Cedar Hill High School

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Cedar Hill High School
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Address
Cedar Hill High School
1 Longhorn Boulevard

Cedar Hill
,
Texas
75104

United States
Coordinates 32°34′52″N96°57′01″W / 32.581065°N 96.950183°W / 32.581065; -96.950183
Information
School type Public high school
MottoPutting Respect In Decisions Every Day
School district Cedar Hill Independent School District
PrincipalLeroy Joffre
Teaching staff146.55 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,276 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.53 [1]
Color(s)   Red & Black
Athletics conference UIL Class 6A
MascotLonghorn/Lady Longhorn
RivalDesoto High School and Duncanville High School
NewspaperThe Hoofbeat
YearbookThe Longhorn
Website www.chisd.net/Domain/11

Cedar Hill High School (CHHS) is a comprehensive public high school located in the city of Cedar Hill, Texas (USA) in Dallas County and is classified as a 6A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Cedar Hill Independent School District located in southwest Dallas County. In 2018-19, the school received a "C" rating by the Texas Education Agency [2]

Contents

The district, and therefore the school, serves most of the city of Cedar Hill and portions of Grand Prairie, Ovilla, Duncanville and Dallas. [3]

Academics

Cedar Hill has several Advanced Placement courses which allow ambitious students an opportunity to take college-level courses on campus. Cedar Hill established a S.T.E.A.M. program in 2015-2016 academic year which is designed to groom and engage students seriously interested in pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering, arts, or mathematics. [4]

Demographics

In 2018-19, 73.3 percent of the students were African-American, 19.9% Hispanic, 3% Two or More Races, and 1% Other. [2]

Athletics

The Cedar Hill Longhorns compete in the following sports: [5]

Marching Band and CHHS Cheer

The Cedar Hill Longhorn Red Army Marching Band and Cheerleaders are the two largest student organizations dedicated to supporting CHHS athletics.

State titles

On December 23, 2006, the 16-0 Cedar Hill High School Longhorn football team won its first state championship, defeating Cypress Falls 51-17 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

On December 21, 2013, the football team won its second state title, defeating Katy High School 34-24 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. [7]

In 2014, Cedar Hill football program was ranked as one of the nation's Top 10. [8]

Rivalry

Cedar Hill maintains a popular and well-noted rivalry with the nearby Desoto High School Eagles. [9] The rivalry is known as the "Battle of the Belt Line". [10]

Notable alumni

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  2. 1 2 "Cedar Hill ISD". Texas Public Schools. December 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Dallas County, TX" (PDF). 2010 U.S. Census . U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ CHHS Course Description 2015-2016chisd.net Archived February 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Schools - The Athletics Department .com". www.theathleticsdepartment.com.
  6. ↑ "Cedar Hill Longhorns". Lone Star Football Network. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sweet revenge: Cedar Hill feasts on Katy miscues, leans on DaMarkus Lodge for 5A Div. 2 title | Dallas Morning News". Archived from the original on December 24, 2013.
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