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This is a list of schools operated by the Houston Independent School District
Houston Independent School District
The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities...

.

In the district, grades kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...

 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
    T. H. Rogers School
    Thomas Horace Rogers School is an alternative primary and secondary public school and part of the Houston Independent School District. The school is at 5840 San Felipe in Houston, Texas, United States, outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8, west of Uptown Houston.T. H...

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

Other


PK-8 schools

  • Carter G. Woodson K-8 Center (Zoned school) (Houston)
  • Thomas J. Pilgrim Academy (Zoned school) (Houston) See also, Thomas J. Pilgrim
    Thomas J. Pilgrim
    Thomas Jefferson Pilgrim started the first school in Texas. The town of Pilgrim, Texas is named for Thomas J. Pilgrim. Thomas was born to Thomas and Dorcas Pilgrim, in East Haddam, Connecticut. Thomas attended the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institute at Colgate University...

    , the texas historic figure.
  • The Rusk School (Houston) (Zoned for K-5, magnet for K-7, adding magnet 8 in 2008-2009)

K-8 schools

(Zoned)
  • Billy K. Reagan K-8 Educational Center (opening in the 2010s)

(Alternative)
  • The Rice School
    The Rice School
    The Rice School is a combined elementary and secondary school in Houston, Texas.Rice, which serves grades kindergarten through 8, is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

     (La Escuela Rice in Spanish
    Spanish language
    Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

    , Houston) (Alternative school)

1-8 schools

  • E.O. Smith Education Center (Houston) (Zoned school)
    • By Spring 2011 Atherton and E.O. Smith will be consolidated, with a new K-8 campus in the Atherton site.

6-12 schools

  • Howard P. Carter Career Center (includes Kay On-Going Education Center High School - A school for pregnant teenagers) (Alternative school) (Houston)
  • Harper Alternative School (Houston) (Alternative school)

7-12 schools

  • Contemporary Learning Center
    Contemporary Learning Center
    DeVry Advantage Academy and CLC at H.P. Carter, previously Contemporary Learning Center , is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States...

     (Houston) (Alternative school)
  • High School for Business and Economic Success (Houston) (opened in 2009)

High schools

38 in Houston, 1 in Bellaire
Zoned schools

AAAAA
University Interscholastic League
The University Interscholastic League is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas....

 (Division 5-A)
  • Bellaire High School
    Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas)
    Bellaire High School is a secondary school of the Houston Independent School District, and its campus is located in Bellaire, Texas ....

    , in the city of Bellaire
    Bellaire, Texas
    Bellaire is a city in southwest Harris County, Texas, United States, within the metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 15,642 and is completely surrounded by the cities of Houston and West University Place....

    , has neighborhood, AP
    Advanced Placement Program
    The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...

     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
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    .
  • César E. Chávez High School
    Chávez High School (Houston)
    César E. Chávez High School is a secondary school located at 8501 Howard in Houston, Texas, United States.Chavez High School, which is a part of the Houston Independent School District, serves grades 9 through 12...

     (Houston)
  • Sam Houston High School
    Sam Houston High School (Houston)
    Sam Houston Center for Math, Technology, and SciencePrincipal AdministratorJane Crump , Rolando Treviño Grade levels9 - 12Founded1878School typePublic school Religious affiliationLocation Houston, TexasEnrollment...

    , in Houston, is one of the oldest high schools in Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

    . It has undergone five name changes and a location change since its founding in 1878 as "Houston Academy"
  • Mirabeau B. Lamar High School
    Lamar High School (Houston)
    Mirabeau B. Lamar Senior High School is a secondary school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, United States, with a zip code of 77098...

    , in Houston, is the 2nd largest high school, behind Bellaire, in HISD and has both neighborhood and IB programs.
  • James Madison High School (Houston)
  • Charles H. Milby High School
    Milby High School
    Charles H. Milby High School is a public secondary school located at 1601 Broadway in the East End, Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77012. Milby, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

     (Houston)
  • Westside High School
    Westside High School (Houston)
    Westside High School is a secondary school in Houston, Texas, United States. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of the Houston Independent School District.The school is located at 14201 Briar Forest in Houston, Texas, in the 77077 zip code...

    , in Houston's Briar Forest neighborhood, is known for its AP
    Advanced Placement Program
    The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...

     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
University Interscholastic League
The University Interscholastic League is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas....

 (Division 4A)
  • Stephen F. Austin High School
    Austin High School (Houston)
    Stephen F. Austin High School is a secondary school located at 1700 Dumble Street in Houston, Texas, United States. The school handles grades nine through twelve and is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

    , in the Second Ward
    Second Ward, Houston
    Second Ward is a historical political district ward in Houston, Texas. It was one of the four original wards of the city in the nineteenth century...

     neighborhood of Houston, is characterized by its Art Deco
    Art Deco
    Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...

     architecture.
  • Jefferson Davis High School
    Davis High School (Houston)
    Jefferson Davis High School is a secondary school located at 1101 Quitman in the Near Northside neighborhood of Northside, Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77009. It was named after Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America....

