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Jasper High School

6800 Archgate, Plano, TX, 75024-5214 -

tel: (469)752-7400
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Definition of Terms

Jasper High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 8 - 10

County

Collin County, TX

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2000 students

% Male / % Female

54% / 46%

Total Classroom Teachers

120 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 1038 students

Grade 10 - 962 students

This School

( TX ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( TX ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	25%	3%
% Hispanic	3%	47%
% Black	6%	15%
% White	65%	35%
% Unknown	1 %	2%

Additional Student Information

This School

( TX ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

43%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

( TX ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Plano Independent School District

This School's Agency

( TX ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	82	3
Number of Students Managed	53,238 students	748 students
District Total Revenue	$589,303,000	$6,825,000
District Expenditure	$599,203,000	$6,637,000
District Revenue / Student	$11,069	$8,980
District Expenditure / Student	$11,255	$7,832
District Graduation Rates	93%	89%

T.C. Jasper High School (commonly Jasper or JHS) is a free co-educational secondary school serving ninth and tenth graders located in Plano, Texas. Founded in 1996, the school is part of the Plano Independent School District, and admission is based on where a student lives in the district. Students at Jasper attended one of three middle schools: Rice, Robinson, or Schimelpfenig. Two-thirds of Jasper feeds into Plano Senior High School, and one-third feeds into Plano West Senior High School. Jasper is accredited by the Texas Education Agency, which designates the school as "Recognized".
The school mascot is the Jaguar.
History: Jasper High School is named in honor of Plano, Texas banker and businessman Thomas Chilton "T.C." Jasper.
Jasper was the third school built on the 104 acre parcel of land shared with Gulledge Elementary School and Robinson Middle School.
Construction allowing for the functioning of Jasper was completed by Lee Lewis Construction, Inc. in time for the 1996-1997 school year; however, the completion of the 240,000 square foot, two-story building was not finished until July 1999. The company estimates that the construction cost was $17,000,000. The school, lead by Principal Phil Saviano, was the newest of the five 9-10 high schools in the Plano Independent School District. Jasper opened with an enrollment of 1,172 students, and a functional capacity of approximately 1,758 students. In the fall of 1996, Plano I.S.D. opened a Professional Development Center at Jasper to facilitate the training of all district teachers and administrators. It included four fully-equipped computer labs as well as a large group presentation area. In only its second year of existence, the students at Jasper had risen to 1,704, 45% growth in one year.
Mr. Saviano left Jasper after the 1997-1998 school year to become the first principal of Plano West Senior High School.
Sue Kirk took over as the principal for the 1998-1999 school year. The PTSA of the school was chartered in April of her first school year (1999). The functional capacity of Jasper was exceeded during the same year. Ms. Kirk left following the 1999-2000 school year to become Principal of McKinney North High School.
In 2002, the Professional Development center was vacated. The area was then renovated along with the enclosure of the outdoor dining area. The project, with a contract price of $700,157, was designed by Corgan Associates, Inc. and built by Tywell Construction Corporation. During the 2003 Bond Election held on August 23, 2003, a $3,500,000 addition of eight temporary classrooms was approved by a vote of 3,643 for to 1,499 against, in order to combat the extreme amount of students in the school, which had reached 1,980. This was part of a $33,550,000 bond proposal of PISD.
On March 25, 2004, Big Sky Construction was chosen out of eight contractors to build a band/choir hall. The company's proposal of $1,999,900 was more than $30,000 less expensive than the next cheapest bid to the school district. It was completed in that same year for a price of $2,000,000.
On November 28, 2005, the Plano Independent School District announced the beginning of an addition of a science wing to assist in increasing Jasper's functional capacity, as the population of the school had already exceeded 2,000 students. The addition was approved in a 2004 Facility Program Bond vote by the citizens of Plano. It was a project given to the Cadence McShane Companies, and was built along with new additions to Williams High School. The addition to Jasper was completed in July 2006, costing the school district approximately $7,501,893. Also added under the contract was a fourth cafeteria line and a multipurpose room. The wooden gym floors were redone during this same time.
Academics: Jasper offers two Advanced Placement (AP) classes: Human Geography and World History. In 2005, Jasper had the highest percentage of passing students in the world on the Advanced Placement Human Geography exam for large schools. Out of the students taking the AP World History, 89% received college credit for passing the test. The majority of scores on both tests was a '5', the highest score possible.In 2006, Jasper once again had the highest percentage of passing students in the world of the Advanced Placement Human Geography exam for large schools, with a 100% passing rate of the 95 students taking the test. The passing rate for the World History test was 74%. The most frequent score was a '5'.
Spanish, French, German, Latin, Chinese, and American Sign Language are available to all students at Jasper.
JTV (Jasper Television) is a class that is available to both freshmen and sophomores. It is an introduction to broadcast journalism, and 25-minute shows are televised to the student body every other Friday afternoon through closed-circuit television.
Extracurricular activities: The extracurricular activities offered at Jasper High School are many and varied due to the school's large size. There are chapters of national organizations such as the National Honor Society and clubs founded by Jasper students such as the Intellectual Board Games Club. Service organizations such as the Peer Tutoring Society coexist alongside clubs where students can have fun, such as G.O.A.M., Jasper's media club.
Athletics: Jasper fields 13 teams in six different sports; 7 mens' teams and 6 womens' teams: football (9th and 10th grades), volleyball (9th and 10th grades), basketball (9th and 10th grades), tennis (9th and 10th grades), baseball, and track (9th and 10th grades).
Music Program: In 1996, Jasper's first year, freshman Jessica Ridings (Edwards) wrote the lyrics to the school song. She became the Drum Major of the TCU band.
Jasper's music program is one of the best in Texas. The Legacy Orchestra is consistently listed among the best in the state--in 2005-2006, the Texas Music Educators Association ranked the orchestra number four in the entire state, competing against 9-12 high schools.
All of the music programs (band, choir, and orchestra) all have many qualifiers for the All-State honor each year. Each of them also earned the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Sweepstakes Award in 2006, the highest award given to a music program in Texas.
Awards: In August 2006, Jasper was one of nine PISD schools to receive part of $300,000 awarded by the Texas Education Agency Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate Incentive Awards Program. Jasper was given a $16,000 Campus Award and a $4,736 Teacher Award, both being the highest amounts won by any high school in the district. The Texas Education Agency awards up to $100 for each student scoring a three or higher on an AP exam and an additional award is provided to each school for the deposit of up to $50 in the teacher bonus pool for each student enrolled.
Jasper has received the 'Commended Performance' designation in English/Reading/Language Arts, Math and Science, Social Studies, and Attendance Rate.
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About This Zip Code (75024)

School Zip (75024)

(TX) State Average

Population (Approximate)

19,743 people

19,649,398 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

73%

23%

Population Average Age

32 years old

32.3 years old

Average Household size

2.5 persons

2.7 persons

Median Household Income

$88,195

$42,148

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.6 rooms

5.1 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

11 years old

33 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

57% / 43%

63% / 37%

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