S. H. Rider High School

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S. H. Rider High School
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Address
S. H. Rider High School
4611 Cypress Avenue

Wichita Falls
,
Wichita
,
Texas
76310

United States
Coordinates 33°51′44″N98°34′10″W / 33.862281°N 98.569506°W / 33.862281; -98.569506
Information
School typePublic secondary
MottoOne Family, One Team
Established1961;63 years ago (1961)
ClosedMay 24th 2024
School district Wichita Falls Independent School District
Staff102.79 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,520 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.79 [1]
Color(s)    Black and gold
Nickname Raiders
Rivals Wichita Falls High School
Website www.wfisd.net/Domain/192

S.H. Rider High School was a public school in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. It was part of the Wichita Falls Independent School District. The school opened in 1961 and served students in grades nine through twelve.

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History

The school opened for classes in the fall of 1961. It was named for Stephen H. Rider, a long-time educator in the Wichita Falls Independent School District. He was principal of Wichita Falls High School from 1919 to 1949. [2]

Although Rider did not open until seven years after the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, none of Wichita Falls's high schools integrated their classes until the late 1960s. [3]

As of January 2023, WFISD was nearing completion of two new high schools – Legacy and Memorial – which are scheduled to open for classes in the Fall of 2024. This means Rider High will shut its’ doors permanently at the end of the 2023-2024 school year, with students moving to one of the two new high schools. [4] The campus will sit vacant until a potential school bond election in 2027 is proposed to convert it into a middle school. [5]

Demographics

In the 2016–2017 academic year, 59.3% of Rider's graduates were white, 22.3% were Hispanic, 9.8% were African American, 4.3% were Asian, 1.6% were American Indian, 0.3% were Pacific Islander, and 2.4% were multiracial. [6]

Academics

During the 2016–2017 school year, 8.2% of Rider students were in the school's gifted and talented education program. [7] Another 10.4% of Rider students were in the school's special education program. [7]

In 2016, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) gave Rider an academic accountability rating of "Met standard". [7] In 2018, the TEA began grading schools in five key areas of performance. [8] In 2017, four "preliminary" grades were given to Rider: a B, two Cs, and a D. [8]

Sports

Memorial Stadium is home to the Rider Raiders and other district high school teams. Wichita Falls October 2015 80 (Memorial Stadium).jpg
Memorial Stadium is home to the Rider Raiders and other district high school teams.

In 1970, Wichita Falls Independent School District built Memorial Stadium, the first high school stadium in Texas with AstroTurf. [9] Seating capacity is over 14,500. [10]

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ Rider High School yearbook (1962). "S(tephen) H. Rider". Reproduced on the Wichita Falls Independent School District website. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hollandsworth, Skip (December 1994). "Whatever Happened to Ronnie Littleton?". Texas Monthly . See especially the first long paragraph of the original article. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Hoggard, Joshua (January 18, 2023). "Final day of high school at Hirschi, Rider, WFHS confirmed". Texoma’s Home Page. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ Smith, Spencer R. (August 15, 2023). "WFISD school board discuss middle school plans". KAUZ-TV . Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ Texas Education Agency (2017). "2016-17 Texas Academic Performance Reports". Rider H S report, p. 16. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
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