     (Houston)
  • Ebbert L. Furr High School (Houston)
  • Jesse H. Jones High School (Houston)
  • Kashmere High School
    Kashmere High School
    Kashmere High School is a secondary school in Houston, Texas that serves grades 9 through 12; it is a part of the Houston Independent School District.Kashmere contains the Conrad O. Johnson School of Fine Arts, a Houston ISD magnet school program....

     (Houston)
  • Lee High School
    Lee High School (Houston)
    Lee High School, formerly Robert E. Lee High School, is a publicly funded secondary school located in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States 77057. The Houston Independent School District, the 7th largest school district in the United States, operates Lee, a public admission school that enrolls...

     (Houston)
  • John H. Reagan High School
    Reagan High School (Houston)
    John H. Reagan High SchoolPrincipal AdministratorConnie BergerFounded1927School typePublic school Religious affiliationNoneLocationHouston, Texas, United StatesEnrollment1,683 students...

    , in the Houston Heights, is a high school that has HISD's computer magnet program
  • Scarborough High School
    Scarborough High School (Texas)
    George Cameron Scarborough High School is a secondary school located at 4141 Costa Rica in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77092...

     is in northwest Houston
  • Sharpstown High School
    Sharpstown High School
    Sharpstown High School is a secondary school located at 7504 Bissonnet Street in Greater Sharpstown, Houston, Texas, United States with a zip code of 77074. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District...

     (Houston)
  • Ross Shaw Sterling High School
    Sterling High School (Houston)
    Ross Shaw Sterling High School is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas.Sterling, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

     (Houston)
  • Stephen Pool Waltrip High School
    Waltrip High School
    Stephen Pool Waltrip High School is a secondary school located at 1900 West 34th Street in Houston, Texas, United States, 77018.Waltrip, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

     (Houston)
  • Booker T. Washington High School
    Booker T. Washington High School (Houston)
    Booker T. Washington High School is a secondary school located at 119 East 39th Street in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77018.Booker T. Washington, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Booker T...

     in Houston is known for its engineering program, which is called the High School for the Engineering Professions.
  • Westbury High School
    Westbury High School (Houston)
    Westbury High School is a secondary school located in Brays Oaks, of Southwest Houston, Texas, near the Westbury neighborhood. It has grades 9 through 12, and is part of the Houston Independent School District. As of 2010 the principal is Andrew Wainwright...

     is in the neighborhood of Westbury in Houston
  • Phillis Wheatley High School
    Wheatley High School (Houston)
    Phillis Wheatley High School is a secondary school located at 4801 Providence Street in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77020....

     (Houston)
  • Evan E. Worthing High School
    Worthing High School (Houston)
    Evan Edward Worthing High School is a secondary school located in the Sunnyside area of Houston, Texas, United States.Worthing serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

     (Houston)
  • Jack Yates High School is a tradition in Houston's Third Ward.

Other schools

AAAAA
University Interscholastic League
The University Interscholastic League is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas....

 (Division 5A)

No UIL ranking
University Interscholastic League
The University Interscholastic League is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas....
  • Accelerated Learning And Transition Academy (Alta) (Houston)
  • Challenge Early College High School
    Challenge Early College High School
    Challenge Early College High School is a secondary school located at Houston Community College [West Loop Campus] . The school handles grades nine through thirteen and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.The school's principal, as of 2011, is Tonya R. Miller...

     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
    DeBakey High School for Health Professions
    Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions is a medical secondary school located in the Third Ward area of Houston, Texas, United States....

     (Houston)
    • National Blue Ribbon School award winner in 1997-98 and 2003
  • East Early College High School
    East Early College High School
    East Early College High School is a secondary charter school located at 2524 Garland Street in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77087....

     (Houston, opened Fall 2006)
  • Eastwood Academy
    Eastwood Academy
    Eastwood Academy is a secondary school in the Eastwood neighborhood of the East End, Houston, Texas, United States. The school is a member of the Houston Independent School District....

     (Houston)
  • Empowerment College Preparatory High School
    Empowerment College Preparatory High School
    Empowerment South Early College High School, formerly Empowerment College Preparatory High School, is a university-preparatory secondary school located on the campus of Jones High School in South Park, Houston, Texas. It was previously located on the campus of Albert Thomas Middle School in Houston...

