List of Houston Independent School District schools

This is a list of schools operated by the Houston Independent School District.

In the district, grades kindergarten through 5 are considered to be elementary school, grades 6 through 8 are considered to be middle school, and grades 9 through 12 are considered to be high school. Some elementary schools go up to the sixth grade.

Every house in HISD is assigned to an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. HISD has many alternative programs and transfer options available to students who want a specialized education and/or dislike their home schools.

EE-12 schools

*Thomas Horace Rogers School (Alternative school) is part Vanguard school (K-8), part school for the deaf (K-8), and part school for multiply impaired children (K-12).

EE-8 schools

Traditional

* Gregory Lincoln Education Center (Zoned school) (Houston)

Other

* [http://es.houstonisd.org/BriarmeadowEs Briarmeadow Charter School] (Alternative charter school) (Houston)
* [http://www.kandystripeacademy.com/ Kandy Stripe Academy] (Houston) (Alternative school)

PK-8 schools

* Carter G. Woodson K-8 Center (Zoned school) (Houston)
* [http://www.pilgrimelementary.org/ Thomas J. Pilgrim Academy] (Zoned school) (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/ruskes/ The Rusk School] (Houston) (Zoned for K-5, magnet for K-7, adding magnet 8 in 2008-2009)

K-8 schools

* The Rice School (La Escuela Rice in Spanish, Houston) (Alternative school)

1-8 schools

* E.O. Smith Education Center (Houston) (Zoned school)

econdary schools

6-12 schools

* [http://hs.houstonisd.org/HarperHS Harper Alternative School] (Houston) (Alternative school)

7-12 schools

*Contemporary Learning Center (Houston) (Alternative school)
*H.P. Carter Career Center (includes Kay On-Going Education Center High School - A school for pregnant teenagers) (Alternative school) (Houston)

High schools

38 in Houston, 1 in Bellaire

Zoned schools

"AAAAA (Division 5-A)"
*Bellaire High School, in the city of Bellaire, has neighborhood, AP and IB Diploma programs. It, with many national-and/or-state-competition winners, has been ranked according to the Challenge Index by Jay Mathews as one of the top high schools in the United States.
*César E. Chávez High School (Houston)
*Sam Houston High School, in Houston, is one of the oldest high schools in Texas. It has undergone five name changes and a location change since its founding in 1878 as "Houston Academy"
*Mirabeau B. Lamar High School, in Houston, is the largest high school in HISD has both neighborhood and IB programs.
*James Madison High School (Houston)
*Charles H. Milby High School (Houston)
*Westside High School, in Houston's Briar Forest neighborhood, is known for its AP and Inertia Dance Company, the latter of which has been featured in People, and on Good Morning America. A reality show was once in the works for the thriving dance company.

"AAAA (Division 4A)"
*Stephen F. Austin High School, in the Second Ward neighborhood of Houston, is characterized by its Art Deco architecture.
*Jefferson Davis High School (Houston)
*Ebbert L. Furr High School (Houston)
*Jesse H. Jones High School (Houston)
*Kashmere High School (Houston)
*Lee High School (Houston)
*John H. Reagan High School, in the Houston Heights, is a high school that has HISD's computer magnet program
*Scarborough High School is in northwest Houston
*Sharpstown High School (Houston)
*Ross Shaw Sterling High School (Houston)
*Stephen Pool Waltrip High School (Houston)
*Booker T. Washington High School in Houston is known for its engineering program, which is called the High School for the Engineering Professions.
*Westbury High School is in the neighborhood of Westbury in Houston
*Phillis Wheatley High School (Houston)
*Evan E. Worthing High School (Houston)
*Jack Yates High School is a tradition in Houston's Third Ward.

