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Peoria Unified Grads Break Records

The Peoria Unified School District is proudly celebrating the class of 2023 for securing over $78 million in scholarships to post-secondary institutions, increasing last year’s record scholarships by more than $5 million. The total includes scholarships for in-state and out-of-state colleges and universities, merit- based recognitions, private donors, athletic scholarships and vocational schools. Centennial, Ironwood, Liberty, Raymond S. Kellis and Sunrise Mountain high schools all celebrate a school record amount in scholarship offers with their graduates. Below is a breakdown of the Peoria Unified high school scholarship amounts:

SCHOOL	SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT
Cactus High School	$4,416,298
Centennial High School	$19,421,170
Ironwood High School	$7,953,858
Liberty High School	$18,347,476
Peoria High School	$4,433,711
Peoria Flex Academy	$1,100
Raymond S. Kellis High School	$7,951,392
Sunrise Mountain High School	$15,515,667
2023 Total Scholarships	$78,041,302

A few highlights from this year include the following:

Liberty High School’s scholarship totals include 79 full tuition Lumberjack scholarships to Northern

Arizona University, and a variety of out-of-state universities to esteemed institutions like Baylor Point

Loma and American Musical Theatre.
Raymond S. Kellis High School’s graduates include acceptance letters to the Air Force Academy, MIT,

and Johns Hopkins University.
Sunrise Mountain High School’s graduates include students accepted to Biola University, a full Air

Force ROTC tuition scholarship, the esteemed Vanderbilt University, and an Army ROTC full tuition

scholarship.
Cactus High School’s scholarships include a Navy ROTC scholarship and acceptance to Rose-Hulman

Institute of Technology.

*totals updated May 22, 2023