page_title: Guam Department of Education
section_title: High schools
hierarchical_section_title: Guam Department of Education / Schools / High schools
caption_attribution_description: English: George Washington High School
context_page_description: The Guam Department of Education, formerly the Guam Public School System, is a school district that serves the United States territory of Guam. The school district can be thought of as analogous to the school districts of other cities and communities in the United States, but in some manners, it can also be thought of as analogous to the state education agencies of other states.
  The district is headquartered at the GDOE Headquarters on 500 Mariner Avenue Barrigada, Guam. Its headquarters were formerly at the Manuel F. L. Guerrero Administration Building at 312 Espinall Avenue, Hagåtña.
  The Guam Department of Education is a single unified school district consisting of grades kindergarten through 12th grade, with 26 elementary schools, eight middle schools, six high schools and alternative school serve over 30,000 students. In 1998, the U.S. Department of Defense opened schools for children of American military personnel. DODEA schools had an attendance of 2,500 in 2000.
context_section_description: John F. Kennedy High School (Tumon, Tamuning, opened 1959)
  Originally called Tumon High School
  Okkodo High School (Dededo, opened on August 21, 2008)
  Simon Sanchez High School (Yigo, opened 1974)
  Founded as a junior high school in 1974, became a high school in 1981.
  Southern High School (Santa Rita, opened 1997)
  Tiyan High School (opened 2014)
  George Washington High School (Mangilao, opened 1965)
caption: George Washington High School
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