B. F. Terry High School

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B. F. Terry High School
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Coordinates 29°32′40″N95°46′23″W / 29.54444°N 95.77306°W / 29.54444; -95.77306
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Type Public High School
MottoRanger Pride Everyday, Every WayNever give up, never surrender
School district Lamar Consolidated Independent School District
PrincipalBrian K. Roberson
Faculty127.42 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,184 (2019–20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.14 [1]
Campus type Suburb
Color(s)   Red, gray and black
MascotRowdy The Ranger
Website www.lcisd.org/campuses/terryhs/home

B. F. Terry High School is located in Rosenberg, Texas, United States, and is part of the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District.

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Terry serves all of Beasley, and serves parts of Rosenberg, [2] [3] and the unincorporated communities of Booth and Crabb.[ citation needed ] It formerly served most of Pleak. [4]

It is named after Benjamin Franklin Terry, the leader of the 8th Texas Cavalry of the Confederate Army, also known as Terry's Texas Rangers. He was also a prominent slaveowner, white supremacist and Delegate to the Texas Secession Convention of 1861 where Texas formally ratified its rationale to join the Civil War against the United States.

Feeder schools

Secondary schools

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Elementary schools

Travis, Meyer, Bowie, and Taylor Ray elementary schools are entirely zoned to B.F. Terry High School.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "B F TERRY H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Fort Bend County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  3. "High School Attendance Zones" (PDF). Lamar Consolidated Independent School District . Retrieved 2022-09-21. - Compare with the census map.
  4. "Lamar CISD Attendance Zones Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine ." (Direct file link Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine ) Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. Retrieved on July 2, 2010. Also see the high school attendance zones prior to the 2021 openings of Wright JHS and Randle HS
  5. "Maps of LCISD." Lamar Consolidated Independent School District .
  6. "Dexter Pittman - Men's Basketball". University of Texas Athletics.