Other schools

"AAAAA (Division 5A)"
*Andrew Carnegie Vanguard High School [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=a3fba742a78f2110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default] (Houston) - Carnegie Vanguard is a small magnet high school. Carnegie was placed in division 5A since the school can choose its students.
**2008 National Blue Ribbon School [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2008/2008-schools.pdf] ]

"No UIL ranking"
* [http://www.altacharter.com/ Accelerated Learning And Transition Academy] (Alta) (Houston)
*Challenge Early College High School is a high school that focuses on college curriculum located at the West Loop Houston Community College campus (Houston)
*Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions (Houston)
**National Blue Ribbon School award winner in 1997-98 [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF) ] ] and 2003 [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-2003.pdf Microsoft Word - list-2003.doc ] ]
*East Early College High School (Houston, opened Fall 2006)
*Eastwood Academy (Houston) [ [http://www.op97.k12.il.us/cyberteen/2005/fall/eastwood/index.html Eastwood Academy Newsletter ] ]
*Empowerment College Preparatory High School (Houston)
*HCC Life Skills Program (Houston)
*Houston Night High School (Houston)
*Houston Academy for International Studies [http://www.internationaled.org/houston/ Houston Academy for International Studies ] ] (Houston, opened fall 2006)
*International High School (at Sharpstown High School [" [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=652f8c6508946110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default District Dedicates New International High School at Sharpstown] ," "Houston Independent School District"]
*Barbara Jordan High School (Houston)
*High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Houston)
*Liberty High School (renamed from Newcomer Charter High School in 2007) (Houston, formerly located in the Lee High School campus)
*North Houston Early College High School [http://hs.houstonisd.org/nechs/] (Houston) (Opened Fall 2008 [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=fb12104ab9f29110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default] )
*High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) is a performing arts high school located in the Montrose district of Houston.
**2005 National Blue Ribbon School
* Leader's Academy" [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names] ." "Houston Independent School District".]

Middle schools

Traditional schools

* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/attucksms/ Crispus Attucks Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/blackms/ Frank Black Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/burbankms/ Luther Burbank Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://www.cliftonms.org/ Ruby Sue Clifton Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/cullenms/ Ezekiel W. Cullen Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://www.deadyms.org/ James S. Deady Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/dowlingms/ Richard W. "Dick" Dowling Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/edisonms/ Thomas A. Edison Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/flemingms/ Lamar Fleming Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/fondrenms/ Walter W. Fondren Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/fonvillems/ Richard H. Fonville Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/gradyms/ Henry W. Grady Middle School] (Houston)
**Grady Middle School opened in 1992. [" [http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1993_1161003 HISD meets opposition to planned school] ." "Houston Chronicle". October 23, 1993.]
* [http://www.alexanderhamiltonms.org/ Alexander Hamilton Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/hartmanms/ Charles Hartman Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/henryms/ Patrick Henry Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/hoggms/ James Hogg Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/hollandms/ William S. Holland Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/jacksonms/ Stonewall Jackson Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://www.johnstonmiddleschool.org/ Albert Sidney Johnston Middle School] (Houston)
*Francis Scott Key Middle School (Houston)
*Sidney Lanier Middle School (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/longms/ Jane Long Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/williamsms McKinley C. Williams Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/marshallms John Marshall Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://mcreynoldsmiddleschool.org/ John L. McReynolds Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/ortizms/ Daniel Ortiz, Jr. Middle School] (Houston)
*John J. Pershing Middle School, in Houston, is a fine arts, neighborhood, and gifted and talented Middle School. Pershing celebrated its 75th anniversary in the 2003-2004 school year.
*Pin Oak Middle School (Bellaire)
* [http://www.reverems.org/ Paul Revere Middle School] (Houston) (6-8)
*James D. Ryan Middle School (Houston)
*Sharpstown Middle School (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/stevensonms/ W. I. Stevenson Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/thomasms/ Albert Thomas Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/ Louie Welch Middle School] (Houston)
* [http://www.westbriar.org/ West Briar Middle School] (Houston)

