Prosper High School
Prosper High School
Location
301 Eagle Drive Prosper , Texas 75078 United States
Coordinates	33°15′33″N96°47′55″W / 33.2591086°N 96.7986572°W /33.2591086; -96.7986572
Information
Type	Co-educational,public,secondary
School district	Prosper Independent School District
Principal	Paige Trujillo
Teaching staff	208.47 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	3,449 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.54[1]
Colors	Green and white
Athletics conference	UIL Class 6A
Mascot	Eagle
Website	www.prosper-isd.net/o/phs

Prosper High School is a class 6Apublic high school inProsper,Texas, United States. It is part of theProsper Independent School District in westernCollin County, with a small portion of the district extending intoDenton County. In addition to Prosper, the school serves a portion ofCelina.

The 2009–2010 school year began in a brand new building.

In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by theTexas Education Agency.^[2]

In September 2015, then-principal Greg Wright created controversy for the school and the Prosper School District, as reported in theDallas Morning News, when it was revealed that he had criticized a faculty member who reported a teacher from PHS to the police for inappropriately touching a student.^[3][4]

In 2018, two editorials were removed from Prosper High School's student newspaper.^[5] The students claimed that they would becensored if they published anything perceived to criticize the school.^[6] TheStudent Press Law Center sent a letter to the Superintendent of Prosper Independent School District, urging them to remediate the school principal's "hijacking and censorship" of the student newspaper.^[5]

The Prosper Eagles compete in the following sports:^[7]

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross country
• Football
• Golf
• Powerlifting
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming and diving
• Tennis
• Track & field
• Volleyball
• Water polo
• Wrestling

For the 2024–25 and 2025-26 seasons, Prosper High School competes in UIL 6A Region 1 - District 6. The other schools in the district areAllen High School,McKinney High School,McKinney Boyd High School,Plano Senior High School,Plano East Senior High School,Plano West Senior High School,Princeton High School, andRock Hill High School.

In 2010, Prosper introduced hockey as a club sport.

Prior to the 2006–07 school year, PHS competed in UIL Class 2A. PHS moved up to 3A for Fall 2006. For Fall 2012, PHS was set to become a 4A school for the first time. However, UIL added a new classification for low-enrollment schools, turning Class 4A into Class 5A. With PHS's enrollment of 2110 in October 2015, it was one of the largest schools in Class 5A (schools 1100-2049 students) for the 2016–17 and 2017-18 seasons. PHS moved into Class 6A for the first time in Fall 2018.

• Baseball^[8]
  • 1984 (1A)
  • 2015 (5A)
• Football^[9]
  • 2008 (3A/D1)
• Boys' golf^[10]
  • 2011 (3A)
• Girls' soccer
  • 2024(6A)
• Volleyball^[11]
  • 2017 (5A)

In the 2017-2018 school year, Prosper High School won the 5AUIL Lone Star Cup, awarded annually based on a school's performance in district and state championships.^[12]

Although not recognized by the UIL, Prosper High School competes in lacrosse, in which they won a state title in May 2019.^[13]

On the individual level, many athletes have won athletic state titles, including the following:

• Cole Knuth (3A Track and Field Discus, 2007)^[14]
• Bailey Belvis (3A Cross Country, 2007 and 2008),^[15][16] (3A Track and Field 1600 meters, 2009)^[16]
• Kim Castleberry (3A Track and Field 400 meters, 2008)^[17]
• Gabe Costa (5A Boys' Wrestling 120lbs, 2016)^[18]
• Tommy Flaherty (5A Boys' Wrestling 160lbs, 2018)^[19]
• Aubrey O'Connell (6A Cross Country, 2019)^[20] (6A Track and Field 800 meters, 2021)^[21]
• Rylan Bonds (6A Boys' Wrestling 220lbs, 2020)^[22]
• John Richardson (6A Boys' Wrestling 160lbs, 2021)^[23]
• Jacob Wimberly (6A Boys' Swimming 100m Fly, 2022)^[24]

• Ben Banogu —NFL defensive end
• Jake Majors – college football center for theTexas Longhorns^[25]
• Keegan Shoemaker — college football quarterback for theSam Houston Bearkats^[26]
• Davis Webb —NFL quarterbacks coach for theDenver Broncos
• Cade York —NFLplacekicker for theCincinnati Bengals

• Official website

• High schools in Collin County, Texas
• Public high schools in Texas
• Prosper, Texas

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