     (Houston)
  • HCC Life Skills Program (Houston)
  • Houston Night High School
    Contemporary Learning Center
    DeVry Advantage Academy and CLC at H.P. Carter, previously Contemporary Learning Center , is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States...

     (Houston)
  • Houston Academy for International Studies
    Houston Academy for International Studies
    The Houston Academy for International Studies is a Houston Independent School District charter school in Midtown Houston, Texas, United States that opened in August 2006...

     (Houston, opened fall 2006)
  • International High School (at Sharpstown High School
    Sharpstown High School
    Sharpstown High School is a secondary school located at 7504 Bissonnet Street in Greater Sharpstown, Houston, Texas, United States with a zip code of 77074. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District...

  • Barbara Jordan High School
    Barbara Jordan High School
    Barbara Jordan High School for Careers is a public secondary school located at 5800 Eastex Freeway in Houston, Texas, United States.Jordan serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

     (Houston)
  • High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
    High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
    High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice is a high school located in Houston, Texas, United States. The school serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

     (Houston)
  • Liberty High School (renamed from Newcomer Charter High School in 2007) (Houston, formerly located in the Lee High School
    Lee High School (Houston)
    Lee High School, formerly Robert E. Lee High School, is a publicly funded secondary school located in Southwest Houston, Texas, United States 77057. The Houston Independent School District, the 7th largest school district in the United States, operates Lee, a public admission school that enrolls...

     campus)
  • North Houston Early College High School
    North Houston Early College High School
    North Houston Early College High School is a secondary charter school located at 99 Lyerly in Northside Houston, Texas, United States.The school is operated by the Houston Independent School District in association with the Houston Community College System-Northeast Campus. The school is located in...

     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
    High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
    The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is a secondary school located at 4001 Stanford Street in the Montrose district of Houston, Texas. The school is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

     (HSPVA) is a performing arts high school located in the Montrose district of Houston.
    • 2005 National Blue Ribbon School
  • South Early College High School
  • Leader's Academy

Middle schools

Traditional schools

Other schools

Primary schools

Traditional schools


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
    Charter school
    Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...

    )
  • Young Learners (Houston)
  • Young Scholars Academy For Excellence (Houston)

Early Childhood Centers


Online learning

HISD has an online high school offering regular, AP, and credit-recovery courses at its virtual school. For grades 3-10 offers online schooling through Texas Connections Academy @ Houston, which is operated under contract by Connections Academy
Connections Academy
Connections Academy in the United States is a company which runs free public school that students attend from home. It combines aspects of homeschooling with those of traditional public education....

, a Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

-based company which works with public and other schools to provide online education.

Former 7-12 schools

  • Terrell Alternative School (Houston) (Originally a middle school, closed in fall 1991, 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
    San Jacinto High School (Houston)
    San Jacinto High School was a secondary school located at 1300 Holman Street in Houston, Texas; now part of the Houston Community College Central College, Central Campus....

     (Houston)


Alternative
  • Foley's Academy (Houston)
  • Gulf Coast Trades Center (unincorporated
    Unincorporated area
    In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

     Walker County
    Walker County, Texas
    Walker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, its population was 67,861. Its county seat is Huntsville.Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislator from Mississippi who introduced into the United States Congress the resolution to annex Texas...

    ) - Established in 1971m, no longer affiliated with HISD in 1988.
  • Ninth Grade Academy (Houston)
  • Middle College For Technology Careers
    Middle College for Technology Careers
    Middle College for Technology Careers at Texas Southern University was a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States.Middle College, which served grades 9 through 12, was a part of the Houston Independent School District...

     (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. Campus now houses High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
    High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
    High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice is a high school located in Houston, Texas, United States. The school serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

    )

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
    Contemporary Learning Center
    DeVry Advantage Academy and CLC at H.P. Carter, previously Contemporary Learning Center , is a secondary school located in Houston, Texas, United States...

    )
  • Terrell Middle School (Houston) (Opened 1966, later became an alternative school, closed in 2001 )

Former primary schools

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 as part of the Chaneyville Independent School District, 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 )
  • Charlotte B. Allen Elementary School (Houston)
    • Allen closed in 2009. A new campus will be built on the Allen site; when it opens in spring 2011 it will take students from Allen and Kennedy elementary schools
  • Alyce PreK-1 Center (Houston)
  • Argyle Elementary School (12525 Fondren Road, Houston, 77035) (Closed spring 2005, Argyle was located in a strip mall
    Strip mall
    A strip mall is an open-area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...

     - Students rezoned to Foerster ES)
  • Bellfort Academy (Houston) (4-5, opened 1999)
    • Was be consolidated into Lewis Elementary so that all grades attend the same campus; the consolidated school was expected to open in Spring 2011. Bellfort became a PreK-K center.
  • 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
    Carnegie Vanguard High School
    Andrew Carnegie Vanguard High School is a public secondary school in Houston, Texas, United States.Carnegie Vanguard High School, which serves grades 9-12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District...