Other schools

*Dominion Academy Charter School (Houston)
*Energized For Excellence Middle School (Houston)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/lasams Las Américas Middle School] (Houston) (Moved to 6501 Bellaire Boulevard from 5909 Glenmont in 2007 [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b48f69a035033110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default] )
* [http://www.kaleidoscopehisd.org/ Kaleidoscope Middle School] (Houston) (Moved to 6501 Bellaire Boulevard from 5909 Glenmont in 2007 [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b48f69a035033110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default] )
**2003 National Blue Ribbon School
*North District Alternative Middle School (Houston)
*Project Chrysalis Middle School (Houston)
*Pro-Vision School (Houston)
*Soar Center (Houston)
*William A. Lawson Institute for Peace and Prosperity (Walipp) Preparatory Academy for Boys (Houston)

Primary Schools

Traditional schools

* [http://es.houstonisd.org/alcottes/ Louisa May Alcott Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/allenes/ Charlotte B. Allen Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/almedaes/ Almeda Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/andersones/ Ralph Andy Anderson Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://www.ashfordeagles.org/ Ashford Elementary School] (Houston) (Grades Pre-Kindergarten through 2)
* [http://www.askew.org/ Jewel Askew Elementary School] (Houston) (Grades Pre-Kindergarten through 4)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/athertones/ Charles H. Atherton Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/barrickes/ C. E. Barrick Elementary School] (Houston, opened 1949 as Alber-Canino Elementary School [http://es.houstonisd.org/barrickes/Pages/AboutBarrick/aboutbarrick.html] )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/bastianes/ Mamie Sue Bastian Elementary School] [" [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=eb8ac2eadd3c2110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=b70aaf955fdef010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD Three New Elementary Schools Bring Zoning Changes for Eight Others] ." "Houston Independent School District".] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/belles/ Kate Bell Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/BellfortAcademyES Bellfort Academy] (Houston) (4-5, opened 1999)
**Will be consolidated into Lewis Elementary so that all grades attend the same campus; the consolidated school is expected to open in Spring 2011." [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=902a5bb1f87cb110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=0d0c2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Informed Source-August 15, 2008] ." "Houston Independent School District". August 15, 2008. Accessed September 12, 2008.]
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/benavidezes/ Roy P. Benavidez Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/benbrookes/ Joyce Benbrook Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/berryes/ James Berry Elementary School] (Houston)
*Edward L. Blackshear Elementary School (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/bonhames/ James Butler Bonham Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/bonneres/ Melinda Bonner Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/braeburnes/ Braeburn Elementary School] (Houston)
*Briargrove Elementary School (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/briscoees/ Andrew Briscoe Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/brooklinees/ Brookline Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/browninges/ Robert Browning Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/brucees/ Blanche Kelso Bruce Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/burbankes/ Luther Burbank Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/burnetes/ David G. Burnet Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/burruses/ James D. Burrus Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/bushes/ Barbara Pierce Bush Elementary School] (Houston) (Opened midterm 1992 [http://es.houstonisd.org/BushES/Information/SIP.htm] )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/cagees/ Rufus Cage Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/carrilloes/ Edna Carrillo Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/codwelles/ John E. Codwell Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/condites/ Condit Elementary School] (Bellaire)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/coopes/ Ethel R. Coop Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/cookes/ Felix Cook Elementary School] (Houston, opened in 2006)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/corneliuses/ J. P. Cornelius Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/crawfordes/ Joseph H. Crawford Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/crespoes/ Manuel Crespo Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/crockettes/ David "Davy" Crockett Elementary School] (Houston) [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pUGeOnV1m9kKSYBPcS81rZQ]
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/cunninghames/ Leroy T. Cunningham Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/dailyes/ Ray K. Daily Elementary School] (also known as Westside Relief, Houston, opened Fall 2007)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/DavilaES Jaime Dávila Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/DeChaumeses Helen C. DeChaumes Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/dezavalaes Lorenzo DeZavala Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/dodsones/ Julius Dodson Elementary School] (Houston) [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=5e95daffc7ed2110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=a84c2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD] (opened in 1921 as Bowie Elementary School )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/doganES Matthew W. Dogan Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/DurhamES Durham Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/DurkeeES Durkee Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/eliotes/ Charles W. Eliot Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/elrodes/ Horace Elrod Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/emersones/ Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/fieldes/ Eugene Field Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/foersteres/ Cecile Foerster Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/fondrenes/ Walter W. Fondren Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/fosteres/ Marcellus E. Foster Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/franklines/ Benjamin Franklin Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/frostes/ Robert Lee Frost Elementary School] (Houston)
