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Northside High School
Image
The Quitman Street Courtyard view
Location
Map
1101 Quitman Street

Houston
,
Texas
77009

United States

29°47′00″N 95°21′31″W / 29.78342°N 95.3585°W / 29.78342; -95.3585
Information
TypePublic
School district
Houston Independent School District (Houston ISD)
Staff77.95 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,168 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio
14.98[1]
CampusUrban
ColorsPurple and gray    
MascotPanther
Feeder schools
Websitenorthside.houstonisd.org

Northside High School is a secondary school, serving Grades 9-12, located at 1101 Quitman in the Near Northside neighborhood of Northside, Houston, Texas, only two minutes from Downtown Houston. The school was previously named after Jefferson Davis, however, the HISD board voted to give the school its current name in 2016.[2]

Northside HS school features a Magnet Program with three different career pathways: AV Production, Culinary Arts, and Hotel Management. In addition, students can earn an Associate Degree at Northside HS due to its extensive advanced course offerings including Houston City College Dual Credit, University of Texas at Austin OnRamps Dual Enrollment, and Advanced Placement (AP) classes. magnet program.

History

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Davis was previously reserved for white children but it desegregated by 1970, and white flight to the Houston suburbs began.

In 1993, project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) was founded at Davis High. The program provides scholarships to students as incentive to complete high school and enroll in college.[3]

Prior to 1996 it was renovated through the Renewal A bond program, which spent $5.5 million on Davis. In 1996 it had 1,800 students.[4]

Campus

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In 1996 the school had terrazzo floors. At the time it had one temporary building used for classes and two others for other purposes; it had a fewer number compared to some other schools because it was not overcrowded. In 1996 Terry Kliewer of the Houston Chronicle praised the building's features and maintenance, and stated that it "exemplifies what is possible when an old building gets good maintenance and timely remodeling."[4]

Neighborhoods served by Northside

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Northside High School serves[5] Near Northside,[6] Northside Village, Irvington,[citation needed] Lindale Park,[7] a portion of the Fifth Ward,[8] and most of Downtown Houston.

The school serves Irvington Village, a public housing unit and Fulton Village, a mixed-income unit, both of the Houston Housing Authority.[9][10] The school's boundary also includes the Four Seasons Hotel Houston residences,[11] Houston House Apartments,[12] One Park Place,[13] and The Rice.[14]

Student body

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At the end of the 2025-2026 school year, there were 867 students enrolled at Northside HS. 94% of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Extracurricular activities

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The campus offers a variety of championship athletics

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Football
  • Flag Football
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swim Team
  • Tennis
  • Track
  • Volleyball
  • Water Polo
  • Wrestling

The campus also offers a variety of fine arts:

  • Art
  • Band
  • Choir
  • Orchestra
  • Mariachi
  • Pantherettes Dance Team

Feeder patterns

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Elementary schools feeding into Northside HS include:[5]

Partial:

All of Marshall Middle School's attendance zone is within the Davis High School attendance zone.[25]

Middle schools that have portions of their attendance boundaries zoned to Davis include:

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "NORTHSIDE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  2. ↑ Clemons, Tracy. "HISD approves name changes for seven schools" (Archive). KTRK-TV. Thursday May 12, 2016. Retrieved on May 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ Radcliffe, Jennifer (July 1, 2006). "Project GRAD Facing More Challenges". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
  4. 1 2 Kliewer, Terry (October 8, 1996). "Overcrowded, aging facilities a growing problem". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 8, 1999. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Northside High School Attendance Zone" (PDF). Houston Independent School District. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  6. ↑ Meeks, Flori. "Near Northside sees past as key to progress." Houston Chronicle. October 16, 2012. Retrieved on December 20, 2012. "Near Northside is bounded by Burnett Street to the south, Interstate 45 to the west, Hardy Street to the East and roughly Cavalcade to the north."
  7. ↑ "Lindale Park Civic Club Bylaws" (PDF). Lindale Park Civic Club. December 29, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved June 2, 2020. The Lindale Park Civic Club is generally bounded on[...]
  8. ↑ Fifth Ward, Houston from the Handbook of Texas Online Retrieved on June 25, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Fulton Village." Houston Housing Authority. Retrieved on January 2, 2018. "3300 Elser Street Houston, Texas 77009"
  10. ↑ "Irvington Village." Houston Housing Authority. Retrieved on January 2, 2019. "2901 Fulton Houston, Texas 77009"
  11. ↑ "Private Residences Houston". Four Seasons Hotels. Retrieved October 14, 2022. - This source establishes that the Four Seasons has permanent residences. Address is established here: "1300 Lamar Street, Houston, Texas 77010-3017, USA" - Compare the address to the school district boundary maps.
  12. ↑ "Home". Houston House Apartments. Retrieved October 14, 2022. 1617 Fannin Houston, TX 77002
  13. ↑ "Home". One Park Place. Retrieved October 14, 2022. 1400 McKinney Street HOUSTON, TX 77010
  14. ↑ "Residents". The Rice. Retrieved October 15, 2022. 909 Texas Avenue Houston, TX 77002
  15. ↑ "Ketelsen Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  16. ↑ "Looscan Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  17. ↑ "Clemente Martinez Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  18. ↑ "Sherman Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  19. ↑ "Crockett Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  20. ↑ "Gregory-Lincoln Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  21. ↑ "Herrera Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  22. ↑ "Jefferson Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  23. ↑ "Ross Elementary Attendance Zone Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District.
  24. ↑ "Travis Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  25. ↑ "Marshall Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  26. ↑ "Burbank Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  27. ↑ "Fleming Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  28. ↑ "Gregory-Lincoln Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  29. ↑ "Key Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
  30. ↑ Frank Carswell Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Distinguished HISD Alumni". Houston Independent School District. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012.
  32. ↑ Davidson, Sandra. "Food for the Body, Food for the Spirit: Irma Galvan and Her Award-Winning Mexican Restaurant, Irma's" (PDF). Houston History.

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