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Several K-12 schools, as well as local area colleges serve
Goodyear residents. With high performance report card ratings and the active
pursuit to attain exemplary post-secondary institutions for learning,
Goodyear is constantly striving to maintain excellence.
Higher Education
In addition, the City of Goodyear has been proactively
recruiting private institutions of higher education and has been having talks
with Arizona State University about a future Goodyear campus. Goodyear
welcomed its first excellent private institution of post-secondary education
to the community in 2008 - Franklin
Pierce University from New Hampshire. In June 2009, Franklin Pierce
began their Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program in Goodyear. Franklin
Pierce's Goodyear center also offers a series of online undergraduate and
graduate programs. An Associate Degree in Nursing will begin in 2010.
The presence of this private university represents the
culmination of a concerted effort by the Goodyear City Council and staff to
bring smaller, private schools of higher education to Goodyear to round out
our quality of life and fill an educational niche that is lacking in Arizona.
Local area institutes for higher learning include Estrella Mountain Community College (part of Maricopa Community
College District), Arizona State University-West Campus, Grand
Canyon University, Midwestern University-Glendale
and Thunderbird School of Global
Management. Other valley-wide offerings are Arizona
State University, DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management, Western International University, CollegeAmerica
and the University of Phoenix each
providing a variety of accelerated academic and occupational programs.
Additionally, Park University, located on Luke AFB, is a four-year
institution that provides reduced tuition to military, their dependents as
well as civilians living in the surrounding communities.
K-12
Goodyear residents are served by three elementary school
districts (Avondale, Liberty,
Litchfield
& Mobile),
two high school districts (Agua
Fria Union &
Buckeye
Union). With a K-12 student body nearing 10,000 students, every
school in Goodyear is meeting the standards set forth by No Child Left
Behind. Additionally, the schools are meeting the AZ Learns standards with
the highly respected rankings of performing and highly performing.
To learn which public school your child would attend,
please visit the County
Superintendent of Schools Website or call at 602-506-3866, or view school report cards. For an extensive listing
of all schools in Goodyear, visit our Community Resource Directory.
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