**2003 National Blue Ribbon School
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/gallegoses/ Mario Gallegos Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/garciaes/ Macario Garcia Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/gardenoakses/ Garden Oaks Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/gardenvillases/ Garden Villas Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/golfcrestes/ Golfcrest Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/GordonES/ Maud W. Gordon Elementary School] (Bellaire) (Unzoned relief school)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/gregges/ Lucille Gregg Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/grimeses/ Buchanan H. Grimes Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/grissomes/ Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/grosses/ Jenard M. Gross Elementary School] (Houston, opened 2001 in the former campus of I. Weiner Jewish Secondary School [" [http://es.houstonisd.org/grosses/INFO/Overview.htm Overview] ." "Gross Elementary School".] )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/JRHarrisES John Richardson Harris Elementary School] (Houston) (originally named Harrisburg School)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/RPHarrisES Roland P. Harris Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/hartsfieldes/ Victor Hartsfield Elementary School] (Houston)
**2008 National Blue Ribbon School [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2008/2008-schools.pdf] ]
* [http://www.harvardschool.org/ Harvard Elementary School] (Houston)
**2008 National Blue Ribbon School [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2008/2008-schools.pdf] ]
* [http://www.helmsduallanguage.org/ Helms Community Learning Center] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/jphendersonES James P. Henderson Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/hendersones/ Nat Q. Henderson Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/herodes/ Gary L. Herod Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/herreraes/ John Herrera Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://www.highlandheightselementary.org/ Highland Heights Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/hobbyes/ William P. Hobby Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/hohles/ Henry L. Hohl Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/hornes/ Paul W. Horn Academy] (Bellaire)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/houstongardens/ Houston Gardens Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/isaacses/ Rollin Lee Isaacs Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/janowskies/ Peter Janowski Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/caldwelles Jean Hines-Caldwell Elementary School] (initially named Corinthian Pointe Relief Elementary School before its fall 2005 opening) (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/JeffersonES Thomas Jefferson Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/Jwjoneses J. Will Jones Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/KashmereES Kashmere Gardens Elementary School] (Houston)
**2003 National Blue Ribbon School
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/kelsoES Anna Kelso Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/Kennedyes/ John F. Kennedy Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/Ketelsen/ James L. Ketelsen Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/Kolteres/ Jennie Katharine Kolter Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/lantripes/ Dora B. Lantrip Elementary School] (Houston) (formerly Eastwood Elementary School)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/lawes/ James H. Law Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/lewises/ Judd Mortimer Lewis Elementary School] (Houston) (Grades PreK-3)
**Will be consolidated into Lewis Elementary so that all grades attend the same campus; the consolidated school is expected to open in Spring 2011.
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/lockhartes/ Lucian L. Lockhart Elementary School] (Houston)
*Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary School
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/looscanes/ Adele Looscan Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/lovees/ William G. Love Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/lovettes/ Edgar O. Lovett Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/lyonses/ E. A. "Squatty" Lyons Elementary School] (Houston) (Opened January 1993 [http://es.houstonisd.org/lyonses/English/about05.htm] )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/macarthures/ General Douglas B. MacArthur Elementary School] (Houston)
**Will be consolidated with Peck Elementary. A replacement campus on the Peck site is expected to open in Spring 2011.Mellon, Ericka. " [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5994984.html HISD trustees voting today on school mergers] ." "Houston Chronicle". September 10, 2008.]
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/macgregores/ Henry MacGregor Elementary School] (Houston) (formerly Southmore Elementary School)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/madinges/ Reagan W. Mading Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/cmartinezes/ Clemente Martinez Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/rmartinezes/ Raul C. Martinez Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/mcdadees/ Jesse C. McDade Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/mcnamaraes/ Ila McNamara Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/memoriales/ Memorial Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/milnees/ Alan Alexander Milne Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/mitchelles/ J. C. Mitchell Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://www.montgomeryelementary.org/ James Montgomery Elementary School] (Houston, opened Fall 1960 [http://es.houstonisd.org/MontgomeryES/School%20Information.htm] )
**2003 National Blue Ribbon School
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/morenoes/ Joe E. Moreno Elementary School] (Houston, opened Fall 2005)
