| William H. Taft High School | |
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 New entrance and library, completed 2022 | |
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11600 Culebra Road , , 78253 | |
| Coordinates | 29°29′54″N 98°43′18″W / 29.498255°N 98.721580°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1985 |
| School district | Northside Independent School District |
| Superintendent | Dr. Brian T. Woods[2] |
| Principal | Martha Cortinas-Fernandez |
| Vice Principal | Richard Halle |
| Academic Dean | Jacquelyn Lambert |
| Assistant Principal | Leandra Valdez Jennifer Rios Fernando Nieto Brett Jeffries |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,646[1] (2023) |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Athletics conference | UIL Class AAAAAA |
| Mascot | Raider |
| Sports District | 28-6A |
| Feeder Middle Schools | H.B. Zachry John B. Connally Coke R. Stevenson Wallace B. Jefferson Dolph Briscoe John Folks |
| Rival schools | William J. Brennan High School Earl Warren High School Sandra Day O'connor High School |
| Website | Official Website |
William Howard Taft High School is a public high school in the Northside Independent School District (NISD) of San Antonio, Texas, United States. As with all NISD high schools, the school is named for a United States Supreme Court justice, in this case former Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who was also the 27th President of the United States.
Taft High School was the fifth NISD high school, and the first outside Loop 1604. It is home to the magnet school Communications Arts High School which focuses primarily on college readiness and technology. The building was designed by Noonan & Dockery & Noonan & Rogers Architects and was built by the H.B. Zachry Company.
Taft was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1997-98.[3] For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency, with a distinction for Academic Achievement in Social Studies.[4]
