Alto High School

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Alto High School
Address
Alto High School
248 CR 2429

Alto
,
Texas
75925-9599

United States
Coordinates 31°39′37″N95°04′25″W / 31.6602°N 95.0735°W / 31.6602; -95.0735 Coordinates: 31°39′37″N95°04′25″W / 31.6602°N 95.0735°W / 31.6602; -95.0735
Information
School type Public high school
School district Alto Independent School District
PrincipalShanequa Redd-Dorsey
Faculty19.37 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment192 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio9.91 [1]
Color(s)   Black & Gold
Athletics conference UIL Class AA (2A)
MascotYellow Jacket/Lady Jacket
Website Alto High School

Alto High School (AHS) is a public high school in Alto, Texas. It is part of the Alto Independent School District which is located in south central Cherokee County and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]

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Campus

Serving students in grades 9-12, Alto High School is a small community-based school.

In 2013, U.S. News & World Report awarded its bronze medal to the school based on its performance on state exit exams. [3] As of 2015, the school had 194 students and 20 faculty members.

Athletics

The Alto Yellow Jackets compete in the following sports: [4]

Football

The football team has an all-time record of 482 wins, 290 losses and 31 ties as of the end of the 2013 season. [5]

State Titles

State Finalist

  • Baseball - [10]
    • 1999(2A)
  • Football - [6]
    • 1995(2A)
  • Softball - [7]
    • 2000(2A), 2002(2A), 2009(1A)

Alto "Mean Sting Marching Machine" Band

The Alto ISD "Mean Sting Marching Machine" (#MSMM) Band is a composite band incorporating students from 7th through 12th grade. The director of Bands in Alto ISD is Mr. Timothy Ektefaei who began fall of 2014. Mr. Ektefaei is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University (M.M.ed) and Prairie View A&M University (BA). Under his leadership the band has grown from 25 members to over 100 participants for the 2017-2018 school year. This is recorded as the largest marching band in the history of the school. The band's notoriety and popularity have grown due to their success from competing with bands from across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The band has won numerous awards, having placed in every competition they have entered from 2014–present, including several Grand Champion Awards. The Alto Band has performed in front of an international television audience at the Circuit of The America's (COTA) Raceway in Austin, Texas as a part of the opening ceremony for the FIA World Endurance Championship race. The Mean Sting Band was recognized in the Spring semester of 2018 by Texas State Senator Robert Nichols for the band's outstanding performance in the 2018 San Antonio Battle of Flowers Parade, winning first place in the "Out of Town Bands" division. Senator Nichols presented the band with a flag that was flown over the Texas State Capitol building in their honor.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "ALTO H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency.
  3. ↑ "Alto High School". U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ The Athletic Department
  5. ↑ "Alto Yellow Jackets". Lone Star Football Network. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Lone Star Football Network
  7. 1 2 UIL Softball Archives Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ UIL Boys Track Archives Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ UIL Girls Track Archives Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ UIL Baseball Archives Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
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