*Pat Neff Elementary School (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/northlinees/ Northline Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/oakforestes/ Oak Forest Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/oateses/ James Oates Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/osbornees/ John G. Osborne Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/bowiees/ Roderick Paige Elementary School] (Houston) (formerly Woodland Elementary School and James Bowie Elementary School) [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=4d44ad6002f33110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default] )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/parkplacees/ Park Place Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/parkeres/ Cynthia Ann Parker Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/pattersones/ Robert C. Patterson Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/peckes/ Lora B. Peck Elementary School] (Houston)
**Will be consolidated with MacArthur Elementary. A replacement campus on the Peck site is expected to open in Spring 2011.
**2008 National Blue Ribbon School [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2008/2008-schools.pdf] ]
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/petersenes/ Henry Petersen Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/pineypointes/ Piney Point Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/pleasantvillees/ Pleasantville Elementary School] (Houston)
*Edgar Allan Poe Elementary School (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/porthoustones/ Port Houston Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/pughes/ Leeona L. Pugh Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/redes/ Samuel Clark Red Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/reynoldses/ James R. Reynolds Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/rhoadses/ Joseph James Rhoads Elementary School] (Houston)
*River Oaks Elementary School, in Houston, is a school which draws students from the entire Houston Independent School District. River Oaks Elementary celebrated its 75th anniversary in the 2003-2004 school year.
*Oran M. Roberts Elementary School (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/robinsones/ Judson W. Robinson Elementary School] (Houston) (Opened 2002 [ [http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Robinson_ES.pdf] Accessed June 21, 2007] )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/rodriguezes/ Sylvan Rodriguez Elementary School] (Houston [ [http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/Rodriquez_ES.pdf] Accessed June 21, 2007] )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/rooseveltes/ Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/rosses/ Betsy Ross Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/ruckeres/ Pearl S. Rucker Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/sanchezes/ George I. Sanchez Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/sandspointES Sands Point Elementary School] (Houston) (Unzoned relief school)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/scarboroughes/ Walter W. Scarborough Elementary School] (Houston)
**2003 National Blue Ribbon School
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/scottes/ Emmett J. Scott Elementary School] (Houston)
**2007 National Blue Ribbon School [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2007/2007-schools.pdf Microsoft Word - 2007-schools.doc ] ]
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/scrogginses/ Mary Scroggins Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/seguines/ Juan N. Seguin Elementary School] (Houston, Opened 2002)
* [http://www.shadowbriar.org/ Shadowbriar Elementary School] (Houston) (Grades 3 through 5) (Opened 1997 [http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/2364007322/school.aspx] )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/shearnes/ Charles P. Shearn Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/shermanes/ Sidney Sherman Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/sinclaires/ Thomas Albert Sinclair Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/ksmithes/ Katherine "Kate" Smith Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/southmaydes/ Joanna Kent Southmayd Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://www.stgeorgepto.com/ St. George Place Elementary School] (Houston, opened Fall 2007)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/stevenses/ Lulu Stevens Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/stevensones/ Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/sugargrovees/ Sugar Grove Elementary School] (Houston) (Unzoned relief school)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/suttones/ William S. Sutton Elementary School] (Houston)
*Ruby L. Thompson Elementary School [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=24e7311feb353110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default] (Houston) (formerly Southland Elementary School, opened 1915, renamed in 1980 [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=24e7311feb353110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default] )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/tijerinaes/ Felix Tijerina Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/tinsleyes/ Eleanor Tinsley Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://www.traviselementary.org/ William B. Travis Elementary School] (Houston)
*George Turner Elementary School (Houston)
*Mark Twain Elementary School (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/valleywestes/ Valley West Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/wainwrightes/ Jonathan Wainwright Elementary School] (Houston)
*Walnut Bend Elementary School (Houston, opened 1964 [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=05ccb113f4825110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=b70aaf955fdef010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD] )
* [http://www.wesleyelementary.org/ Mabel B. Wesley Elementary School] (Houston)
*West University Elementary School (West University Place)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/whartones/ William Wharton Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/whidbyes/ Tina E. Whidby Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/whitees/ Edward White Elementary School] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/whittieres/ John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School] (Jacinto City)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/wilsones/ Woodrow Wilson Elementary School] (PK3 through 6, will be PK3 through 8; Montessori and fine arts magnet) (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/windsorvillage/ Windsor Village Elementary School] (Houston) (Formerly a grocery store)
*Ethel Young Elementary School (Houston) [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=eb8ac2eadd3c2110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=b70aaf955fdef010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD] (Formerly Sunny Side Elementary School)

