Madison High School (Houston)

James Madison High School
Madison High School Entrance
Address
13719 White Heather Drive Houston , Texas 77045 United States
Coordinates	29°37′48″N95°26′13″W / 29.6299°N 95.43687°W / 29.6299; -95.43687
Information
Former name	James Madison Junior-Senior High School
Type	Public
Established	September 8, 1968;55 years ago (1968-09-08)
School district	Houston Independent School District
NCES District ID	482364002530 [1]
Principal	Yolanda Bruce
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,778 (2019-2020) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.28 [1]
Website	houstonisd.org/Madison

James Madison High School is a public high school located in the Hiram Clarke area of Houston, Texas, United States. ^[2] The school, located in the Five Corners District, ^[3] serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of the Houston Independent School District. The school is named after James Madison, the fourth President of the United States.

Madison contains HISD's magnet program for Space and Meteorological Sciences; the program is known as the High School for Meteorology & Space Science.

History

Former Madison High School building

James Madison Junior-Senior High School was opened on September 8, 1965. In February 1968, Dick Dowling Junior High School (now Audrey Lawson Middle School) was opened and James Madison became a high school that temporarily taught 9th graders for that first year. By the next year, it was for grades 10 through 12. ^[4]

In 1974 Carrie Rochon McAfee became the principal of Madison and worked there for 15 years. She was the first woman to become the principal of a traditional public high school in Texas. The Madison community knows her as "Marlin Mama." ^[5]

In the northern hemisphere fall of 1981, Madison again covered the ninth grade. ^[6]

In the 1980s the school was called the "James Madison Academy of International Education." ^[7]

The magnet program opened in 1995 with a partnership with KPRC-TV (Channel 2). ^[4]

In 2007, a study by the Associated Press and Johns Hopkins University referred to Madison as a "dropout factory" where at least 40% of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year. ^[8]

In the period 2014-2019 Madison had five principals. In early 2019, Carlotta Outley Brown, previously principal of Peck Elementary School, became the principal; this occurred at the mid-point of the second semester of the 2018-2019 school year. ^[9]

Location

Madison is in Houston's neighborhood "Hiram Clarke" nearby Hiram Clarke Road and West Orem Street, a major thoroughfare. ^[4]

Neighborhoods served by Madison

Houston neighborhoods served by Madison ^[10] include portions of Almeda, Link Valley and the Hiram Clarke area, including Dumbarton Village, Almeda Plaza, Almeda Manor, Brentwood, Keswick Place, Westbrook, Krogerville, Briarwick, Townwood, Cambridge Village, Corinthian Pointe, ^[11] Glen Iris (including Angel Lane), Meredith Manor, Pamela Heights, Post Oak Village, ^[12] Summerlyn , San Pablo ^[ permanent dead link ], Willow Glen, and Windsor Village. In addition portions of unincorporated Harris County are served by Madison. One Houston Housing Authority public housing complex, Peninsula Park, is zoned to Madison High. ^[13]

In 1970 Westwood, along with some other White communities, was rezoned from Westbury High School to Madison because of a court ruling. By 1990, Madison was 1% White while Westbury was about 50% Black, 25% White, 15% Hispanic, and 10% Asian. In 1992 an attendance boundary shift occurred but Westwood was still in the Madison zone. The Westwood community advocated for a rezoning to Westbury, ^[14] and after the community gave a presentation to the HISD board, the board unanimously rezoned the community to Westbury. ^[15]

Dress code

As of 2019 ^[update] the students are required to wear school uniforms. In 2019 principal Outley Brown instituted a dress code for parents visiting the school. ^[9] The principal instituted this after objecting to the dress of a parent trying to register her child for school. ^[16] This dress code bars parents from wearing pajamas, hair rollers, satin caps, shower caps, and other casual items. ^[17]

Student body

As of the 2016-2017 school year, 1,661 students attended Madison. ^[18]

By race/ethnicity:

• 58% were Hispanic
• 40% were African American
• 1% were white
• 1% were Asian-Pacific Islanders
• Less than 1% were Native American
• Less than 1% were of 2 or more races/ethnicities

^[19] NOTABLE ALUMNI

• Michael Arceneaux - Author of I Can't Date Jesus ^[20]
• Kirk Baptiste - 1984 Olympics silver medalist. ^{[21] [ better source needed ]}
• Lance Blanks - Former basketball player for the Detroit Pistons. (Did not graduate from Madison) ^{[21] [ better source needed ]}
• Brett Cullen - Actor ^{[21] [ better source needed ]}
• Greg Kite - Former basketball player for the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Sacramento Kings, the Orlando Magic, the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers. ^{[21] [ better source needed ]}
• Chuck LaMar First General Manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Baseball Club ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tommy Mason-Griffin - Professional basketball player. ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jerel Myers - Former American football player of the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins.
• Moran Norris - Fullback for the Houston Texans. ^[22]
• Broderick Thomas - Former American football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Detroit Lions, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Dallas Cowboys

 [23] [ better source needed ]

