Ponder High School

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Ponder High School
Address
Ponder High School
300 West Bailey Street

Ponder
,
Texas
76259

United States
Coordinates 33°11′07″N97°17′30″W / 33.185252°N 97.291560°W / 33.185252; -97.291560
Information
School type Public high school
School district Ponder Independent School District
PrincipalChristopher Jones
Teaching staff42.89 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment536 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio12.50 [1]
Color(s)   
Red, White & Grey
Athletics conference UIL Class 3A [2]
MascotLion/Lady Lion
YearbookThe Lion
Website Ponder High School

Ponder High School is a public high school located in Ponder, Texas (USA) and classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is part of the Ponder Independent School District located in southwestern Denton County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [3]

Contents

Shawn Simmons is the principal of the school.

The school district boundary, and therefore the high school attendance zone, includes Ponder, DISH, and portions of Denton and Northlake. [4]

Academics

Ponder High School offer AP Calculus as a class. [5] It also offers duel credit enrollment in US History, Government/Economics, and English as well as honor classes in Math, Science, Social Studies, and English. [6]

Athletics

The Ponder Lions compete in these sports - [7]

State Titles

State Finalist

  • Baseball - [9]
    • 1993(2A), 2004(2A)
  • Boys Basketball - [8]
    • 2006(2A)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "PONDER H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  2. ↑ "University Interscholastic League Ranking" (PDF). University Interscholastic League. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Denton County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ponder High School Course Guide 2023-2024" (PDF). core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Ponder High School Course Guide 2023-2024" (PDF). core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com.
  7. ↑ "Schools - The Athletics Department .com". www.theathleticsdepartment.com. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  8. 1 2 UIL Basketball Archives
  9. ↑ "UIL Baseball State Champions". uil100.org. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
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