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.

• 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).

Traditional:

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

Alternative:

• Briarmeadow Charter School (HISD charter school) (Houston)
• Kandy Stripe Academy (Houston)

• Garden Oaks K-8 School (Houston) (Zoned for K-5, magnet for K-8)
  • Serves most of Garden Oaks and a section of Oak Forest^[1]
• Thomas J. Pilgrim Academy (Zoned school) (Houston)
  • The school was built in 1957, on the sesquicentennial of the birth of Thomas J. Pilgrim, and opened as Thomas J. Pilgrim Elementary School.^[2] In 2006 it began adding middle school grades,^[3] and in 2007 it changed its name to its current one and moved into its current location.^[2] Principal Alma Salman arranged to have middle school grades added so the school could have more time to increase student performance so it meets their grade levels. As of 2011 85% of the students at Pilgrim are low income, and about 66% of students who are new to Pilgrim have limited proficiency of English, with Spanish and Arabic being the most common native languages. As of 2011 250 students are in grades 6-8. In 2011 Children at Risk ranked the Pilgrim middle school as the best comprehensive middle school program in Houston.^[3]
• The Rusk School (Houston) (magnet for K-8, will become 6-8 only)
• Wharton Dual Language Academy (Houston, elementary zoned, K-8 magnet)
  • Serves sections of Neartown, including parts of Montrose^[4]
• Wilson Montessori School (PK3 through 6 zoned, PK3-8 Montessori and fine arts magnet) (Houston)
  • Serves sections of Neartown, including parts of Montrose^[5]
• Carter G. Woodson K-8 Center (Zoned school) (Houston)

(Zoned)

• Billy K. Reagan K-8 Educational Center (opening in the 2010s)^[6]

(Alternative)

• The Rice School (La Escuela Rice in Spanish, Houston)

• Harper Alternative School (Houston) (Alternative school)
• Jane Long Academy (Houston) - Has a middle school with an attendance boundary, and an alternative high school
• Sharpstown International School (Houston) (magnet school)

• Leader's Academy High School for Business and Academic Success (Houston) (opened in 2009)^[7]

38 in Houston, 1 in Bellaire

AAAAAA (Division 6A)

• 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)
• Heights High School (formerly John H. Reagan High School), in the Houston Heights, is a high school that has HISD's computer magnet program
• 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 2nd largest high school, behind Bellaire, in HISD and has both neighborhood and IB programs.)
• Westbury High School is in the neighborhood of Westbury in 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.

AAAAA (Division 5A)

• Stephen F. Austin High School, in the Second Ward neighborhood of Houston, is characterized by its Art Deco architecture.
• James Madison High School (Houston
• Charles H. Milby High School (Houston)
• Northside High School (formerly Jefferson Davis High School) (Houston)
• North Forest High School (Houston)^[8]
• Ross Shaw Sterling High School (Houston)
• Stephen Pool Waltrip High School (Houston)
• Jack Yates High School is a tradition in Houston's Third Ward.

AAAA (Division 4A)

• Ebbert L. Furr High School (Houston)
• Kashmere High School (Houston)
• Sharpstown 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.
• Phillis Wheatley High School (Houston)
• Margaret Long Wisdom High School (formerly Robert E. Lee High School) (Houston)
• Evan E. Worthing High School (Houston) in Sunnyside, the 2nd most dangerous neighborhood in the United States.

AAA (Division 3A)

• Scarborough High School is in northwest Houston and is the smallest public high school in HISD, with only around 750 students.

