Thurgood Marshall High School
Address
Map
1220 Buffalo Run

Missouri City
,
Texas
77489

United States
Coordinates29°36′40″N 95°31′22″W / 29.611246°N 95.522718°W / 29.611246; -95.522718
Information
TypePublic High School
Established2002
School districtFort Bend Independent School District
PrincipalDr.Ogechi Uwaga-Sanders
Faculty85.39 (on a FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,246 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.59[1]
Color(s)    Black and Gold
NicknameBuffalo
Websitewww.fortbendisd.com/mhs
[2]

Thurgood Marshall High School is a public high school located in Missouri City, Texas and is a part of the Fort Bend Independent School District.

Marshall, serving grades 9 through 12, serves sections of Missouri City and a portion of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Stafford, including sections of Fifth Street. A small portion of the City of Houston is in the school's boundary.[3][4]

Marshall was named after Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to serve in the Supreme Court of the United States. The mascot is the Buffalo Soldier represented by the Marshall Buffalo and the school colors are black and gold.

History

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Marshall opened on August 15, 2002 and was dedicated on October 13 of the same year.[5]

Marshall was FBISD’s Ninth Comprehensive School.

Marshall is magnetized for its three career academies, Electronic Engineering (EE), Geographical Information Systems (GIS) (Discontinued),[6] and Fire Science Technology. The EE Academy's FIRST Robotics team has received distinguished honors from FIRST in its six years of existence. In the Fall of 2009 they are proposed to open the first International Baccalaureate program in Fort Bend Independent School District.

The Air Force JROTC Unit at Thurgood Marshall High School earned the 2009-2010 Distinguished Unit Award.

During the 2009-2010 school year, Marshall was rated as a recognized school for the first time in school history.

Attendance zone

A Houston Housing Authority (HHA) public housing complex, Willow Park Apartments, is assigned to Marshall High.[7][8][9]

Athletics

Men's

Women's

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Marshall:

The following middle schools feed into Marshall:

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "THURGOOD MARSHALL H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Thurgood Marshall H S". ed.gov. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.fortbendisd.com/cms/lib09/TX01917858/Centricity/Domain/103/marshall.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Annexation/docs_pdfs/etj_city_11x8.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "Fort Bend ISD History". Fort Bend ISD. Archived from the original on April 4, 2011.
  6. ^ LaRicci, Leen (August 8, 2002). "Marshall offers high-tech but doesn't forget history". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  7. ^ "Willow Park Apartments." Houston Housing Authority. Retrieved on January 2, 2018. (despite the Missouri City address it is in the Houston city limits, as some places in Houston have other cities as postal address designators)
  8. ^ Attendance Boundary Map of 2018-2019. Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on January 2, 2018.
  9. ^ "Fort Bend ISD Feeders 2018-2019." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on January 2, 2018. Also see: "High School Zone Map 2016-2017."
  10. ^ "2019-2020 Football State Championship Results". University Interscholastic League. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  11. ^ "Devon Achane, Fort Bend Marshall , All Purpose Back". 247Sports. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  12. ^ "Aubrey Coleman". Houston Cougars. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  13. ^ Tarpley, Jeff (May 6, 2022). "Texas A&M incoming freshman expectations: 5-star WR Chris Marshall". 247Sports.com. Retrieved September 8, 2022.

External links

Missouri City, Texas
Education in Fort Bend County, Texas
Authority control databases: Geographic
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