     (named after Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carnegie
    Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, and entrepreneur who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century...

    )
  • 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 )
  • Clinton Park Elementary School (129 Mississippi, Houston, 77029 - Clinton Park) (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 around 1991-1993 )
  • 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
    Hurricane Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

     evacuees from New Orleans (named after Frederick Douglass
    Frederick Douglass
    Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing...

    ))
  • 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)
  • Thorton M. Fairchild Elementary School (8701 Delilah, Houston, 77033) (Opened fall 1959, closed May 24, 2007)
  • Fannin Elementary School (2900 Louisiana, Houston, closed 1971 )
  • Buchanan H. Grimes Elementary School (Houston)
  • Hawthorne Elementary School (1417 Houston Avenue, Opened 1893 at former Houston Avenue School location, Closed 1959 )
  • Holden Elementary School (812 West 28th Street, Houston, 77008) (Closed spring 2004, students rezoned to Helms ES and Sinclair ES)
  • Anson Jones Elementary School (2311 Canal Street, Houston, 77003-1518) (Closed spring 2006, students rezoned to Bruce ES and Rusk ES)
  • J. Will Jones Elementary School (Houston)
    • Prior to the start of fall 2009 Jones closed and the school was consolidated into Blackshear Elementary School.
  • Kay Elementary School (Opened in 1904 at 7621 Elm as Harrisburg School, renamed and moved to 1616 Hebert in 1952, Closed 1978 )
  • Lamar Elementary School (2209 Gentry Street, Houston, 77009-8196) (Closed spring 2002, School replaced by Ketelsen ES (named after Mirabeau B. Lamar
    Mirabeau B. Lamar
    Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was a Texas politician, diplomat and soldier who was a leading Texas political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was the second President of the Republic of Texas, after David G. Burnet and Sam Houston.-Early years:Lamar grew up at Fairfield, his father's...

    ))
  • Langston Elementary School (Opened in 1905 as Breckenridge Elementary School, renamed in 1955, closed in fall 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
    Robert E. Lee
    Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....

    ))
  • Lubbock Elementary School (412 Sampson, Closed 1969)
  • Charles W. Luckie Elementary School (1104 Palmer, Closed circa 1943, a school for African-Americans )
  • General Douglas B. MacArthur Elementary School (Houston)
    • Was be consolidated with Peck Elementary. A replacement campus on the Peck site was scheduled to open in Spring 2011.
  • Jesse C. McDade Elementary School (Houston)
  • McGowan Elementary School
  • 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 )
  • School At Post Oak (Houston) (Post Oak had no boundary; it was a reliever school for Briargrove)
  • Joseph James Rhoads Elementary School (Houston)
  • 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
    Will Rogers
    William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....

    ))
  • 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
    Hurricane Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

     evacuees.
  • 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
  • Sidney Sherman Elementary School (Houston)
    • By Spring 2011 Crawford and Sherman will be consolidated, with a new campus in the Sherman site.
  • Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School (Houston)
  • George Turner Elementary School (Houston)
    • Turner closed in 2009, consolidated into Lockhart. By Spring 2011 a new campus will be built in the Lockhart site.


Other former schools:
  • 3-D Academy (Became a state charter in 2005 and as of 2008 is associated with KIPP
    Kipp
    -People:*Annika Kipp , German radio and television presenter*George Washington Kipp , U.S. politician*Karl-Heinz Kipp , German entrepreneur*Kipp Lennon , American musician*Lyman Kipp , U.S...

    )
  • Banneker-McNair Math/Science Academy (Houston)
  • 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
    YMCA
    The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...

     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
  • Concord Early Childhood Center (Houston)
    • Concord, located on the site of Kashmere Gardens Elementary School, closed due to low enrollment. The students will be a part of the Kashmere Gardens population.
  • Langston Early Childhood Center (2815 Campbell, Opened 1994, closed May 2004, Students transferred to Crawford ES)
  • Las Américas Early Childhood Development Center (5909 Glenmont, Houston) (5909 Glenmont, 77081) (Closed in 2007 )
  • Wheatley Child Development (4900 Market, Houston, Opened 1993, closed 2007 )

Former alternative centers

  • The Harris County Youth Village in far southern Pasadena
    Pasadena, Texas
    Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Harris County, 17th-largest in Texas, and 162nd largest in the United States. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston....

    , west of Seabrook
    Seabrook, Texas
    Seabrook is a city in Harris county, with some water surface area located within Chambers county in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 9,443 at the 2000 census....

    , opened in 1972. The center was no longer affiliated with HISD in 1997.
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