AAAAA (Division 5A)

• Andrew Carnegie Vanguard High School [2] (Houston) is a small magnet high school. Carnegie was placed in division 5A since the school can choose its students.
  • 2008 National Blue Ribbon School^[9]

No UIL ranking:

• Accelerated Learning And Transition Academy (Alta) (Houston)
• Challenge Early College High School focuses on college curriculum 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^[10] and 2003^[11]
• East Early College High School (Houston, opened fall 2006)
• Eastwood Academy (Houston)^[12]
• Empowerment College Preparatory High School (Houston)
• Energy Institute High School (Houston)
• HCC Life Skills Program (Houston)
• Houston Night High School (Houston)
• Houston Academy for International Studies^[13] (Houston, opened fall 2006)^[13]
• 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)
• Middle College High School-Felix Fraga
• Middle College High School-Gulfton
• North Houston Early College High School [3] (Houston) (opened fall 2008 [4])
• 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^[11]
• South Early College High School^[14]
• Leader's Academy^[15]

• Crispus Attucks Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves Sunnyside and sections of South Park^[16]
• Frank Black Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves sections of Oak Forest and Garden Oaks^[17]
• Luther Burbank Middle School (Houston)
  • Burbank High School opened in 1927. The school was converted into a junior high school and received a new building in 1949. Burbank received a Vanguard magnet school program in 1979; it had been moved from Terrell Junior High. In the 1980s the grade configuration changed from grades 7-9 to 6-8, and the name was changed to Burbank Middle School.^[18]
• Ruby Sue Clifton Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves sections of Oak Forest^[19]
• Ezekiel W. Cullen Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves the Third Ward^[20]
• James S. Deady Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves sections of the East End^[21]
  • Deady's student body became a majority of racial and ethnic minorities in the early 1980s.^[22]
• Thomas A. Edison Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves Magnolia Park and other areas in the East End^[17]
• Lamar Fleming Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves a section of the Fifth Ward^[23]
• Walter W. Fondren Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves sections of Fondren Southwest, Maplewood South–North, a part of Maplewood, and a small part of Meyerland^[24]
• Richard H. Fonville Middle School (Houston)
• Forest Brook Middle School (Houston) - The building opened in 1972 as Forest Brook High School.^[25] In 1999 voters approved another about $40 million NFISD bond.^[26] The purpose of the building changed after the 2008 merger of Forest Brook with M. B. Smiley High School.^[27] Forest Brook Middle School became a part of HISD during the merger with the North Forest Independent School District on July 1, 2013.^[8]
• Alexander Hamilton Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves much of the Houston Heights and a section of Independence Heights^[28]
• Charles Hartman Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves Garden Villas^[29]
• Patrick Henry Middle School (Houston)
• James Hogg Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves Woodland Heights, Norhill, sections of the Houston Heights, Cottage Grove, First Ward, Sixth Ward, Rice Military, and Crestwood/Glen Cove^[30]
  • Hogg, named after Governor of Texas James Stephen Hogg, was built on land that was reserved for school usage by the developer of Norhill.^[31] James Hogg's family had donated the land occupied by the school.^[32] It has 735 students as of 2015. 87% of the students are designated as low income, and the student body is majority Hispanic. The school occupies a three story 1920s building. The school uses the International Baccalaureate program.^[33]
  • Hogg's student body became mostly racial minority in the late 1970s.^[22] In the 2011-2012 school year, it had 700 students. 90% were Hispanic or Latino, 5% were black, and 3% were white. Almost all of the students were classified as low income through their qualifying for free or reduced lunches. As of 2011 few Woodland Heights/Norhill-area parents sent their children to Hogg, and they instead used HISD middle schools in other areas. As of 2014 the school's test scores were below average. By 2014 the IB program had been established, the number of disciplinary reports declined and became among the smallest in the entire district. There were efforts from area parents to attract graduates of Travis and Harvard elementary schools, two major feeder schools, to Hogg, and by 2014 the number of children from Travis and Harvard matriculating to Hogg increased by fewer than 50%.^[32] In 2015 Annette Baird of the Houston Chronicle wrote that historically "had a reputation for poor student performance and low enrollment" but that it was increasing in popularity with local parents.^[33]
• Holland Middle School
  • Serves Pleasantville, Clinton Park, Port Houston, and sections of Jacinto City^[34]
• Francis Scott Key Middle School (Houston)
• Bob Lanier Middle School (formerly Sidney Lanier Middle School) (Houston)
• Audrey H. Lawson Middle School (formerly Richard W. "Dick" Dowling Middle School) (Houston)
  • Serves Hiram Clarke, Brentwood, Corinthian Pointe, City Park, and Almeda^[35]
• John Marshall Middle School (Houston)[opened in 1914 as North End Junior High School]
  • Serves the Near North Side, Lindale Park, and a small part of Downtown Houston^[36]
  • Marshall's student body became mostly racial minority in the early 1960s.^[22]
• John L. McReynolds Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves Denver Harbor and sections of the Fifth Ward^[37]
• Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School (formerly Albert Sidney Johnston Middle School) (Houston)
  • Serves most of Meyerland, Willowbend, Willow Meadows^[38]
• Yolanda Black Navarro Middle School (formerly Stonewall Jackson Middle School) (Houston)
  • Serves Eastwood, Idylwood, the Second Ward, and some other sections of the East End, as well as East Downtown^[39]
• Daniel Ortiz, Jr. Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves Park Place, Glenbrook Valley, and Thai Xuan Village^[40]
• 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)
• Paul Revere Middle School (Houston) (6-8)
  • Serves parts of Westchase, Briargrove Park and Walnut Bend as well as a small section of Piney Point Village^[41]
• W. I. Stevenson Middle School (Houston)
• Sugar Grove Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves sections of Sharpstown and sections of Chinatown as well as other parts of the Southwest Management District^[42]
  • It was established in 2008; the campus was previously the unzoned relief elementary school Sugar Grove Elementary School, named after a church that previously occupied the school's current location.^[43]
• Tanglewood Middle School (formerly Henry W. Grady Middle School) (Houston)
  • Serves Tanglewood and Briargrove as well as a small section of Hunters Creek Village^[44]
  • Grady Middle School opened in 1992.^[45] The campus previously housed an elementary school, and was re-opened as a middle school because area parents thought Revere Middle School was too far away.^[46]
• Albert Thomas Middle School (Houston)
• Louie Welch Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves sections of Fondren Southwest and Missouri City^[47][48]
• West Briar Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves Parkway Villages, Lakes of Parkway, and Briarhills^[41]
• McKinley C. Williams Middle School (Houston)
  • Serves Acres Homes and a part of Independence Heights^[49]

