Humble Independent School District

Humble Independent School District is a school district based in Humble, Texas (USA).

Humble ISD serves the city of Humble, small portions of the city of Houston (including the community of Kingwood), and portions of unincorporated Harris County (including the communities of Atascocita and Fall Creek^[1]). The district serves over 33,000 students and is led by Superintendent Dr. Guy Sconzo.

Humble ISD currently has five high schools and one magnet high school. The district's flagship high school, Humble High School, opened in 1918. It later moved to a new building, Charles Bender High School in 1929, and eventually to it's current location on Wilson Road, as Humble High School, in 1965. In 1979, Humble ISD opened Kingwood High School in the northern part of the district. Quest High School, the district's magnet high school of choice opened in 1995 in the Community Learning Center. In recent years, Humble ISD has become one of the fastest growing school districts in Texas. Humble High School's population grew to over 5,000 students, which led to the opening of Atascocita High School in 2006. AHS was designed with smaller learning communities, in which students take their core classes in one of eight houses located at the school. After the opening of Atascocita, Humble and Kingwood High Schools were renovated and installed with smaller learning communities. In 2007, the district opened Kingwood Park High School at the former Kingwood Ninth Grade Campus. Continued growth in the southern part of the district has led to Humble ISD building Summer Creek High School, which opened in 2009.

Humble ISD also has seven middle schools and 25 elementary schools.

The district recently built an eco-friendly elementary school (Atascocita Springs ES) in Eagle Springs and another middle school near Summer Creek High School (Woodcreek MS). Both campuses opened in August 2010. Turner Stadium, the district's largest stadium shared by the all five high schools, was renovated for the 2012 AAU Junior Olympics.

In 2010, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.^[2]'

History

Humble ISD began in 1884 as Harris County Common School District No. 28. The district boundaries were very similar to today's boundaries. Students attended Joe Dunman's School house. In 1888, District 28 was split into two districts. The northern part of the district remained as District No. 28, while the Southern portion became Harris County Common School District No. 35. Students were segregated in the early district, as was common in those days. However, Humble was one of the few districts in the area that actually offered education to colored students. White students in District No. 28 attended the West River School (located where the old Humble Cemetery on Isaacks Road is now located), while colored students attend the Narrow Gauge School. District No. 35 only served white students, at the Dunman School (which later was named Trahan, and then Singleton). Enrollment in both districts increased following the discovery of oil in Humble in 1904.

In 1909, District 28 began to grow. The Bender family donated land for a new white school in the center of town (Block 26 in Benders First Addition). Land was also donated by the Producers Oil Company for a new colored school across the tracks in Bordersville. In Humble, a new 2 story, 6-room brick school house was built for grades 1-9, called the Humble School. In 1910 it was designated as a County High School, increasing the curriculum to grades 10 and 11 (grade 11 was the highest grade in the State at that time). The first graduates received their diplomas in 1911. During this time, enrollment in District 35 had dropped significantly. In 1918, District 28 and 35 were combined into a new district, No. 50. Also in 1918, In 1918, a new high school opened up on the land next door to the Humble School (on Block 27 in Benders First Addition...also donated by the Bender family). It was named Humble High School. At that time, the Humble School was renamed to the Humble Grammar School.

The schools in District 50 now consisted of: Humble High School, Humble Grammar School, the Woodward School on Moonshine Hill (grades 1-7), the SIngleton School (grades 1-7), and the colored school in Bordersville.

In 1921, a Primary School was built across the street (Avenue F). In 1923, the street between the schools (Blocks 26 & 27) was closed in, and it became a single, two-block size plot of land. Later that year, through a Special Act of the Texas Legislature, District 50 was transformed into the Humble Independent School District. This gave the school board more authority, and removed many of the rules imposed by the Harris County School Board.

In 1929, the Humble School burned down and a new high school was built in its place, Charles Bender High School. At the same time, the old Humble High School was converted for use as a Grammar School. Over the next ten years, many of the schools were closed due to low enrollment, and the district was consolidated into just two schools: Charles Bender High School, and Humble Elementary (housed in the old Humble High School built in 1918).

In 1946, a new elementary school, Humble Elementary, was built a few blocks away on Charles Street. In 1955, the old elementary school, the 1918 Humble High School building, was torn down, and new additions were added to Bender High School (a gym, a new cafeteria, and band room). In 1960, Lakeland Junior High opened in a new subdivision off of Isaacks Road (years later, it was converted into an elementary school).

