Welcome
Welcome to the Altar Valley Elementary School District website. Located twenty miles west of Tucson, Arizona, we are proud of our educational contribution to our community’s students. With our outstanding teaching staff, dedicated support staff, and committed administrators, the Altar Valley School District maintains the highest standards for our students.
We hope you will use our website to learn more about our district and the excellent services we provide. Whether you are looking for student registration information, job openings, or our school calendar and events, you’ll find it here. If you have questions and you don’t find answers here, please contact us directly by phone or email.
All About Altar Valley
Founded in 1928 as a one-room ranch school, the Altar Valley School District has emerged into a rapidly growing district. In 1930, Mrs. Mary E. Dill formed the Three Points School and taught at the school named after her for more than twenty years. In 2003 a new school was constructed and renamed Robles Elementary School. In 1988, the district adopted the name of the expansive valley in which it lies, Altar Valley, and for which our middle school is named.
Bordering the district to the west is the Indian Oasis District; the Marana School district is to the north; the San Fernando district is to the south; and the Tucson Unified School District is to the east. The Altar Valley District encompasses nearly 700 square miles of high Sonoran desert and mountains.
The district is located 20 miles southwest of downtown Tucson on Route 86, Ajo Way. Several attractions are near the district, including the Sonora Desert Museum, Old Tucson, and the San Xavier del Bac Mission. The community is known as Three Points or Robles Junction. The internationally-known Kitt Peak National Observatory frames the background for the Altar Valley School District.
With ranching and farming roots, the Altar Valley District incorporates a community rich with heritage and western ideals. The socioeconomic background of the community reflects a growing and diversified community.
District Demographics
Three Points, also known as Robles Junction, is a small, rural community (45 square miles) of about 5,000 residents. Student enrollment is about 650 students between two school sites: Robles Elementary School (pre-k through 5th grade) and Altar Valley Middle School (6th through 8th grade). Our community is located adjacent to the Tohono O’Odham Reservation, and is about 45 miles from the international border. There is no high school in Three Points, so students are bussed mainly to Flowing Wells High School in Tucson, which is about 30 miles away.
News Highlights
There’s a lot going on in Altar Valley. Our District News page will give you a taste of why we are so proud of our students, our teachers, and our community. Please take a few minutes to read our newsletters and get to know us a little bit better.