• Dominion Academy Charter School (Houston)
• Energized For Excellence Middle School (Houston)
• High School Ahead Academy (Houston)
• Las Américas Middle School (Houston) (Moved to 6501 Bellaire Boulevard from 5909 Glenmont in 2007 [5])
  • 2003 National Blue Ribbon School^[11]
• The Medical and Health Professions Academy at Ryan Middle School - Opened 2013 in the former Ryan Middle School^[50]
• 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)

• Ashford Early Childhood Center (Houston)^[51]
• Bellfort Early Childhood Center (Houston)
• David "Davy" Crockett Early Childhood Center (Houston) (The campus was formerly Brock Elementary School - Elementary students were rezoned to Crockett ES)
• Armandina Farias Early Childhood Center (Houston, opening August 2005)
• Fonwood Early Childhood Center
  • Originally Fonwood Elementary School of the North Forest Independent School District,^[8] it was built in 1964.^[25] Prior to NFISD's closure, the district had been planning to close Fonwood Elementary.^[52] HISD converted Fonwood into the area's early childhood center after the takeover effective July 1, 2013.^[8] It was one of the older schools of NFISD. HISD released statements highlighting the poor condition of Fonwood Elementary when doing a post-takeover tour of the school. In a tour of the campus in July 2013, Terry Grier noted a playground in poor condition, water fountains too tall for children, exposed wires, violins without strings stored in the music room, and a restroom which had a bad odor. The teacher's lounge had a plush couch, upholstered chairs, flowers, and a flatscreen television.^[53] HISD did not state that NFISD was planning to close Fonwood.^[52] It became an early childhood center when NFISD merged into HISD on July 1, 2013.^[8]
• Sharon Goldstein Halpin Early Childhood Center (Houston)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Early Childhood Center (Houston)
• Ninfa Laurenzo Early Childhood Center (Houston)
• Gabriela Mistral Early Childhood Center (Houston, opened August 2005)

