 The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary districts Alhambra, Isaac and Phoenix Elementary, although students from across the district come to Alhambra for its Phoenix Union Magnet Program—Medical and Health Studies.Alhambra High was founded in 1962, and was, along with East and Maryvale, one of three schools opened by the Phoenix Union High School District in the 1960s.The school, like all other schools within the PUHSD, is a minority-majority school.