S.P. Waltrip High School | |
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Waltrip High School in 2009 | |
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, United States | |
Coordinates | 29°49′10″N95°26′03″W / 29.819442°N 95.434284°W |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1959 |
School district | Houston Independent School District |
Principal | Margaret Randall |
Staff | 105.83 (FTE) (2022–23) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Number of students | 1,597 (2022–23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.09:1 (2022–23) [1] |
Color(s) | |
Mascot | Rams |
Newspaper | The Waltrip Tribune |
Yearbook | Aries |
Website | www |
Stephen Pool Waltrip High School is a public high school located at 1900 West 34th Street in Houston, Texas, United States. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.
The school's namesake is a former principal at the defunct Houston Heights High School, [2] who transferred to Reagan High School (now renamed Heights High School) after that school replaced the original Houston Heights High. [3]
Waltrip High School opened in 1960 to serve many newly developed post-World War II subdivisions, and relieved Reagan High School of many students when it did so. It was relieved by Scarborough Junior-Senior High School when that school opened in 1969. The school was named after Stephen Pool Waltrip, a funeral home owner in the Houston Heights named principal of Reagan High School in 1918. [4]
The school remained majority white until the early 1990s, when the school was equally white, black, and Hispanic. [5]
In 1997 a portion of the Reagan High School boundary was rezoned to Waltrip. [6] By the 2000s, Waltrip became majority Hispanic. [5]
Waltrip has become one of the highest performing comprehensive high schools in Houston ISD by being named "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency[ when? ], one of the few urban high schools in Houston ISD to receive such a designation. (Reference: Texas Education Agency website). [7] [ citation needed ]
Around 2012, each year a total of 400 students transfer from Booker T. Washington High School to Waltrip and Reagan. [8]
In 2015 Andria Schur got a job as the principal of a charter school in Dallas, Texas, causing her to leave her post as principal of Waltrip. Dale Mitchell, previously the principal of Sterling High School, became the principal of Waltrip. [9]
The campus began receiving a renovation around 2015. [10]
The makeup of the 1,597 students enrolled during the 2022-2023 school year was:
Approximately 74% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch programs.
In 2012 it housed the Waltrip High School Child Development Center, a preschool program for low income children. [11] Since 2015 it no longer does so.[ citation needed ]
The Texas Education Agency rankings in 2009-2010 and 2011 were "Recognized" and "Academically Acceptable". Downing stated in 2012 that "Waltrip High is neither the worst nor the best high school in HISD." [12]