothills is a member of the 4A Conference of the Arizona Interscholastic Association. The Wolves have distinguished themselves in their twelve years of varsity programs, having sent most of their teams to state playoff competitions at some point. Their first state championships came in track and field. The school has also celebrated state championships in spiritline, girls soccer, softball, girls track, tennis, and boys basketball teams.
=== Controversies === In October 2025 it was revealed that the school had placed numerous posters in classrooms normalising pervasive surveillance of the student body. Such posters included the phrase " Integrity means doing right, even when no one's watching but yeah we are watching for your safety" <ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qpXypoVx1M |title=Louis looks at high school classroom, immediately loses mind - WHAT THE F&#* IS THIS? |date=2025-10-30 |last=Louis Rossmann |access-date=2025-10-31 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
==Notable alumni== * Corey Hawkins (class of 2010) – semi-professional basketball player and son of NBA All-Star, Hersey Hawkins
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207211344/http://www.buhsd.org/EFHS/EstrellaFoothills.html School website]
{{Goodyear, Arizona}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Public high schools in Arizona Category:Schools in Maricopa County, Arizona Category:Educational institutions established in 2001 Category:Goodyear, Arizona Category:2001 establishments in Arizona