| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Harris County, TX |
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| Total Students |
1580 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
92 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 547 students | | Grade 10 - 399 students | | Grade 11 - 348 students | | Grade 12 - 286 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:17 |
1:14 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
n/a |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
86% |
37% |
| % Black |
12% |
13% |
| % White |
2% |
46% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
79% |
32% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
7% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
1% |
1% |
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| School District Name |
Houston Independent School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
312 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
212,354 students |
1,220 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$1,748,961,000 |
$11,313,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$1,848,956,000 |
$11,189,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$8,236 |
$9,273 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$8,707 |
$9,171 |
| District Graduation Rates |
73% |
97% |
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- thumb|Davis High SchoolJefferson Davis High School is a secondary school located at 1101 Quitman in the Near Northside neighborhood of Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77009. It was named after Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America.
- The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. The mascot of Davis is the panther.
- The school also has a Hotel and Restaurant Management magnet program.
- History
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In 1993, project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) was founded at Davis High by former Tenneco CEO James Ketelsen. The program provides scholarships to students as incentive to complete high school and enroll in college.
- In 2007, a Johns Hopkins University/Associated Press study cited Davis and 41 other Houston-areas schools as "dropout factories."
- Neighborhoods served by Davis
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Davis High School serves Northside Village, Irvington, Lindale Park, a portion of the Fifth Ward, and most of Downtown Houston. The school also serves Irvington Place, a public housing unit and Fulton Village, a mixed-income unit.
- School uniforms
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All Davis students are required to wear school uniforms. The uniform consists of a collared shirt colored purple, gray, black, or white, and a pair of pants, shorts, or a skirt that is khaki, navy, black, or denim.[1]
- The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to Davis may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform [2]; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
- Student body
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During the 2006-2007 school year, 1,577 students were enrolled at Davis.
- 85% of the students were Hispanic. 12% of the students were African-American. 2% of the students were non-Hispanic White. Less than one percent of the students was Asian. Less than one percent of the students was Native American. 80% of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
- Feeder patterns
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Elementary schools feeding into Davis include:
- Looscan
- C. Martinez
- Sherman
Partial:
- Blackshear
- Crawford
- Crockett
- Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (Gregory-Lincoln is a K-8 but only its elementary boundary is partly zoned to Davis)
- Herrera
- Jefferson
- Ketelsen
- McDade
- Ross
- E.O. Smith Education Center (elementary school)
- Travis
- All of Marshall Middle School's attendance zone is within the Davis High School attendance zone.
- Middle schools that have portions of their attendance boundaries zoned to Davis include:
- Burbank
- Fleming
- Key
- E.O. Smith Education Center
- Notable alumni
- Jack Abercia - Harris County Constable for Precinct One
- Esther Campos - former HISD Board Member
- Carl Crawford - Tampa Bay Devil Rays baseball player
- James DeAnda - Former federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Felix Fraga - Former Houston City Councilmember and HISD Board Member
- Gene Green - Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Ricardo "Rocky" Juarez - A 1999 World Champion Boxer and Olympic silver medalist.
- Slater N. Martin - NBA Basketball player and Hall-of-Famer. He played for the Minneapolis Lakers (now Los Angeles Lakers), New York Knickerbockers (now New York Knicks), and the St. Louis Hawks (now Atlanta Hawks).
- David Mendoza, Jr. - Former Judge, Harris County Criminal Court Number 11 and 2008 candidate for Judge, 178th District Court
- Kenny Rogers - Singer
- Gracie Saenz - Member of the city Council of Houston
- Tommy Thomas - Sheriff of Harris County
- Jesse Valdez - Participant in the 1972 Olympic Games
- Gerald E. Wilson - Founder of Wilson Financial Group
- Notable teachers
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During the summer of 2009 Eric Nelson, renowned documentary filmmaker, essayist, and teacher led a seminar called "The 5-Paragraph Essay: Composing Creativity" for advanced placement 11th grade students at Davis High School.
- See also
- External links
- Davis High School
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| About This Zip Code (77009) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
42,380 people |
19,677,938 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
18% |
23% |
| Population Average Age |
31 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.9 persons
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2.7 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$32,995
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$42,049 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
4.6 rooms |
5.1 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
62 years old |
33 years old |
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (77009)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
53% / 47% |
63% / 37% |
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