• Beechnut Academy Southwest
• Beechnut Academy Southeast

HISD has an online high school offering regular, AP, and credit-recovery courses at its virtual school. For grades 3-12 offers online schooling through Texas Connections Academy @ Houston, which is operated under contract by Connections Academy, a Maryland-based company which works with public and other schools to provide online education.^[54][55][56]

• New Aspirations Charter School [6]

• Contemporary Learning Center (Houston) (Alternative school)
• Kay On-Going Education Center - Closed in 2006, merged with CLC
• Terrell Alternative School (Houston) (Originally a middle school, closed in fall 1991,^[57] later an alternative middle school, closed in 2001^[15])

Zoned

• Cottage Grove High School (5410 Cornish, Houston) (Opened 1915, converted to Stevenson Elementary School in 1927^[15])
• San Jacinto High School (Houston) (Now became part of the Houston Community College Central Campus)
• M.C. Williams High School^[58]

Alternative

• DeVry Advantage Academy (Houston)
• Foley's Academy (Houston)^[59]
  • Foley's Academy (1987-2000) was an alternative high school where students advanced at their own pace. It featured one-on-one learning and catered to at-risk students to prevent them from dropping out. Former first lady Barbara Bush and Dr. Joan Raymond headed the opening ceremony by signing in the first three students: Twanna Lynn, Shannon Gladney and Robert Martinez.^{[citation needed]}
• New Aspirations Academy High School (Houston) (closed 2012)
• Ninth Grade Academy (Houston)
• Middle College For Technology Careers (Houston) (opened in 1994, closed in 2006)
• Houston Drop Back In Academy (Houston) - Closed^[15]

High school programs formerly affiliated

• Gulf Coast Trades Center (unincorporated Walker County) - Established in 1971, no longer affiliated with HISD in 1988.^[15]

• E.O. Smith Education Center (Houston) (Zoned school)
  • By Spring 2011 Atherton and E.O. Smith was to be consolidated, with a new K-8 campus in the Atherton site.^[60]
• George Washington School (4701 Dickson, Houston) (was George Washington Junior High School at an earlier point) - Closed in 1980 due to low enrollment.^[15][61] Campus now houses High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice)

Former zoned schools

• Lockett Junior High School (303 West Dallas, opened in former Booker T. Washington High School building in 1959, closed June 1968^[15])
• Longfellow Junior High School (2202 St. Emanuel, Houston) (Built in 1913, converted into Dunbar Elementary in 1961^[15])
• Miller Junior High School (Houston) (Campus now houses Young Women's College Preparatory Academy)
• James D. Ryan Middle School (Houston) - Closed in 2013,^[62] building now used for The Medical and Health Professions Academy at Ryan Middle School^[50]
• Terrell Middle School (Houston) (Opened 1966, later became an alternative school, closed in 2001^[15]) - As of 2014 it serves as an immigration detention center for children^[63]

Other schools

• Kaleidoscope Middle School (Houston) (Moved to 6501 Bellaire Boulevard from 5909 Glenmont in 2007 [7]) - Combined into Long Middle in 2012 [8]