Other schools

*Dominion Academy Charter School (Houston)
*Energized For Excellence Academy (Houston)
*North District Alternative Elementary School (Houston)
*Pleasant Hill Academy (Houston)
*Pro-Vision School (Houston)
*Soar Center (Houston)
*St. John's Academy (Houston) - Serves preschool to second grade children in certain scenarios, such as homelessness and health crises.
*TSU/HISD Lab School (Houston In fall 2006 the school became an HISD-sponsored charter school)
*Young Learners (Houston)
*Young Scholars Academy For Excellence (Houston)

Early Childhood Centers

*Concord Early Childhood Center (Houston)
**Concord, located on the site of Kashmere Gardens Elementary School, will close due to low enrollment. The students will be a part of the Kashmere Gardens population.
*David "Davy" Crockett Early Childhood Center (Houston) (The campus was formerly Brock Elementary School - Elementary students were rezoned to Crockett ES)
* [http://www.fariasecc.org/ Armandina Farias Early Childhood Center] (Houston, opening August 2005)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/HalpinES/ Sharon Goldstein Halpin Early Childhood Center] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/mlkjrecc/ Martin Luther King, Jr. Early Childhood Center] (Houston)
*Ninfa Laurenzo Early Childhood Center (Houston)
* [http://mistralcec.com/ Gabriela Mistral Early Childhood Center] (Houston, opened August 2005)

Interagency Alternative Schools

*CEP Southwest
*CEP Southeast

Defunct schools

Former secondary schools

Former 7-12 schools

* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/terrellms/ Terrell Alternative School] (Houston) (Originally a middle school, later an alternative middle school, closed in 2001 )

Former high schools

Zoned
* Cottage Grove High School (5410 Cornish, Houston) (Opened 1915, converted to Stevenson Elementary School in 1927 )
* San Jacinto High School (Houston)

Alternative
* Foley's Academy (Houston) [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20010512033449/http://hs.houstonisd.org/foleysacademyhs/headerfooter/default.htm welcome to Foleys website ] ]
* Ninth Grade Academy (Houston)
*Middle College For Technology Careers (Houston) (opened in 1994, closed in 2006)
*Houston Drop Back In Academy (Houston) - Closed

Former K-8 schools

* George Washington School (4701 Dickson, Houston) (was George Washington Junior High School at an earlier point) - Closed in 1980 due to low enrollment. [" [http://hs.houstonisd.org/lecj/images/school/news1.pdf HISD is first in opening law enforcement School] ." "Houston Chronicle". January 21, 1981.] Campus now houses High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice)

