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Nimitz High School
Location
2005 W.W. Thorne Blvd Houston, TX 77073 USA
Coordinates	30°00′20″N95°23′19″W / 30.005452°N 95.388606°W /30.005452; -95.388606
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	"4 Qtrs Strong"
Established	Fall 1978
School district	Aldine Independent School District
Principal	Walter Stewart
Staff	167.71 (FTE)[1]
Grades	10–12 (A few ninth grade students also attend select classes at Nimitz High School)
Enrollment	2,752 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.41[1]
Colors	Navy Blue & Gold
Team name	Cougars
Publication	The Admiral
Yearbook	The Logge
Website	Nimitz HS Nimitz 9th

Chester W. Nimitz Senior High School is a public secondary school made up of two campuses located inunincorporatedHarris County,Texas,United States.^[2][3] The campuses haveHouston addresses. The school is located directly across the street fromLone Star College–North Harris and west ofBush Intercontinental Airport The school serves portions of Houston, theAldine Independent School District portion ofHumble, and unincorporated areas ofHarris County. Nimitz is one of five comprehensive high schools in Aldine ISD. The main campus serves 10th through 12th grade, whileNimitz Ninth Grade Center serves 9th grade.

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Nimitz first opened its doors in the fall of 1978, relieving bothAldine andMacArthur High School. Located near the border ofHouston,Spring, andHumble, it was and still is the only high school located in the far northeast region of the Aldine School District. The campus was relieved of its ninth graders with the opening of its freshmen campus in the fall of 1999. Nimitz gained 215 young victims resulting fromHurricane Katrina after the hurricane struckNew Orleans, Louisiana, and nearby coastal areas inLouisiana,Mississippi, andAlabama in 2005, and is notable for causing strife between the two differing groups of students, especially soon after the hurricane.^[4]

For the 2018-2019 school year, the school received a B grade from the Texas Education Agency, with an overall score of 80 out of 100. The school received a C grade in two domains, Student Achievement (score of 76) and Closing the Gaps (score of 71), and a B grade in School Progress (score of 84). The school received one of the seven possible distinction designations for Post-secondary Readiness.^[5]

The student demographics at Nimitz High School for the 2023-2024 school year was:

• Hispanic: 50%
• Black: 44%
• White: 3%
• Asian: 1%
• Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander: 1%
• Two or more races: 1%
• Native American: <1%

86% of students were Economically Disadvantaged, 6% were English Language Learners^[6]

While the school has a Houston address, it serves students in portions of unincorporatedHarris County,Bordersville, the AISD portion ofHumble (including communities such as Inverness Forest, Woodcreek, Memorial Hills,Kenswick, Foxwood, and Deerbrook Estates), and a small portion ofEast Aldine (areas north of Aldine Bender).

Nimitz serves aHouston Housing Authority (HHA)public housing complex, Mansions at Turkey Creek.^[7][8]

Due to the tremendous growth in the areas serving AISD, the district openedBenjamin O. Davis High School in the Fall of 2012. Davis was built to help alleviate overcrowding at the district's four high schools. The school took in freshmen and sophomore students its first year, phasing in juniors and seniors in the following years. Communities in theGreenspoint area of the Nimitz attendance zone were directly affected by the school's opening.

• Michael Bourn (2000)^[9] (MLB)
• Aaron Glenn (1990)^[10] (NFL)
• Jason Glenn (1997)^[11] (NFL)
• Marion Grice (2010)^[12] (NFL)
• Quentin Griffin (1999)^[13] (NFL)
• Brittney Griner (2009)^[14] (WNBA) (Olympic champion)
• Dante Hall (1996)^[15] (NFL)
• Josh Huff (2010)^[16] (NFL)
• Janae Jefferson (2017)^[17][18] (WPF)
• Mike Jones^[19] (Rapper)
• Cartier Martin (2003)^[20] (NBA)
• Darrell Stewart Jr. (2015)^[21] (NFL)
• Michael Thomas (2008)^[22] (NFL)
• Darrick Vaughn (1996)^[23] (NFL)

• Official website
• Nimitz Ninth Grade Center (Current)
• Nimitz Alumni
• Nimitz Cougars on HS Game Time

• Public education in Houston
• Aldine Independent School District high schools
• 1978 establishments in Texas
• Educational institutions established in 1978

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