Former zoned schools

• 23rd Avenue Elementary School (Destroyed by a fire in 1959, reopened as Holden in 1960)^[15]
• 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^[15])
• Alamo Elementary School (201 East 27th, opened 1913 as Sunset Heights Elementary School, closed 1980^[15])
• 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^[64][65]
• Alyce PreK-1 Center^[66](Houston)
• Argyle Elementary School (12525 Fondren Road, Houston, 77035) (Closed spring 2005, Argyle was located in a strip mall - Students rezoned to Foerster ES)
• Bellfort Academy (Houston) (4-5, opened 1999)
  • Was consolidated into Lewis Elementary so that all grades attend the same campus; the consolidated school was expected to open in Spring 2011.^[67] Bellfort became a PreK-K center.^[68]
• Richard J. Brock Elementary School (1417 Houston Avenue, Houston, 77007) (Closed spring 2005, Students rezoned to Crockett ES) - Campus became an early childhood center
  • Formerly served the Sixth Ward and a section of Downtown Houston^[69]
• Brays Bayou Elementary School (Almeda near Main, became a part of HISD in 1913 and closed in 1966^[15])
• 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)
• 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^[15])
• 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.^[15])
• Joseph H. Crawford Elementary School (Houston)
  • It formerly served sections of the Fifth Ward, Downtown Houston, and the Near Northside^[70]
  • By Spring 2011 Crawford and Sherman were scheduled to be consolidated, with a new campus in the Sherman site.^[60]
• Julius Dodson Elementary School (Houston) [9] (opened in 1921 as Bowie Elementary School^[15])
  • Located in East Downtown, served that area and the Third Ward^[71]
• 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))
• Dow Elementary School (1900 Kane, closed around 1991-1993^[15][57])
• Dunbar Elementary School (2202 St. Emanuel, Closed 1981) - Established on the campus of former Longfellow Junior High School in 1961
  • It formerly served sections of the Third Ward^[72]
• 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)
  • Formerly served a section of the Houston Heights^[73]
• Thorton M. Fairchild Elementary School (8701 Delilah, Houston, 77033) (Opened fall 1959, closed May 24, 2007)
• Fannin Elementary School (2900 Louisiana, Houston, closed 1971^[15])
• Maud W. Gordon Elementary School (Bellaire) (Unzoned relief school)
• Buchanan H. Grimes Elementary School (Houston)
• Hawthorne Elementary School (1417 Houston Avenue, Opened 1893 at former Houston Avenue School location, Closed 1959^[15])
• Henry L. Hohl Elementary School (Houston)
  • Hohl closed by 2011; students were rezoned to Highland Heights Elementary School and other schools.^[60]
• Holden Elementary School (812 West 28th Street, Houston, 77008) (Closed spring 2004,^[15] students rezoned to Helms ES and Sinclair ES)
  • Served a section of the Houston Heights^[74]
• Anson Jones Elementary School (2311 Canal Street, Houston, 77003-1518) (Closed spring 2006, students rezoned to Bruce ES and Rusk ES)
  • Served the Second Ward, other parts of the East End, and a section of Downtown Houston^[75]
  • Anson Jones opened in 1892 as the Elysian Street School; its first campus was destroyed in a fire, and that was replaced in 1893 with a three-story building at 914 Elysian in what is now Downtown. It was named after Anson Jones in 1902. In the 1950s many students resided in Clayton Homes, a Houston Housing Authority public housing complex, and the students were majority Hispanic and Latino. In 1962 it had 609 students. Anson Jones moved to a new campus in the Second Ward in 1966, and its original campus in Downtown was demolished.^[76] In 1967,^[77] A. Jones moved to a new location on Canal Street.^[78] In several decades leading up to 2006, the school lost population. Charles Ross, the school's final principal, who had served in that capacity for 14 years, said that the school lost about 200 students during his term. As of the 2005-2006 school year, it had a little over 200 students. The student population was mostly Hispanic and African American. Two thirds of the students lived in Clayton Homes.^[77] The A. Jones school closed in 2006.^[78] HISD sold the building.^[77] The areas formerly zoned to the school were rezoned to the Bruce and Rusk schools.^{[78][79][80][81]} The cafeteria of the former school became a reception hall.^[82] Offices of the Urban Harvest organization are now located in Suite 200 of the former school.^[83]
• J. Will Jones Elementary School (Houston)
  • Served portions of Midtown and the Third Ward^[84]