Former middle schools

* Lockett Junior High School (303 West Dallas, opened in former Booker T. Washington High School building in 1959, closed June 1968 )
* Longfellow Junior High School (2202 St. Emanuel, Houston) (Built in 1913, converted into Dunbar Elementary in 1961 )
* Miller Junior High School (Houston) (Campus now houses Contemporary Learning Center)
* Terrell Middle School (Houston) (Opened 1966, later became an alternative school, closed in 2001 )

Former primary schools

30 in Houston

Former zoned schools
* 23rd Avenue Elementary School (Destroyed by a fire in 1959, reopened as Holden in 1960
* Abbott Elementary School (3601 Barnes, opened in 1912, transferred to the City of Houston in 1914, closed in 1959 )
* Alamo Elementary School (201 East 27th, opened 1913 as Sunset Heights Elementary School, closed 1980 )
* Alyce PreK-1 Center [ [http://web.archive.org/web/19970630192140/http://www.houston.isd.tenet.edu/MAX.HTM Attendance Boundaries and Transfers ] ] (Houston)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/argylees/ Argyle Elementary School] (12525 Fondren Road, Houston, 77035) (Closed spring 2005, Argyle was located in a strip mall - Students rezoned to Foerster ES)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/brockes/ Richard J. Brock Elementary School] (1417 Houston Avenue, Houston, 77007) (Closed spring 2005, Students rezoned to Crockett ES) - Campus became an early childhood center
* Brays Bayou Elementary School (Almeda near Main, became a part of HISD in 1913 and closed in 1966 )
* Burgess Elementary School (4040 Blackshear, opened in September 1962, closed in 1969 and consolidated into the Washington High School campus) - Burgess was named for the first mayor of Independence Heights
* Carnegie Elementary School (10401 Scott, Houston, 77051) (Closed spring 2002, Students rezoned to Woodson K-8 Center) - Campus became a high school (named after Andrew Carnegie)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/chathames/ Robert C. Chatham Elementary School] (8110 Bertwood, Houston, 77016) (closed in spring 2006, Students rezoned to Cook ES)
* W. D. Cleveland Elementary School (320 Jackson Hill, closed 1977 )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/clintonparkes/ Clinton Park Elementary School] (129 Mississippi, Houston, 77029) (closed in spring 2005, Students rezoned to Pleasantville ES)
* Concord Elementary School (Later became Concord Early Childhood Center)
* Cooley Elementary School (300 West 17th, Closed 1980 - The building, now the Cooley Center, is the headquarters of HISD's alternative certification program.)
* Dow Elementary School (1900 Kane, closed 1993 ) [ [http://www.meca-houston.org/history.html MECA - History ] ]
* Dunbar Elementary School (2202 St. Emanuel, Closed 1981) - Established on the campus of former Longfellow Junior High School in 1961
* Frederick Douglass Elementary School (3000 Trulley Street, Houston, 77004) (Closed spring 2005, Students rezoned to Dodson ES - The campus later became New Orleans West, a charter school for Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans (named after Frederick Douglass))
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/easteres/ Rosa Lee Easter Elementary School] (4435 Weaver, closed in summer 2006, Students rezoned to Cook ES)
* Eighth Avenue Elementary School (727 Waverly Street, Houston, 77077) (Closed spring 2004, Students rezoned to Love ES)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/fairchildes/ Thorton M. Fairchild Elementary School] (8701 Delilah, Houston, 77033) (Opened fall 1959, closed May 24, 2007)
* Fannin Elementary School (2900 Louisiana, Houston, closed 1971 )
* Hawthorne Elementary School (1417 Houston Avenue, Opened 1893 at former Houston Avenue School location, Closed 1959 )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/holdenes/ Holden Elementary School] (812 West 28th Street, Houston, 77008) (Closed spring 2004 , students rezoned to Helms ES and Sinclair ES)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/joneses Anson Jones Elementary School] (2311 Canal Street, Houston, 77003-1518) (Closed spring 2006, students rezoned to Bruce ES and Rusk ES)
* Kay Elementary School (Opened in 1904 at 7621 Elm as Harrisburg School, renamed and moved to 1616 Hebert in 1952, Closed 1978 )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/lamares/ Lamar Elementary School] (2209 Gentry Street, Houston, 77009-8196) (Closed spring 2002, School replaced by Ketelsen ES (named after Mirabeau B. Lamar))
* Langston Elementary School (Opened in 1905 as Breckenridge Elementary School, renamed in 1955, closed in 1991, later became Langston Early Childhood Center )
* Robert E. Lee Elementary School (2101 South Street, Houston, 77009) (Closed spring 2002, School replaced by Ketelsen ES (named after Robert E. Lee))
* Lubbock Elementary School (412 Sampson, Closed 1969)
* Charles W. Luckie Elementary School (1104 Palmer, Closed circa 1943 , a school for African-Americans [" [http://blogs.chron.com/eastend/2007/07/can_mickey_phoenix_save_luckie_1.html Can Mickey Phoenix save Luckie Elementary?] ." "Houston Chronicle".] )
* McGowan Elementary School
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/milames/ Milam Elementary School] (1100 Roy Street, Houston, 77077) (Closed spring 2004, Students rezoned to Memorial ES (named after Ben Milam))
* Miller Elementary School (5216 Feagan, closed 1977)
* Montrose Elementary School (opened 1913, closed prior to 1981)
* Pleasants Elementary School (opened 1967, closed June 1991, now home to Pleasant Hill Academy )
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/postoakes/ School At Post Oak] (Houston) (Post Oak had no boundary; it was a reliever school for Briargrove)
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/WillRogersES Will Rogers Elementary School] (3101 Weslayan Street, Houston, 77027) (opened fall 1950, closed spring 2006, Students rezoned to Poe ES and St. George Place ES (named after Will Rogers))
* [http://es.houstonisd.org/ryanes/ J. D. Ryan Elementary School] (4001 Hardy Street, Houston, 77009) (closed spring 2005, Students rezoned to Jefferson ES and Looscan ES) - After closure it was used as a temporary school for Hurricane Katrina evacuees. [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/RyanES.pdf Ryan Elementary Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".]
* Sanderson Elementary School (7115 Lockwood Drive, Houston, 77016) (closed spring 2006 - formed Cook ES)
**Sanderson was a 2003 National Blue Ribbon School.
* Sharpview Elementary School (7734 Mary Bates Boulevard, Houston, 77036) (opened fall 2000, closed spring 2004) - The district rented space from a Buddhist Temple

