Travis High School

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William B. Travis High School
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Address
Travis High School
11111 Harlem Road

Pecan Grove
,
Fort Bend County
,
Texas
77406

United States
Coordinates 29°39′13″N95°42′59″W / 29.6535°N 95.71652°W / 29.6535; -95.71652
Information
School type Public high school
OpenedAugust 21, 2006 (2006-08-21)
School district Fort Bend Independent School District
NCES District ID4819650
Educational authority Texas Education Agency
SuperintendentChristie Whitbeck
CEEB code 445848
NCES School ID481965010669
PrincipalSarah Laberge
Associate PrincipalMario MacDonald
Faculty227
Teaching staff164.06 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment3,205 (2022–2023) [1]
 •  Grade 9 879
 •  Grade 10 806
 •  Grade 11 796
 •  Grade 12 724
Student to teacher ratio19.54 (FTE) [1]
Language English
Hours in school day7.25
Campus typeLarge suburb [1]
Color(s) Scarlet and Gray   
Athletics conference UIL District 20
Sports
MascotTiger
Rival Austin High School [2]
Accreditation Texas Education Agency (TEA)
YearbookStripes
Communities served Aliana

New Territory

Pecan Grove
Feeder schoolsMacario Garcia Middle School

Sartartia Middle School James Bowie middle school

Crockett Middle School
TEA RatingA (2019)
Website www.fortbendisd.com/ths

William B. Travis High School, known simply as Travis High School, is a public high school in Pecan Grove, Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. Located off Grand Parkway and in Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction, [3] the school is Fort Bend Independent School District's (FBISD) tenth high school and the largest school by enrollment in the district. Opened in 2006, Travis holds a Richmond, Texas address although the school (nor the district) do not serve any part of the city. The school serves part of Pecan Grove, part of Aliana, and part of New Territory (in addition to the employee residences of the nearby Jester State Prison Farm units). [4] Travis is considered one of the most racially diverse public high schools in the state. [5] [6]

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The school's mascot is the tiger and the school colors are scarlet, gray, and white. [7]

Travis hosts two of FBISD's high school academies: the Global Studies Academy (GSA) and the International Business and Marketing Academy (IBMA). [8]

History

Travis High School is named after Texas pioneer William B. Travis. The campus opened on August 21, 2006 and received its dedication on October 15 of the same year. [9] The opening of Travis relieved Austin High School and George Bush High School, [10] with grades 9 and 10 immediately zoned to Travis, [11] and grades 11 to 12 continuing to go to Austin with a phaseout of one grade per year. [12] It became Fort Bend ISD's tenth high school.

In January 2022, more than 200 students at the school signed a petition urging FBISD to close schools in response to rising COVID-19 cases. [13]

In the 2022-2023 school year, district administrators proposed new attendance boundaries to combat overcrowding at the school of more than 3,000 students. The plans include zoning all students from New Territory (which is currently split between Travis and Austin) to only Austin High School, and possibly transferring the two academies the school hosts to another high school in the district such as Kempner High School. [14] [15] The change was approved in February 2023. [16]

The school's student council is known for bringing dogs in for stress relief prior to exam week. [17]

Campus

Travis is located on Harlem Road, off Grand Parkway/SH 99 [18] and surrounded by the Harvest Green neighborhood, a master-planned community by Johnson Development. [19] [20] Directly to the north across Harvest Corner Drive are a number of commercial shops, including Subway and Kung Fu Tea. Additional shops are to the east across Harlem, including an Exxon. [21] [22]

The south half of the campus property contains many athletic facilities, including a turfed football field and track, a baseball field, a softball field, three practice fields, and 8 tennis courts, along with a fieldhouse.

Athletics

Travis, as well as all other high schools in the district, have teams represented in every UIL sport except for wrestling. In the 2012-2013 school year, Travis was the UIL 5A basketball state champion.

The school contains a competitive Marine Corps JROTC Program, containing Armed and Unarmed Drill teams. Their honor guard has been featured in many events, like Houston Dynamo games. Many cadets have gone on to accept the NROTC Scholarship and be accepted into highly competitive universities, like the University of Pennsylvania.

Feeder patterns

The attendance boundary of the school include Pecan Grove, Aliana, New Territory, and the employee residences of some of the nearby Jester State Prison Farm units. [4]

The following elementary schools feed into Travis:

The following middle schools [23] feed into Travis:

Under proposed changes, Brazos Bend Elementary and Sartartia Middle School would no longer feed into Travis, and some areas may attend Crockett Middle School instead of Bowie Middle School (but remain zoned to Travis.

Notable alumni

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