  • J. Will Jones Elementary School, located in Midtown, received an unacceptable academic rating from the Texas Education Agency. Under principal Brian Flores, the school's test scores increased in a five-year period until 2009. Around 2009 the school provided bus services to several homeless shelters within the school's attendance zone.^[85] As of 2009, over 1/3rd of Jones's students were homeless.^[86] About 100 of the around 300 students were homeless, and about 30 came from a Salvation Army shelter. Flores said that this was the highest number of homeless students during his career as a principal at Jones.^[87] In 2008 99% of the students were on free or reduced lunch. Every year the school held its "Gift of Giving" ceremony.^[88]
  • Before the start of the 2009-2010 school year Jones was consolidated into Blackshear Elementary School, a campus in the Third Ward.^[89][90] During its final year of enrollment J. Will Jones had more students than Blackshear. Many J. Will Jones parents referred to Blackshear as "that prison school" and said that they will not send their children to Blackshear. Jones was scheduled to house Houston Community College classes after its closure as a school.^[91] Supporters of keeping J. Will Jones created a campaign to try to keep J. Will Jones open.^[85] The Jones campus became the campus of Houston Academy for International Studies.^[92] Blackshear and Gregory-Lincoln elementary took portions of J. Will Jones's former territory in Midtown.^[93][94]
• Kay Elementary School (Opened in 1904 at 7621 Elm as Harrisburg School, renamed and moved to 1616 Hebert in 1952, Closed 1978^[15])
• Lamar Elementary School (2209 Gentry Street, Houston, 77009-8196) (Closed spring 2002, School replaced by Ketelsen ES (named after Mirabeau B. Lamar))
  • Formerly served a section of the Near North Side^[95]
• Langston Elementary School (Opened in 1905 as Breckenridge Elementary School, renamed in 1955, closed in fall 1991, later became Langston Early Childhood Center^[15][57])
• Robert E. Lee Elementary School (2101 South Street, Houston, 77009) (Closed spring 2002, School replaced by Ketelsen ES (named after Robert E. Lee))
  • Served a section of the Near North Side^[96]
• Lubbock Elementary School (412 Sampson, Closed 1969^[15])
• Charles W. Luckie Elementary School (1104 Palmer, Closed c. 1943,^[15] a school for African-Americans^[97])
• General Douglas B. MacArthur Elementary School (Houston)
  • Was consolidated with Peck Elementary. A replacement campus on the Peck site was scheduled to open in Spring 2011.^[67][98]
• Jesse C. McDade Elementary School (Houston)
• McGowan Elementary School
• Milam Elementary School (1100 Roy Street, Houston, 77077) (named after Ben Milam)
  • It opened as Brunner High School, a part of the Brunner Independent School District, in 1912. Brunner ISD merged into Houston schools in 1913-1914 and it was converted into a grade 1-9 school, West End Junior High School. It was renamed to Ben Milam Elementary after junior high grades were moved to George Washington Junior High School in September 1926. In December 1977 the building closed as it had received significant damage; a replacement campus opened in August 1980. From 1977 to 1980 students attended school at Doris Miller.^[99] In April 2004 the HISD board voted to close Milam, rezoning its students to Memorial.^[100] As of 2007 Milam was being used as office space for the HISD administration.^[101] By 2011 Milam was converted into a private preschool.^[102]
• Miller Elementary School (5216 Feagan, closed 1977)
• Montrose Elementary School^[103] (opened 1913, closed prior to 1981^{[citation needed]})
• Pleasants Elementary School (opened 1967, closed June 1991, now home to Pleasant Hill Academy^[15][57])
• 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))
  • Formerly served Afton Oaks and the Greenway condominiums.^[104]
• J. D. Ryan Elementary School (4001 Hardy Street, Houston, 77009) (closed spring 2005, Students rezoned to Jefferson ES and Looscan ES)
  • In northern Houston, Ryan was previously a mostly African-American school. Circa 1970-1972 the student body included about 258 Mexican-Americans.^[105]
  • After closure it was used as a temporary school for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.^[106]
  • Ryan is now the Ryan Professional Support & Development Center^[107]
• Sanderson Elementary School (7115 Lockwood Drive, Houston, 77016) (closed spring 2006 - formed Cook ES)
  • Sanderson was a 2003 National Blue Ribbon School.^[11]