• Vince Young - Former American football player ^{[ citation needed ]}
• R. O'Neil Williams ^[24] - Also known as "Judge Rodney O'Neil Williams" is the former State Judge for the 268th Judicial District Court of Texas serving from 2019-2022. Judge R. O'Neil Williams was the first African American, or color, elected to the 268th Judicial Court. In 2022, Judge R. O'Neil Williams was defeated in his re-election bid. In 2023, Judge Williams was appointed as 240th Associate District Judge Texas. ^[25] He was nicknamed, by supporters, "The People's Judge." ^[26] His Courtroom is located in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Madison High School: ^[10]

• Fondren ^[27]
• Grissom ^[28]
• Hines-Caldwell ^[29]
• Hobby ^[30]
• Montgomery ^[31]
• Petersen ^[32]
• Windsor Village ^[33]

(partial)

• Shearn ^[34]

All elementary and middle school students of Reagan K-8 are zoned to Madison. ^{[35] [36]} Portions of the Dowling Middle School, ^[37] Pershing Middle School ^[38] and Welch Middle School boundaries feed into Madison. ^[39] Any students zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School's regular program, so Pin Oak also feeds into Madison. ^[40]

Further reading

• McAdams, Donald R. Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools-- and Winning!: Lessons from Houston. Teachers College Press, 2000. ISBN   0807770353, 9780807770351.

References

1. "Search for Public Schools - MADISON H S (482364002530)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Brown, Chip. "Young is calling his own plays As UT icon's NFL star rises, can those close to him avoid a fumble?." The Dallas Morning News . February 19, 2006. Retrieved on November 14, 2011. "[...]of Mr. Young's high school in the Hiram Clarke neighborhood he grew up in." and "[..] after the parade and rally at the predominantly black Madison High School, Mr. [...]"
3. District Map. 5 Corners District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019.
4. "History." Madison High School. May 24, 2003. Retrieved on July 27, 2009.
5. Garza, Cynthia Leonor. "Carrie McFafee, Madison's 'Marlin Mama'" (Archive). Houston Chronicle . Sunday October 1, 2006. Retrieved on September 27, 2015. Version at Legacy.com.
6. "History Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine ." Madison High School. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.
7. Watts, Leslie. "SHEAR MADNESS/Heads-up trends, or hair-way to heaven." Houston Chronicle . Tuesday July 4, 1989. Houston Section, Page 1. Retrieved on October 26, 2011.
8. Scharrer, Gary. "Report points to 'dropout factories'." Houston Chronicle . November 7, 2007. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.
9. Schuetz, R.A.; Jacob Carpenter (2019-04-22). "HISD principal sets dress code - for parents". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 2019-04-24.
10. "Madison High School Attendance Zone Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
11. "John Stamps Survey, Abstract No. 736 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine ." Solutions, Ltd. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
12. "Post Oak Village Schools - Houston Subdivisions and Neighborhoods - HAR.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
13. "Peninsula Park." Houston Housing Authority. Retrieved on January 2, 2019. "4855 West Fuqua Street Houston, TX 77045"
14. McAdams, p. 55.
15. McAdams, p. 56.
16. Beausoleil, Sophia (2019-04-08). "Mother claims she wasn't allowed to enroll daughter in school due to outfit". KPRC-TV . Retrieved 2019-04-24.
17. "No pajamas, no shower caps: Texas high school enforces dress code for parents". WTVR (CBS 6). 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
18. Madison High School. "school profile. Accessed April 28, 2019.
19. NOTABLE ALUMNI
20. Gross, Terry (2018-07-23). "Growing Up Black, Gay And Catholic In Texas, Memoirist Put His Faith In Beyoncé". NPR . Retrieved 2018-08-06. ARCENEAUX: I love Howard University now. [...] And I remember one girl specifically saying, oh, my God, you went to Madison High School, and you're from Hiram Clarke, and you go here.
21. "Distinguished HISD Alumni Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
22. "Moran Norris." NFL . Retrieved on May 7, 2009.
23. name="HISDNotablealumni"
24. https://ballotpedia.org/R._O'Neil_Williams
25. https://www.fortbendcountytx.gov/government/departments/district-courts/240th-district-court/associate-judge-240th
26. https://ballotpedia.org/R._O%27Neil_Williams
27. "Fondren Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2006-07-06 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
28. "Grissom Elementary Attendance Zone ^{[ permanent dead link ]}." Houston Independent School District .
29. "Hines-Caldwell Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
30. "Hobby Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
31. "Montgomery Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
32. "Petersen Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
33. "Windsor Village Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
34. "Shearn Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
35. "Agenda Board of Education Meeting March 08, 2012 Archived June 14, 2012, at WebCite ." Houston Independent School District. "Current - Grissom, Montgomery, Peterson, & Hobby Elementary Schools Attachment 1," "Proposed - Grissom, Montgomery, Petersen, & Hobby Elementary Schools Attachment 2," "Current - Reagan and Dowling Middle Schools Attachment 3," and "Proposed - Reagan and Dowling Middle Schools Attachment 4." Retrieved on June 14, 2012. (Archive)
36. "Reagan Middle Attendance Zone Archived 2012-09-07 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District.
37. "Dowling Middle Attendance Zone Archived 2012-02-14 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
38. "Pershing Middle Attendance Zone Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
39. "Welch Middle Attendance Zone Archived 2012-06-17 at the Wayback Machine ." Houston Independent School District .
40. "Pin Oak Middle School." The Southwest District. Houston Independent School District.

External links

• Texas portal
• Schools portal

• Official website