Waltrip High School
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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,[1] who transferred to Reagan High School (now renamed Heights High School) after that school replaced the original Houston Heights High.[2]
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.[3]
The school remained majority white until the early 1990s, when the school was equally white, black, and Hispanic.[4]
In 1997 a portion of the Reagan High School boundary was rezoned to Waltrip.[5] By the 2000s, Waltrip became majority Hispanic.[4]
Waltrip has become one of the highest performing comprehensive high schools in Houston ISD by being named "Recognized" by the Texas Education AgencyScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., one of the few urban high schools in Houston ISD to receive such a designation. (Reference: Texas Education Agency website).[6]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Around 2012, each year a total of 400 students transfer from Booker T. Washington High School to Waltrip and Reagan.[7]
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.[8]
The campus began receiving a renovation around 2015.[9]
Student body
The makeup of the 1,597 students enrolled during the 2022-2023 school year was:
- 77% Hispanic
- 8% White
- 14% Black
- <1% Asian
- <1% Native American
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.[10] Since 2015 it no longer does so.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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."[11]
Notable alumni
- Mark Calaway (Class of 1983) - Retired WWE professional wrestler known as The Undertaker.[12]
- Keenan McCardell (Class of 1988) - Professional American football wide receiver coach for the Minnesota Vikings[13]
- Shelley Duvall (Class of 1967) - Producer and actress [13]
- Toni Lawrence - Former Houston City Councilwoman [14]
- Denzel Livingston (Class of 2011), basketball player for Hapoel Kfar Saba of the Israeli Liga Leumit[15]
- Debra Maffett (Class of 1975) - Miss America 1983.[13]
- Van Malone (Class of 1988) - Professional American football player for the Detroit Lions and college football coach[13]
- Anita "Sweetie" Marbury (Class of 1965) - Mayor of Durango, Colorado[16]
- Barbara Olson (Class of 1974) - Conservative commentator and September 11, 2001 attacks victim [17]
- Patrick Swayze (Class of 1971) - Actor and dancer.[13]
- Jermaine Rogers (Class of 1991) - Gig-poster artist and vinyl collectible designer.[13]
- John H. Whitmire (Class of 1967) - A Texas senator, Mayor of Houston[13]
- Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman - murder victims - Waltrip High School contains a memorial to the girls [18]
References
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- ↑ Sloan, Anne. Houston Heights. Arcadia Publishing, 2009. Template:ISBN, 9780738571188. p. 35.
- ↑ Sloan, Anne. Houston Heights. Arcadia Publishing, 2009. Template:ISBN, 9780738571188. p. 36.
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- ↑ a b "A Brief History of: S. P. Waltrip High School Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.
- ↑ "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"
- ↑ Texas Education Agency
- ↑ Radcliffe, Jennifer. "Effort to save historic Booker T. High gains steam." Houston Chronicle. Thursday February 2, 2012. Retrieved on February 2, 2012.
- ↑ Mellon, Ericka. "HISD names Yates, Sterling, Westbury High principals" (Script error: No such module "webarchive".). Houston Chronicle. June 5, 2015. Retrieved on November 20, 2015.
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- ↑ Lee, Renée C. "Program gives low income kids an early boost." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday April 24, 2012. Retrieved on April 25, 2012.
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- ↑ a b c d e f g "Distinguished HISD Alumni Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Houston Independent School District.
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- ↑ "Waltrip Trivia Page Script error: No such module "webarchive".," Waltrip High School
- ↑ "In Memory of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman - 1993 Script error: No such module "webarchive".." Waltrip High School. Retrieved on March 6, 2010.
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Further reading
- Dr. Enloe, Jon. "Community energy needed for Waltrip resurgence" (Archive" (Archive) (editorial). The Leader. September 5, 2013.
External links
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- Waltrip High School
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