Tanque Verde is a suburban census-designated place ( CDP ) in Pima County, Arizona, United States, northeast of Tucson.

Tanque Verde began as a small community, remote from Tucson, and settled by ranchers arriving to the American West around the 1860s.

The Tanque Verde Valley was utilized by the Apache, a Native American tribe throughout the 19th century.

Soldiers from Fort Lowell operated by the U. S. Army in the late 19th century also frequented the Tanque Verde Valley.

In 1886, the residents of the Tanque Verde valley established the Tanque Verde School District as the first significant political entity of the community.

As the Tucson area increased population, the Tanque Verde Valley did as well, but at a much slower rate.

Much of the land in Tanque Verde is in covenants dictating land-use policies.

By the 1960s, Tanque Verde had become a true suburb of Tucson.

Tanque Verde has become an affluent community, with a significant equestrian presence.

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, Tanque Verde has the highest median household incomes of any city or community in southern Arizona, and one of the highest in Arizona.

Tanque Verde is located at ( 32. 271523 ,-110. 751747 ).

The Tanque Verde Valley is characterized by the Santa Catalina Mountains to the north, and the Rincon Mountains to the east.

The Tanque Verde Valley is traversed by two notable seasonal creeks, Tanque Verde and Agua Caliente.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Tanque Verde has a total area of 32. 9 square miles ( 85. 1 km² ), all of it land.

The river system in Arizona, including in Tanque Verde, is threatened by the increased pumping and diversion of water from the rivers and streams for agriculture, industrial, and domestic use.

As of the census of 2000, there were 16, 195 people, 5, 810 households, and 4, 903 families residing in Tanque Verde.

The racial makeup of Tanque Verde is 94. 28 % White, 0. 70 % Black or African American, 0. 56 % Native American, 1. 30 % Asian, 0. 11 % Pacific Islander, 1. 36 % from other races, and 1. 69 % from two or more races.

In Tanque Verde the population is spread out with 25. 3 % under the age of 18, 4. 9 % from 18 to 24, 22. 7 % from 25 to 44, 35. 1 % from 45 to 64, and 12. 0 % who were 65 years of age or older.

The Tanque Verde area is served by one school district: Tanque Verde Unified School District.

The only high school in the area is Tanque Verde High School.

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In 1962-1963 Appleton was the music teacher at the Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona where he conducted the choir and orchestra, taught music theory, history and piano lessons.

His skill eventually led him to running the student computer network of Verde Valley School he attended, as well as writing an email application for the students.

** District elementary schools in Casas Adobes include Marion Donaldson Elementary School, Winifred Harelson Elementary School, Mesa Verde Elementary School, and Lulu Walker Elementary School

The Verde Valley Music Festival was held on the first weekend of each October at the Verde Valley School, just west of VOC.

Camp Verde Unified School District serves the community.

In 1882, when there were a total of 8 local children, Yavapai County set up one of the first schools in the Verde Valley, Beaver Creek School, drawing kids from many miles around the area.

and up and down the creek nearly to Camp Verde picked up their mail at the Rimrock Post Office so the former area of Beaver Creek School district generally became known as Rimrock.

* Loma Verde Elementary School

* Vista Verde Middle School

The city is served by three school districts: the Perris Elementary School District, Perris Union High School District and the Val Verde Unified School District, which also serves the southern part of Moreno Valley.

* Mesa Verde Elementary School

The schools that can be attended here include ( in order ) Casa Montessori Pre-School ‎, Mesa Verde Elementary School, Heights Middle School, Piedra Vista High School, and San Juan College.

* 6th Main District: Mallasa: Amor de Dios, Aranjuez, Mallasilla, Isla Verde, Mallasa, Jupapina,

* Verde District

Although the Mesa Verde District of the Great Southwest Council includes San Juan County, Colorado, the council no longer owns or operate the Cascade Scout Camp located in the San Juan National Forest, north of Durango, Colorado, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

* Mesa Verde District

In the state legislature Palo Verde is located in the 40th Senate District, represented by Democrat Denise Moreno Ducheny, and in the 80th Assembly District, represented by Republican Bonnie Garcia.

In the state legislature Val Verde is located in the 17th Senate District, represented by Republican Sharon Runner, and in the 37th Assembly District, represented by Republican Jeff Gorell.

The Woodside Fire District is a special district serving Woodside, Portola Valley and unincorporated areas including Ladera, Los Trancos Woods, Vista Verde, Emerald Lake, Menlo Park ( Unincorporated ) and Skyline / State Route 35 area.

Villa Verde is served by the Weslaco Independent School District.

Spring Garden-Terra Verde is served by the Robstown Independent School District.

Val Verde Park is served by the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District.

Notable secondary schools and school districts include Franklin High School ( Stockton, CA ), Kingfisher High School ( Kingfisher Oklahoma ), Alvin High School ( Alvin, TX ) Sprayberry High School ( Marietta, Georgia ), Thomas County Central High School, ( Thomasville, GA ), Xavier University Preparatory High School ( New Orleans, Louisiana ), Berkeley High School ( Berkeley, California ), Freeport Area School District ( Sarver, Pennsylvania ), Ferndale Area High School ( Johnstown, Pennsylvania ), Llano High, Junior High, Elementary, and Packsaddle Elementary Schools ( Llano County Texas ), Cleburne High School ( Cleburne, Texas ), Mount Vernon High School ( Mount Vernon, Ohio ), Newark High School ( Newark, Delaware ), Osbourn Park High School ( Manassas, Virginia ), James Monroe High School ( Fredericksburg, VA ), Roane County High School ( Kingston, TN ), Sabinal School District ( Sabinal, Texas ), Perrysburg High School ( Perrysburg, Ohio ), Sidney High School ( Sidney, Ohio ), Girard High School ( Girard, Pennsylvania ), Vincent High School ( Vincent, Alabama ), McAdory High School ( McCalla, Alabama ), Thomas Jefferson High School ( Council Bluffs, Iowa ), Irmo Middle School, Irmo High School ( Irmo, South Carolina ) and Oxnard High School ( Oxnard, California ), Saint Augustine High School ( Saint John's County FLA ), Lee County Senior High School ( Sanford, NC ), Palo Verde Valley High School ( Blythe, California ), George Washington Carver High School ( Winston-Salem, North Carolina ) Northampton High School ( Eastville, Virginia ), Coffee High School ( Florence, Alabama ), Blue Ridge High School ( Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona ), Sheridan School District ( Sheridan, Arkansas ), Oneonta High School ( Oneonta, New York ), Gwynn Park High School ( Brandywine, Maryland ), Ithaca High School ( Ithaca, Michigan ), Starkville High School ( Starkville, Mississippi ), Detroit Country Day School ( Beverly Hills, Michigan ), Woodford County High School ( Versailles, KY ), Oakleaf Junior High ( Orange Park, FL ), and Spencer Middle School ( Spencer, WV ).