In 1965, a new high school plant was built on Wilson Road, and was named Humble High School.^[3]

Schools

High schools

Kingwood High School

Atascocita High School

Humble High School

Kingwood Park High School

High schools in Humble ISD

School	Atascocita	Humble	Kingwood	Kingwood Park	Summer Creek	Quest[hs 1][hs 2][hs 3]
Location	Atascocita[hs 4]	Humble	Houston	Houston	Harris County[hs 4]	Harris County
Year opened	2006	1965[hs 5]	1979	2007[hs 6]	2009	1995
School colors	Red, white, blue	Purple, white	Navy blue, light blue, white	Forest green, silver, black	Maroon, gold	Forest green, gold
School mascot	Eagle	Wildcat	Mustang	Panther	Bulldog	Knight
Principal	Dania Rovegno	Charles Ned	Melissa Hayhurst	Larry Cooper	Trey Kraemer	Kim Klepcyk
Athletic conference	5A	4A	5A	4A	4A	N/A
Enrollment	3,163	1,651	2,733	1,644	1,385	206

Notes

1. ^ Located in the Community Learning Center from 1995 to 2009, when it moved to the Summer Creek campus
2. ^ Starting with the class of 2014, Quest is switching from a magnet high school to a college preparatory high school as Quest Early College High School
3. ^ In the fall of 2011, Quest EC HS is moving to a satellite campus of Lone Star College Kingwood
4. ^ ^{a b} Unincorporated
5. ^ Originally opened in 1929 as Charles Bender High School; moved to its current location and gained current name in 1965.
6. ^ The building had previously been a 9th grade campus for Kingwood High School.

Middle schools

Middle schools in Humble ISD

Information	Atascocita	Creekwood	Humble[notes 1]	Kingwood	Riverwood	Ross Sterling[notes 2]	Timberwood	Woodcreek[notes 3]
Location	Atascocita[notes 4]	Houston	Atascocita[notes 4]	Houston	Houston	Humble	Atascocita[notes 4]	Harris County[notes 4]
Year opened	1983	1981	1971[notes 5]	1977	1991	2007	1998	2010
School colors	Blue, orange, white	Green/white	Purple/white	Red/white	Orange/white	Navy blue, orange, white	Maroon/white	Red/black
School mascot	Tiger	Colt	Wildcat	Cougar	Longhorn	Bearcat	Panther	Lion
Principal	Karl Koehler	Walt Winicki	Hennry Philps	Bob Atteberry	Greg Joseph	Brandon Garza	Kenneth Buck	Thyrun Hurst
Feeds into...	Atascocita HS, Summer Creek HS	Kingwood HS	Humble HS, Summer Creek HS	Kingwood Park HS	Kingwood HS	Humble HS	Atascocita HS	Summer Creek HS

Notes

1. ^ In the 2008-2009 school year, Humble MS began using the smaller learning communities format like the Humble ISD high schools
2. ^ Offers the IB Middle Years Programme to complement Humble High's International Baccalaureate program
3. ^ The school was named by way of a public survey - it is a portmanteau of Summerwood and Fall Creek.
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Unincorporated
5. ^ Opened on the current Ross Sterling MS campus in 1971, relocated to current site in 1993

Elementary schools

Feeders of Atascocita MS

• Fall Creek Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• Maplebrook Elementary School (Atascocita)
• Pine Forest Elementary School (Atascocita, unincorporated area)
• Timbers Elementary School (Atascocita, unincorporated area)
• Lakeshore and Summerwood elementary schools fed into Atascocita MS before the opening of Woodcreek MS

Feeders of Creekwood MS

• Bear Branch Elementary School (Houston)
• Greentree Elementary School (Houston)
• Hidden Hollow Elementary School (Houston)
• Pine Forest Elementary School (Kings River sections 9-10 only)

Feeders of Humble MS

• North Belt Elementary School (Humble, Unincorporated area)
• Park Lakes Elementary School (Atascocita, unincorporated area)
• Whispering Pines Elementary School (Atascocita, unincorporated area)

Feeders of Kingwood MS

• Bear Branch Elementary School (partial)
• Elm Grove Elementary School (Houston)
• Foster Elementary School (Houston)
• Woodland Hills Elementary School (Houston)

Feeders of Riverwood MS

• Deerwood Elementary School (Houston)
• Shadow Forest Elementary School (Houston)
• Willow Creek Elementary School (Houston)

Feeders of Ross Sterling MS

• Humble Elementary School (Humble)
• Jack M. Fields Sr. Elementary School (Humble)
• Lakeland Elementary School (Humble)
• River Pines Elementary School (Atascocita, unincorporated area)

Feeders of Timberwood MS

• Atascocita Springs Elementary School (Humble, opening August 2010)^{[elem 1]}
• Eagle Springs Elementary School (Atascocita, unincorporated area)
• Oak Forest Elementary School (Atascocita, unincorporated area)
• Oaks Elementary School (Atascocita, unincorporated area)

Feeders of Woodcreek MS

• Fall Creek Elementary School (partial)
• Lakeshore Elementary School (Houston, opened August 2009)
• Park Lakes Elementary School (partial)
• Summerwood Elementary School (Atascocita, unincorporated area)

Notes

1. ^ Constructed to LEED and Collaborative for High Performance Schools standards

References

	Houston portal
	Schools portal

1. ^ "Schools." Fall Creek. Retrieved on January 23, 2010.
2. ^ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html. 
3. ^ Meaux, Robert (2011). A History of the Schools in Humble, Texas. 

External links

• Humble Independent School District