| Texas City High School | |
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| Location | |
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1431 9th Avenue North, Texas City, TX 77590 , Galveston ,Texas 77590 United States | |
| Coordinates | 29°23′37″N94°54′54″W / 29.3935546°N 94.91500539999998°W /29.3935546; -94.91500539999998 |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Established | 1952 |
| Locale | Suburb |
| School district | Texas City School District |
| Superintendent | Dr. Melissa Duart |
| Principal | Lincoln Hypolite |
| Teaching staff | 115.73 (FTE)[1] |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 1,721 (2023-2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.87[1] |
| Color | Orange Black |
| Fight song | "All hail to TC High School" |
| Athletics conference | University Interscholastic League |
| Team name | Stingarees & Lady Stingarees |
| Communities served | Texas City |
| Feeder schools | Blocker Middle School |
| Website | tchs |
Texas City High School (TCHS) is a public high school inTexas City, Texas, in theGreater Houston area. It is one of two high schools in theTexas City Independent School District (TCISD), the other beingLa Marque High School.
The main school building for Texas City High opened in 1952. Another building for Texas City High opened in 1957, and the previous one became Blocker Junior High School.[2]
As of September 2021[update], Texas City High School had 1,791 students.[3]
Texas City High School is ranked #11,174 in the National Rankings and ranked #1,036 within Texas, according toU.S. News & World Report. 58% of students are proficient in Reading, while 69% of students are proficient in Mathematics. TCHS' student graduation rate is 88%.
Texas City High School competes as a member of theUniversity Interscholastic League who creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, musical, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the U.S. state ofTexas. Teams are called the "Stingarees" or "Stings" for short. Colors are Orange and Black.[4]
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women inTennis,Track & Field,Cross Country, Swimming & Diving/Water Polo,Soccer,Powerlifting, andBasketball. Young women may compete inVolleyball andSoftball, while young men may compete inFootball,Wrestling,Golf, andBaseball.
The racial makeup of TCHS was 42%Hispanic, 32%Caucasian, 23%African American, 2%Mixed-Race, 1%Native American, 0.4Asian American, and 0.3% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.
Guajardo, Heights, Roosevelt-Wilson, and Kohfeldt elementaries, Levy-Fry Intermediate School, and Blocker Middle School feed into Texas City High.[5]
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