S. H. Rider High School

S.H. Rider High School is a public school in Wichita Falls, Texas (USA). It is part of the Wichita Falls Independent School District and is one of the district's three high schools.

Located at 4611 Cypress Avenue in southwestern Wichita Falls, the school serves students in grades nine through twelve.

The school mascot is the Rider Raider.

Esprit D'Corps

S.H. Rider High School, colloquially known simply as "Rider" has developed a highly animated student body an sense of campus unity thanks in part to the long-standing and much emphasized Wichita Falls High School, or "Old High" as the students call it. This rivalry reaches back decades to the founding of S.H. Rider to such a degree that the original candidate for the school's mascot was a roadrunner (the joke being that Wichita Falls High School's mascot was and is a coyote) this precedent of competition has spawned a long-standing series of pranks and general mayhem enacted upon one campus by students from the other.

Rider possesses several somewhat interesting traditions, including the following:

Mum Day- On the day of the homecoming game against their rival Wichita Falls High School; in addition to wearing the traditional mum the entire school is sworn to a taciturn 'Oath of Silence' for the entire day: faculty included. The ceremony concludes during a pep rally at the end of the day when a fire siren that was rung during the first game against Old High is rung and every student and staff member screams at the top of their lungs. This tradition is particularly interesting due to the fact that in recent years it has earned the attention of national media and during the 2006 Homecoming Game media from ESPN was in attendance to the event.

ROHO- Rider's 'battlecry,' so to speak, pioneered as a phrase with a double meaning that has never been officially acknowledged by the administration of the school. The phrase officially stands for 'Ride On Honorable Ones' however by much of the faculty and students its true meaning is no secret: 'Run Old High Over.' 'Old High' being the nickname of the schools longstanding cross-town rival.

tudent demographics

As of the 2005-2006 school year, Rider High had a total of 1,779 students (81.6% White, 9.2% Hispanic, 5.6% African American, 3.0% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.6% Native American). 19.5% of the students are considered economically disadvantaged. In 2007 the gross expenditure per student was approximately $4,528.

21% of the student body are listed as low-income while an additional 35.5% are listed as 'at risk'

11% percent of students are enrolled in the Special Education. 12.4% are listed as members of the Gifted and Talented Association, though notable the campus has no program to accommodate these students to speak of. Less than 1% of students are listed as possessing 'limited' English-speaking skills.

The schools attendance rate has rested consistently at 95% for years.

2006-07 Accountability rating

Based on the accountability ratings released by the Texas Education Agency on August 1, 2007, Rider High is currently rated "Academically Acceptable". Two points worthy of pointing out being that 67% of freshman passed the 2006 Math component of the TAKS exam and on the opposite end of the spectrum 99% of Juniors passed the Social Studies section

RHS alumni results on College Board tests

As published in the WFISD 2007-2008 handbook it is revealed the mean SAT and ACT results of RHS alumni:

In the SAT the mean score stands at 527 Math, 518 Verbal, with a composite of 1045.

On the ACT Raiders scored 22.8 on English, 22.6 on Math, 23.6 on Reading, 21.4 on Science, with a 22.7 composite score.

ee also

*Hirschi High School
*Wichita Falls High School

External links

* [http://www.wfisd.net/98610622115532347/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=52979&98610622115532347Nav=|&NodeID=1120/ Rider High School]
* [http://www.wfisd.net.net/ Wichita Falls ISD]
* [http://issuu.com/athomas/docs/campusfactsfinal?mode=embed&documentId=080414210106-64070242e7b843d08332d119acf6bc38&layout=grey] WFISD campus facts (.pdf file)