Sam Houston High School (Houston)
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| Principal Administrator | Aida Tello |
| Grade levels | 9 - 12 |
| Founded | 1878 |
| School type | Public school (U.S.) |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Location | Template:Coor dms (Houston, Texas, United States) |
| Enrollment | 2,897 students (2003-2004 school year) |
| Campus surroundings | Urban |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| School colors | Black, Yellow |
| Magnet | None |
Sam Houston High School is a secondary school located at 9400 Irvington Boulevard in Houston, Texas. Houston High School handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Houston Independent School District.
The school has the oldest high school newspaper in Texas, the Aegis, established in 1889. The world's first girls' Military Drill Squad, initially the Black Battalion, but now called the Tigerettes, originated at Houston High School. The school was originally all White; it was desegregated in 1970 and today has a mostly Hispanic student body [1].
Sam Houston High School is often nicknamed "Sam" by its students.
Sam Houston High School Baseball Field is located at Template:Coor dms.
Sam Houston, along with Jack Yates High School and Kashmere High School, are the three high schools in Houston ISD which have been consistently low-performing in test scores from 2001 to 2004. Because of this problem, there are movements to have the state or another organization take over the schools for a period so the test scores will be at acceptable levels. While Yates got an acceptable rating in 2005, Houston and Kashmere continued to get unacceptable ratings. Abelardo Saavedra, the superintendent of HISD, described Houston as being "close" to getting an acceptable rating.
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History
It was founded in Downtown Houston in 1878 as Houston Academy. Since then, it had undergone several name changes.
- Houston Academy - 1878 to 1881
- Clopper Institute - 1881 to 1886
- Houston Normal School - 1886 to 1895
- Houston High School - 1895 to 1926
- Central High School - 1926 to 1955
- Sam Houston High School - 1955 to present, after Sam Houston
In 1955, Houston High School moved from its Capital Street location in downtown to its current location.
Neighborhoods served by Sam Houston
Several areas outside of the 610 Loop that are far north of Downtown and south of the neighborhood of Aldine are zoned to Houston.
Neighborhoods include Melrose Park and Northline Terrace.
School uniform
As fo 2005, Sam Houston students are required to wear a school uniform that consists of a polo shirt with the school's logo and khaki or denim trousers or skirts.
Feeder patterns
Elementary schools that feed into Sam Houston include all of Barrick, Burbank, Coop, DeChaumes, Durkee, Janowski, Lyons, Moreno, Northline, and Scarborough, and parts of Allen, Berry, Garcia, Herrera, and Osborne. All of Fonville Middle School and parts of Burbank and Henry Middle Schools feed into Sam Houston.