• Sands Point Elementary School (Houston) (Unzoned relief school, opened in 1998 - Located within the Institute of Chinese Culture,^[15] and later the Chinese Consulate, closed in 2009^[108])
• Emmett J. Scott Elementary School (Houston)
  • In 1998 Article Hedgemon, the principal, said that most of the school's students had limited English proficiency. In 1998 Scott received an exemplary rating from the TEA. 44% of its students did not take the TAAS. Another 4% took the test, but had their scores exempted.^[109]
  • By Spring 2011 Dogan and Scott were scheduled to be consolidated, with a new campus in the Scott site.^[60]
• Sharpview Elementary School (7734 Mary Bates Boulevard, Houston, 77036) (opened fall 2000, closed spring 2004) - The district rented space from a Buddhist Temple^[15]
• Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School (Houston)
  • It was named after Robert Louis Stevenson The school opened in 1915 as Cottage Grove High School. In 1927 the school was remodeled and given its final name.^[15] According to Lisa Sacaris, the educational liaison of the Cottage Grove Civic Association, the school had a capacity of around 450 students.^[110] Around 2007, the school district considered closing Stevenson.^[110] Sacaris added that the school was just beginning to attract families with young children before the school district announced a plan to close the school. The community was creating a plan to recruit additional families to the school.^[111] In May 2011 the school had 357 students. At that time the school district proposed closing the school and rezoning children to Memorial and Love Elementary Schools in order to cut costs.^[102] Sacaris, who stated her opposition to the closure,^[110] argued that the plan would not reduce costs because the district would have to spend more money to send school buses to send children to more distant schools.^[102] Sacaris also said that InTown Homes's plans to build 230 houses in the Stevenson attendance zone and the school's "Leader In Me Academy" are reasons to keep the school open.^[102] Jane West, the president of the superneighborhood that includes Cottage Grove, said that the school district would need the school's capacity within several years. West also stated that after the district closed nearby Ben Milam Elementary School, it was converted into a private preschool.^[102] The school district closed Stevenson in 2011. The post-closure preliminary Texas Education Agency 2011 rating was "Exemplary." The school district promoted the already-closed school as one of the 59 HISD schools that received exemplary ratings. The TEA ratings of Memorial and Love decreased from 2010 to 2011. Sacaris said that the news was "bittersweet."^[112]
• Sugar Grove Elementary School (Houston) (Unzoned relief school)
  • Established in 1994, it was named after a church that previously was located where the Sugar Grove campus was built. In was established in 1994 and was converted into a zoned middle school, Sugar Grove Academy, in 2008.^[43]
• George Turner Elementary School (Houston)
  • Turner closed in 2009, consolidated into Lockhart. By Spring 2011 a new campus was to be built in the Lockhart site.^[60] The HISD board had approved the consolidation on November 12, 2008 despite the opposition of Sheila Jackson Lee and Sammye Prince Hughes, the head of the Turner parent-teacher organization and the president of the Southwood Civic Club.^[113] In 2009 Turner, which occupied a building from the 1920s, had 259 students.^[114]

Other former schools:

• 3-D Academy (Became a state charter in 2005 and as of 2008 is associated with KIPP)^[15]
• 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)^[15]
• Dominion Academy (Houston) - Closed 2012 [10]
• 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.^[15]
• YMCA Of Greater Houston Charter School (ended affiliation with HISD in 2004,^[15] Houston)
• Mount Hebron Academy (Houston) - Mount Hebron is an alternative school for pupils with behavioral problems. - Closed Summer 2006^[15]

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.^[67]
• Langston Early Childhood Center (2815 Campbell, Opened 1994, closed May 2004,^[15] Students transferred to Crawford ES)
• Las Américas Early Childhood Development Center (5909 Glenmont, Houston) (5909 Glenmont, 77081) (Closed in 2007^[115])
• Wheatley Child Development (4900 Market, Houston, Opened 1993, closed 2007^[15])

• The Harris County Youth Village in far southern Pasadena, west of Seabrook, opened in 1972. The center was no longer affiliated with HISD in 1997.^[15]

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