Waltrip High School

S.P. Waltrip High School
Waltrip High School in 2009
Location
Houston
,
Texas

United States
Coordinates29°49′10″N 95°26′03″W / 29.819442°N 95.434284°W / 29.819442; -95.434284
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1959 (1959)
School districtHouston Independent School District
PrincipalMargaret Randall
Staff105.83 (FTE) (2022–23)[1]
Grades9–12
Number of students1,597 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.09:1 (2022–23)[1]
Color(s)   
MascotRams
NewspaperThe Waltrip Tribune
YearbookAries
Websitewww.houstonisd.org/domain/2131

Stephen Pool Waltrip High School is a public high school located at 1900 West 34th Street in Houston, Texas, United States. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.

The school's namesake is a former principal at the defunct Houston Heights High School,[2] who transferred to Reagan High School (now renamed Heights High School) after that school replaced the original Houston Heights High.[3]

History

Waltrip High School opened in 1960 to serve many newly developed post-World War II subdivisions, and relieved Reagan High School of many students when it did so. It was relieved by Scarborough Junior-Senior High School when that school opened in 1969. The school was named after Stephen Pool Waltrip, a funeral home owner in the Houston Heights named principal of Reagan High School in 1918.[4]

The school remained majority white until the early 1990s, when the school was equally white, black, and Hispanic.[5]

In 1997 a portion of the Reagan High School boundary was rezoned to Waltrip.[6] By the 2000s, Waltrip became majority Hispanic.[5]

Waltrip has become one of the highest performing comprehensive high schools in Houston ISD by being named "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency, one of the few urban high schools in Houston ISD to receive such a designation. (Reference: Texas Education Agency website).[7]

Around 2012, each year a total of 400 students transfer from Booker T. Washington High School to Waltrip and Reagan.[8]

In 2015 Andria Schur got a job as the principal of a charter school in Dallas, Texas, causing her to leave her post as principal of Waltrip. Dale Mitchell, previously the principal of Sterling High School, became the principal of Waltrip.[9]

The campus began receiving a renovation around 2015.[10]

Student body

The makeup of the 1,597 students enrolled during the 2022-2023 school year was:

Approximately 74% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch programs.

Facilities

In 2012 it housed the Waltrip High School Child Development Center, a preschool program for low income children.[11] Since 2015 it no longer does so.

Academic performance

The Texas Education Agency rankings in 2009-2010 and 2011 were "Recognized" and "Academically Acceptable". Downing stated in 2012 that "Waltrip High is neither the worst nor the best high school in HISD."[12]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - WALTRIP H S (482364002604)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  2. ^ Sloan, Anne. Houston Heights. Arcadia Publishing, 2009. ISBN 0738571180, 9780738571188. p. 35.
  3. ^ Sloan, Anne. Houston Heights. Arcadia Publishing, 2009. ISBN 0738571180, 9780738571188. p. 36.
  4. ^ "Origins of Leader-area Street/School Names". The Leader News. Houston, TX: Jonathan McElvey. July 26, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "A Brief History of: S. P. Waltrip High School Archived 2010-03-04 at the Wayback Machine." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
  6. ^ "1996-1997 HISD ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES," Houston Independent School District. June 30, 1997. Retrieved on December 13, 2010. "Redirect students residing in a geographic "arm" west of Shepherd from Reagan to Waltrip"
  7. ^ Texas Education Agency
  8. ^ Radcliffe, Jennifer. "Effort to save historic Booker T. High gains steam." Houston Chronicle. Thursday February 2, 2012. Retrieved on February 2, 2012.
  9. ^ Mellon, Ericka. "HISD names Yates, Sterling, Westbury High principals" (Archived November 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine). Houston Chronicle. June 5, 2015. Retrieved on November 20, 2015.
  10. ^ "Waltrip High School getting a modern makeover". Houston Independent School District. January 29, 2015. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  11. ^ Lee, Renée C. "Program gives low income kids an early boost." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday April 24, 2012. Retrieved on April 25, 2012.
  12. ^ Downing, Margaret (April 19, 2012). "Wrong Time, Wrong Place". Houston Press. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  13. ^ "World Wrestling Entertainment Bio"
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "Distinguished HISD Alumni Archived May 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District.
  15. ^ "Houston City Council Bio Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback Machine"
  16. ^ [1]
  17. ^ Villarreal, Elizabeth (July 26, 2014). "Neighbors: Waltrip Grad is Colorado Mayor Now". The Leader News. Houston, TX: John McElvey.
  18. ^ "Waltrip Trivia Page Archived 2012-08-31 at the Wayback Machine," Waltrip High School
  19. ^ "In Memory of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman - 1993 Archived March 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on March 6, 2010.

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