Thrall High School

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Thrall High School
Address
Thrall High School
201 South Bounds Street

Thrall
,
Texas
76578-0398

United States
Coordinates 30°35′19″N97°17′37″W / 30.58861°N 97.29361°W / 30.58861; -97.29361
Information
School type Public high school
School district Thrall Independent School District
PrincipalTravis Dube
Teaching staff15.38 (FTE)
Grades9-12
Enrollment216 (2018-2019)
Student to teacher ratio12.61
Color(s)   Purple & White
Athletics conference UIL Class 2A
Nickname Tigers/Tigerettes
Website www.thrallisd.org
[1]

Thrall High School is a public secondary school located in Thrall, Texas. It is part of the Thrall Independent School District located in eastern Williamson County, and classified as a 2A school by the University Interscholastic League. In 2015, the school was rated "met standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [2]

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History

The town was called "Stiles Switch" in 1876, named after a local rancher and the arrival of the International-Great Northern Railroad. Stiles School opened in the 1880's. In 1901 the post office and the community were named after Homer S. Thrall, a local minister and historian who had written histories of Texas, including Thrall's School History of Texas. [3] [4] In 1908, Stiles School was moved and renamed Thrall School. [4] [5]

The Thrall High School building was constructed in 1938, and it opened in September that year. [6] Just over thirty years later it was destroyed by a fire which had been intentionally set, [7] on January 19, 1969. [8] [9] Students resumed classes on January 20, "in the hastily renovated old high school building and the old auditorium". [10] In March, voters approved a $100,000 school bond to rebuild the school. [7]

In 1997, voters passed a $2.73 million bond issue for improvements to the kindergarten through 12th-grade campus, including a primary school wing, as well as "an athletic complex, a cafeteria and a band hall" and conversion of the existing band hall and cafeteria to classrooms for secondary grades. Distance runners had been training on city streets, and the field house dressing rooms had been too small for the school's population of about 500 students. [11] School superintendent Tom Bowman said that "the athletic complex would include an eight-lane track, a football field, bleachers, a concession stand and a field house". The new track was the first in the district. [12] That same year, the school received a $51,289 state grant to reduce bond indebtedness. [11]

By 2005, refinancing bond indebtedness needed the voters' consideration of $1.7 million in bonds, to pay off "short-term debt" of past construction costs, as well as some upgrades. [13] The first bond for $715,000 to refinance existing bond debt passed, and voters also approved the second, "$340,000 in bonds to install new lighting in the schools, upgrade air-conditioning units on campuses, build a sidewalk and make other upgrades, including resurfacing tennis courts and replacing a gymnasium floor". [14] A third proposed bond for an agricultural building, to house pens for animals that students raised, did not pass. [14]

Film settings

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 194 students enrolled in 2012-2013 was:

About 35.6% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. [1]

Athletics

Thrall High School's mascot is the Tigers. They compete in cross country, volleyball, football, basketball, powerlifting, golf, track, tennis, baseball, and softball. [18]

Thrall High School has a rivalry with nearby Thorndale High School. They have competed against each other in football since 1925. [19]

State titles

State finalists

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  3. ↑ "Thrall's School History of Texas". The Austin Weekly Statesman. July 13, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
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  5. ↑ "TSHA | Thrall, TX". www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved November 24, 2022. When a post office-general store was opened in 1901, the name Thrall was chosen for the community, after Homer S. Thrall, a Methodist minister and historian much admired by the Stiles family. The Stiles school, which, with 215 pupils and five teachers in 1903, was the second largest school in the county, was moved to a larger building and renamed Thrall School in 1908.
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  7. 1 2 "Bond Plan Approved in Thrall". Austin American-Statesman . March 15, 1969. p. 2. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
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  19. ↑ Cantu, Rick (October 31, 2021). "Turf battle: Thrall-Thorndale rivalry stirs passions on and off the field". Austin American-Statesman . ProQuest   2588789094. This was the latest chapter in a series that began in 1925. Thorndale has often been described as "big brother" because the Bulldogs own a 57-32-3 edge over Thrall. Yet nothing was going to ruin this night for the Tigers, who ran around the stadium holding their helmets high and screaming loudly enough to be heard throughout Thrall in Williamson County and Thorndale in Milam County after the final play.(subscription required)
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