Alief Hastings High School is a public high school in theAlief area ofHouston,Texas, United States. OriginallyAlief Junior-Senior High School, which becameAlief Middle School, housed all of the secondary students in the district. The school's present location opened, while still under construction, for the fall semester of 1972. All high school students moved to that building, with the first graduating class in May 1973.
Alief Hastings is a part of theAlief Independent School District and it serves grades 9 through 12. Ninth-graders are in theAlief Hastings Ninth Grade Center (6750 Cook Road, City of Houston, 77072) while tenth through twelfth graders are on the main campus (4410 Cook Road, City of Houston, 77072). The campuses had a combined enrollment of 4207 students as of the 2002-2003 school year. The opening ofAlief Taylor High School reduced the overall class size at Alief Hastings significantly. Alief Hastings is considered to be the brother school ofAlief Elsik High School. The two schools enjoy a friendly rivalry that heats up each year in the final football game when they play each other in a shared football stadium.
The ninth grade campus is located in theInternational District although the main high school building is outside of it.[2]
In 2022, Hastings received a score of 69 out of 100 from theTexas Education Agency. Alief Hastings is one of the largest high schools in the state.[3]
All Alief ISD elementary, intermediate, and middle schools feed into Hastings as high school placement in Alief ISD is determined by a computerizedlottery: the lottery can result in eitherElsik, Hastings, orTaylor.[4] If a student was selected by lottery to attend a high school different from the high school of a relative currently attending or graduated from, the student may opt to transfer to that respective school.[citation needed]
Students may also complete an application for the district's magnet high school,Kerr.
Neighborhoods served by AISD includeAlief, most of theNew Chinatown, most ofWestchase, Bellaire West, and most of Leawood.
Peggy Miller, a teacher, said that when she started being the school's yearbook advisor at Hastings, 18 years prior to 2008, the number of copies of yearbooks sold was 80% of the total number of students. Around 2008, the copies of yearbooks sold was 10-15% that of the total number of students. In 2008 Miller said "They all want them, but it's like, who's got $60? They would rather go buy their tennis shoes or buy a grill for their mouth or something. A book is not as significant today to a child."[5] In 2008 Miller introduced color pages in an effort to entice students to buy more yearbooks.[5]
In the 2023-2024 school year, there were 3,930 students. 1.0% were American Indian, 8.6% were Asian, 26.2% were African American, 60.0% were Hispanic, 0.1% were Pacific Islander, 3.7% were White, and 0.4% were two or more races. 83.1% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.[1]
For each academic year, theTexas Education Agency rates school performance using statistical data. For 2017–2018, the school scored 73 out of 100, classified as "Met Standard." The following year, the school received a score of 78 and a C grade. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were not rated in 2019–2020 and 2020–2021. For 2021–2022, the school received a score of 69 and was not rated.[6]
^"2010-2011 Alief ISD Registration Times, Dates, & RequirementsArchived 2012-04-06 at theWayback Machine." Alief Independent School District. Retrieved on October 16, 2011. "Students receive their assignments to Elsik, Hastings, or Taylor High School by means of a computerized random-draw system. Following the draw assignment, those who are interested in attending Kerr High School may apply for admission"
This list is incomplete. There are multiple boundaries for "Alief" depending on the agency/authority: Alief Community Association, Alief Super Neighborhood Council, and theAlief Independent School District each have their own boundaries.
This list is incomplete. This listonly includes schools in the Houston city limits. Multiple schools with "Houston, Texas" addresses arenot in the city limits.
