Red Mesa High School

{{Short description|Public high school in Apache County, Arizona}}

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name = Red Mesa High School

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| schooltype = Public high school

| grades = 9–12

| ceeb = 030434

| principal = Don Lawrence

| address = N HWY 160

| city = Teec Nos Pos, Arizona

| zipcode = 86514

| country = USA

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| district = Red Mesa Unified School District

| enrollment = 171 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0406870&ID=040687000142|title=Red Mesa High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 26, 2025}}

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| mascot = Redskins

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| colors = Red, white and blue
{{colorbox|red}} {{colorbox|white}} {{colorbox|navy}} {{Cite web|title=Red Mesa High School|url=https://aiaonline.org/schools/142|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=Arizona Interscholastic Association|language=en-US}}

| website = {{URL|https://hs.rmusd.net/}}

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Red Mesa High School is a high school in Red Mesa in an unincorporated area of Apache County, Arizona,"[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st04_az/place/p0459550_red_mesa/DC10BLK_P0459550_001.pdf 2010 Census – Census Block Map: Red Mesa CDP, AZ]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063023/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st04_az/place/p0459550_red_mesa/DC10BLK_P0459550_001.pdf Archive]). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 16, 2015."[http://www.rmusd.net/education/school/school.php?sectiondetailid=75&linkid=nav-menu-container-4-1036 Red Mesa High School]." ([http://www.rmusd.net/images/headers/header_theme_6.jpg Direct image link]) Red Mesa Unified School District. Retrieved on September 20, 2010. "HC 61 Box 40/HWY 160 MP 448 Teec, Nos Pos,{{sic}} AZ 86514 near Teec Nos Pos. It is one of two high schools under the jurisdiction of the Red Mesa Unified School District, along with Red Valley/Cove High School.

Little Dan, a medicine man from Sweetwater, dedicated the A, B, and C Buildings. Before the high school opened, small high school classes met at the elementary school. Red Mesa was originally a part of the Chinle Unified School District. In July 1983 the Red Mesa Unified School District formed, splitting from the Chinle School District. In 1987 the high school gymnasium was completed."[https://web.archive.org/web/20020605225439/http://www.rmusd.net/history.php History of Red Mesa Schools]" ([http://web.archive.org/web/20020605225439/http://www.rmusd.net/history.php Archive]). Red Mesa Unified School District. Retrieved on September 20, 2010.

The school operates an FM radio station, KRMH 89.7.

The school's athletic teams are called "The Redskins", a name that many of the members of the community support.{{cite web|url=http://rmusdhs.ss4.sharpschool.com/programs/redskins_sports |title=RMUSD #27 / Red Mesa High School » Programs » Redskins Sports |accessdate=September 20, 2014}}Shapira, Ian. "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-arizona-a-navajo-high-school-emerges-as-a-defender-of-the-washington-redskins/2014/10/26/dcfc773a-592b-11e4-8264-deed989ae9a2_story.html In Arizona, a Navajo high school emerges as a defender of the Washington Redskins]" ([https://archive.today/20141027043424/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/in-arizona-a-navajo-high-school-emerges-as-a-defender-of-the-washington-redskins/2014/10/26/dcfc773a-592b-11e4-8264-deed989ae9a2_story.html Archive]). Washington Post. October 26, 2014. Retrieved on September 22, 2015.

The majority of the school's students are Native American.{{cite web| url=http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/128802| title= Red Mesa High School Profile| accessdate=May 11, 2017| website=Public School Review}}