Other former schools:
* 3-D Academy (Became a state charter in 2005 and as of 2008 is associated with KIPP)
* Banneker-McNair Math/Science Academy (Houston)
* [http://www.drawacademy.org/ Diversity Roots And Wings Academy] (Draw) (3920 Stoney Brook Drive, 77063) (Houston, Opened 2001, became a state charter in 2004)
*Kazi Shule (Houston) - Kazi Shule is an alternative school for pupils with behavioral problems. It opened as a middle school but became an elementary school in 2001 for the 2001-2002 school year. Closed May 2006.
* YMCA Of Greater Houston Charter School (ended affiliation with HISD in 2004, Houston)
*Mount Hebron Academy (Houston) - Mount Hebron is an alternative school for pupils with behavioral problems. - Closed Summer 2006

Former early childhood centers

2 in Houston
* Langston Early Childhood Center (2815 Campbell, Opened 1994, closed May 2004 , Students transferred to Crawford ES)
* [http://ms.houstonisd.org/lasams/ Las Américas Early Childhood Development Center] (5909 Glenmont, Houston) (5909 Glenmont, 77081) (Closed in 2007 [" [http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b48f69a035033110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default Charter School Agreements Renewed, But Las Américas to Close] ." "Houston Independent School District".] )
*Wheatley Child Development (4900 Market, Houston, Opened 1993, closed 2007 )

Gallery of schools

Zoned high schoolsAlternative high schoolsK-8, PreK-8 schoolsMiddle schoolsElementary schools

ee also

References