Mansfield High School (Mansfield, Texas)

Not to be confused with Mansfield Legacy High School, also in Mansfield, Texas.

Mansfield High School
Location
3001 East Broad Street Mansfield , Texas 76063 United States
Information
Motto	Where Every Story Matters
Established	1909 (current building in 2002)
Oversight	Mansfield ISD
Principal	Kourtney Gates [1]
Teaching staff	145.61 (FTE) [2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,593 (2023–2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	17.81 [2]
Colors	Black and gold
Athletics conference	6A
Nickname	Tigers
Rival	Mansfield Summit High School Lake Ridge High School

Mansfield High School is a public secondary school located at 3001 East Broad Street in Mansfield, Texas, United States. Part of the Mansfield Independent School District, the school serves a portion of Mansfield. As of 2018, the school had 2,688 students. Mansfield High School is known for their baseball and golf sports programs. It is noted for its resistance to desegregation in a 1956 incident.

Academics

Mansfield High School is the top-performing high school in Mansfield, with a 96% graduation rate, and 83% proficiency in Reading and 85% proficiency in Mathematics. Mansfield offers 24 AP courses, ranging from Human Geography to Calculus BC. The average AP enrollment is 40% and the average pass rate is 46%. ^[3]

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools ^[4] feed into Mansfield High School: ^[5]

• Boren
• Brown
• Nash (partial)
• Reid
• Tipps

The following intermediate schools ^[6] feed into Mansfield High School:

• Asa Low (partial)
• Orr (partial)

The following middle schools ^[6] feed into Mansfield High School:

• Wester (partial)
• Worley (partial)

Notable alumni

• Kennedy Brooks, 2017, Oklahoma Sooners football running back ^[7]
• David Cook, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives and former mayor of Mansfield
• Sam Hilliard, 2012, MLB outfielder for the Colorado Rockies ^[8]
• Adrianne Jones, murder victim ^[9]
• Toby Onwumere, actor
• Lenzy Pipkins, 2012, American football player ^[10]
• Hassan Ridgeway, 2012, American football player ^[11]
• Stepfan Taylor, 2009, former NFL running back for the Arizona Cardinals ^[12]
• Trystan Andrew Terrell, 2015, perpetrator of the 2019 University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting ^[13]
• Jordan Walden, 2006, former MLB pitcher ^[14]
• Sean Williams, 2004, professional basketball player ^[15]

References

1. "Mansfield News Details - Mansfield High School". May 20, 2024.
2. "MANSFIELD H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
3. "Explore Mansfield High School".
4. "Mansfield ISD boundary planning - Approved Elementary Attendance Boundaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2023.
5. "Mansfield ISD boundary planning - Approved High School Attendance Boundaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2023.
6. "Mansfield ISD boundary planning - Approved Intermediate/Middle Attendance Boundaries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2023.
7. "Kennedy Brooks". 247Sports. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
8. "Sam Hilliard". Perfect Game. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
9. Hollandsworth, Skip. "The Killer Cadets" (Archive). Texas Monthly . December 1996. Retrieved on December 29, 2015.
10. "Lenzy Pipkins". ULM Warhawks. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
11. "Hassan Ridgeway". OSDB Sports. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
12. "Stepfan Taylor". MaxPreps. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
13. "22-year-old UNCC shooting suspect used to live in North Texas". FOX 4 News. May 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
14. "Jordan Walden". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
15. "Sean Williams". Rivals. Retrieved March 4, 2022.

Further reading

• Ladino, Robyn Duff. Desegregating Texas Schools: Eisenhower, Shivers, and the Crisis at Mansfield High (U of Texas Press, 1996)
• "Mansfield Crisis, 1956 overview"

External links

• Mansfield High School
• Mansfield High School Tiger Band

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