Jordan High School (Fulshear, Texas)

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Jordan High School
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Jordan High School (Fulshear, Texas)
27500 Fulshear Bend Dr, Fulshear, TX 77441
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School type Public High School
Established2020
School district Katy ISD
PrincipalEthan Crowell
Teaching staff>200(2023-2024
Enrollment~3200
Student to teacher ratio16-20 (2023-2024)
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Website Official website

Jordan High School is a senior high school in Fulshear, Texas. It is a part of the Katy Independent School District (KISD), and opened to students in the fall of 2020. [1]

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It was collectively named after the Jordan family. [2] The building had a cost of over $206 million, and its size is above 650,000 square feet (60,000 m2) of space. It has three gymnasiums, an eight-lane, 25-yard (75 ft) natatorium, a 900-seat performing arts center, 9 tennis courts, a football field and baseball stadium with a smaller softball stadium. [3] All the grade levels share the school equally; there are no segregated grade level areas. Jordan High School also has 2 cafeterias to fit its many students, with one being significantly larger than the other.

Jordan opened in fall 2020 with only freshman and sophomores, but has grown to house juniors and seniors as of the 2022-2023 school year. The first class that graduated out of the school was the Class of 2023. [4]

It took territory from Seven Lakes High School and Obra D. Tompkins High School, and is the ninth comprehensive high school that its school district has established. [2] It is also the biggest high school in Katy ISD. [5]

Jordan High School takes students in from Adams Junior High School and Seven Lakes Junior High School. [6] Jordan High School is known for its quick achievements from sports and extracurricular, and is known to be a rising school for its sports teams.

Achievements

• FRC team 8576 Jordan High School Golden Warriors Robotics advanced to FIRST World Championship Tournament in 2023 and 2024

• FRC team 8576 Jordan High School Golden Warriors Robotics won Texas State tournament in 2023

• FRC Team 8576 Jordan High School Golden Warriors Robotics won Katy District Competition in 2024

·Academic Decathlon State Competition

·Debate Top Ten State School (Texas Forensics Association)

·Science Olympiad-Placed Third in State (tied with 2nd but lost tie-breaker)

·UIL One Act Play: Honorable Mention All-Star Cast, All-Star Cast and Outstanding Technician

·Texas Thespian State Festival Officers, Superior Ratings and National Qualifiers

·Color Guard Outstanding Awards and Recognition

·UIL Choir Concert and Sight-Reading Sweepstakes Recipients

·UIL State and Region Band Recognition

·Orchestra UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Sweepstakes

·JHS Symphony Orchestra invited to the National Orchestra

·JHS Symphony Orchestra performed at NYC.

·Festival of American String Teachers Association Conference

·75% of Band Solos/Ensembles earned Division 1 ranking at state

·Wrestling State Champion

·Swimming State Champion

·Top Boys Soccer Program in the Region

• Technology Students Association have advanced to national level competition in 2022,2023 and 2024

·Tennis Singles State Champions (As of 2022-2023 school year) [7]

Demographics

·White 37% ·Hispanic 25% ·Asian 23% ·Black 8% ·Two or More Races 4% ·Native American 0% ·Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0% (as of 2022) [8]


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References

  1. ↑ Kent, Roy (2019-10-27). "THIS WEEK: Katy ISD board of trustees examining boundaries for Jordan High School". Houston Chronicle . The Katy Rancher . Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. 1 2 Glenn, Mike (2019-08-20). "Katy ISD to name new school after Jordan family, longtime residents of Katy". Houston Chronicle . The Katy Rancher . Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. ↑ katyisd.org/jhs
  4. ↑ katyisd.org/jhs
  5. ↑ katyisd.org/jhs
  6. ↑ gis.katyisd.org
  7. ↑ https://www.katyisd.org/cms/lib/TX50010808/Centricity/Domain/73/Career_Profile-JHS.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  8. ↑ https://www.katyisd.org/cms/lib/TX50010808/Centricity/Domain/73/Career_Profile-JHS.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]

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