Somerton is a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, Somerton had a population of 14,197. It is part of the Yuma metropolitan area. Somerton was established in 1898 and incorporated in 1918. Somerton's economy is based on agriculture, medical services, and tourism.
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Somerton High School is in Somerton, Arizona. It opened in 2023. It is in the Yuma Union High School District. It is at 1093 Jefferson Street. Toros are the school mascot.
It is in a community with many farmworkers in an area south of Yuma, Arizona that was previously served by Kofa High School and Cibola High School. Lucky Arvizo is the principal. Sports at the school include football, soccer and baseball.
It was designed by DLR Group and built by McCarthy Building Companies.
Lucky Arvizo is the school's principal. In November 2024, the school's new gymnasium, Plaza De Toros, debuted with a basketball court, a dance room, lockers, and a training room.
In 2025 it added a flag football team.
A cheer coach was fired from the school after allowing a male cheerleader who said he was being bullied to access her office in the girls' locker room.
Artwork by a student at the school was selected for the seal of Somerton's municipal court.
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Orange Grove Mobile Manor is a census-designated place and colonia in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The population was 555 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Rancho Mesa Verde is a census-designated place and colonia in Yuma County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 625 at the 2010 census.
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Drysdale is a census-designated place in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The population was 272 at the 2010 census.
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Wall Lane is a census-designated place and colonia in Yuma County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 415 at the 2010 census.
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