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The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas, and the eighth-largest in the United States. [3] Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities in addition to some unincorporated areas .
The district was already under state leadership but the schools could still be closed. [43] As of the 2023-2024 school year, all three campuses are now run by Third Future Schools, which was founded by Houston ISD's state-appointed superintendent Mike Miles. [44] [45]
Scarborough was founded on a 21-acre (85,000 m 2) plot on May 27, 1968. [ citation needed ] The school relieved Waltrip High School . [ 3 ] Originally, the plan was for both a junior and senior high school, but it became a high school in 1979 when Clifton Middle School opened.
This is a list of schools operated by the Houston Independent School District. In the district, grades kindergarten through 5 are considered to be elementary school, grades 6 through 8 are considered to be middle school, and grades 9 through 12 are considered to be senior high school. Some elementary schools go up to the sixth grade.
As of 2017 KIPP Houston had 12,100 students. [5] High schools(9-12) KIPP: East End High School (2020) KIPP: Connect High School (2018) serving Gulfton and Sharpstown [6] KIPP Generations Collegiate (KGC) (2011) (north Houston) KIPP Houston High School (2004) KIPP Northeast College Preparatory (2013) KIPP: Sunnyside High School - Opened in 2010.
Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering ...
On October 13, 2016, the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees voted 7 to 2 to accept a naming rights contract from the Kinder Foundation for a $7.5 million for capital improvements to the new facility. The school's name was to become Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts when the school moved to the new downtown ...
YES Prep (Youth Engaged in Service) began in 1995 as Project YES. The program was founded at Rusk Elementary School in the Houston Independent School District by Chris Barbic. Since 1998, YES Prep has been operating under a state charter. In 2020, they began serving elementary education.