Iowa Colony High School

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Iowa Colony High School
Address
Iowa Colony High School
3700 Davenport Parkway

Iowa Colony
,
Texas
77583

United States
Coordinates 29°25′24″N95°25′10″W / 29.423203021799946°N 95.41934406024825°W / 29.423203021799946; -95.41934406024825
Information
School type Public, high school
Established2022
School district Alvin Independent School District
Faculty65.95 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 9–11
Enrollment792 [1] (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio12.01 [1]
Website alvinisd.net/Domain/8

Iowa Colony High School is a senior high school in Iowa Colony, Texas. It is a part of the Alvin Independent School District (AISD) and is within the Alvin ISD Heritage Complex. [2]

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The school colors are black, hunter green, and silver. The mascot is Blaze the Ox, however the school body itself is represented by the title "Pioneers". [3] It is adjacent to the 10,000-seat Alvin ISD facility Freedom Field. [4]

The school serves almost all of Iowa Colony, and southern Manvel (portions of both places below Texas State Highway 6). [5] [6] [7] Its boundary includes Meridiana. [8]

History

In 2018, Alvin ISD announced it would build another high school in Iowa Colony. [9]

It was scheduled to open on August 17, 2022, [3] with grades 9 and 10 at first; it will expand one more grade level per year until fall 2024. [4] The expected initial enrollment is 800. Ashley Marquez is the initial principal. [3] It will relieve Manvel High School. [10]

There was a previous Iowa Colony High School, located on Brazoria County Road 48 (then Chocolate Bayou Road), in 1912. It closed around the time Iowa Colony's school district became a part of Alvin ISD. [11]

Campus

The designed capacity is 2,500 students. [4]

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  2. ↑ DeLapp, John (2020-06-29). "Iowa Colony plans for 'tsunami of growth'". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  3. 1 2 3 Lamkhahouan, Carissa (2022-06-09). "Iowa Colony High aims to establish its own traditions with fall opening". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  4. 1 2 3 DeLapp, John (2021-12-28). "Alvin ISD set to open another high school in 2022". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  5. ↑ "High 2022-23 Attendance Zones" (PDF). Alvin Independent School District . Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  6. ↑ "Zoning Map". Iowa Colony, Texas . Retrieved 2022-07-19. - Note there are residential areas north of Highway 6
  7. ↑ "City Limits of Manvel" (PDF). Brazoria County Appraisal District. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  8. ↑ "Schools". Meridiana, Texas . Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  9. ↑ Webb, Shelby (2018-12-12). "Alvin ISD announces plans for a fourth high school". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  10. ↑ Lamkhahouan, Carissa (2020-02-13). "Alvin ISD OKs shifts in some school attendance zones". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  11. ↑ Summa, Andy (2022-07-11). "City's start originated with fruit". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2022-06-25.
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