Davis High School (Houston, Texas)

Davis High School

Jefferson Davis High School is a secondary school located at 1101 Quitman in the Near Northside neighborhood of Northside, Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77009. It was named after Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America.

The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. The mascot of Davis is the panther.^[1]

The school also has a Hotel and Restaurant Management magnet program.

History

In 1993, project GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) was founded at Davis High. The program provides scholarships to students as incentive to complete high school and enroll in college.^[2]

Neighborhoods served by Davis

Davis High School serves^[3] Near Northside, Northside Village, Irvington, Lindale Park, a portion of the Fifth Ward,^[4] and most of Downtown Houston. The school also serves Irvington Place, a public housing unit and Fulton Village, a mixed-income unit.

Student body

During the 2006-2007 school year, 1,577 students were enrolled at Davis.^[5]

About 85% of the students were Hispanic American, and 12% of the students were African American. Also, 2% of the students were White American. Less than one percent of the students were Asian American. Less than one percent of the students was Native American. About 80% of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Extracurricular activities

In 2015 the Mariachi Pantera had 28 students. It travels out of state. The Pantera had issues with lack of interest in 2014 but had recovered the following year.^[6]

Feeder patterns

Elementary schools feeding into Davis include:^[3]

• Looscan^[7]
• C. Martinez^[8]
• Sherman^[9]

Partial:

• Blackshear^[10]
• Crawford^[11]
• Crockett^[12]
• Gregory-Lincoln Education Center^[13] (Gregory-Lincoln is a K-8 but only its elementary boundary is partly zoned to Davis)
• Herrera^[14]
• Jefferson^[15]
• Ketelsen^[16]
• Ross^[17]
• Travis^[18]

All of Marshall Middle School's attendance zone is within the Davis High School attendance zone.^[19]

Middle schools that have portions of their attendance boundaries zoned to Davis include:

• Burbank^[20]
• Fleming^[21]
• Gregory-Lincoln MS^[22]
• Key^[23]

Notable alumni

• Frank Carswell - former Detroit Tigers outfielder and minor-league manager^[24]
• Carl Crawford - Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder^[25]
• James DeAnda - Former federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas^[25]
• Gene Green - Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives^[25]
• Ricardo "Rocky" Juarez - A 1999 World Champion Boxer and Olympic silver medalist.^[25]
• Slater N. Martin - NBA Basketball player and Hall-of-Famer. He played for the Minneapolis Lakers (now Los Angeles Lakers), New York Knickerbockers (now New York Knicks), and the St. Louis Hawks (now Atlanta Hawks).^[25]
• Kenny Rogers - country singer^[25]
• Jesse Valdez - Participant in the 1972 Olympic Games^[25]

See also

References

1. "Jefferson Davis High School". Houston Independent School District. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
2. Radcliffe, Jennifer (2006-07-01). "Project GRAD Facing More Challenges". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
3. "Davis High School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
4. Fifth Ward, Houston from the Handbook of Texas Online Retrieved on June 25, 2009.
5. "Jefferson Davis High School" (PDF). Houston Independent School District Profiles 2006-2007. Houston Independent School District. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
6. Alvarez, Olivia Flores. "Meet the 2015 MasterMinds Winners: A Historian, an Artist and a Student Mariachi Orchestra." Houston Press. Tuesday January 20, 2015. Retrieved on January 25, 2015.
7. "Looscan Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
8. "C. Martinez Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
9. "Ross Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
10. "Blackshear Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
11. "Crawford Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
12. "Crockett Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
13. "Gregory-Lincoln Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
14. "Herrera Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
15. "Jefferson Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
16. "Ketelsen Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
17. "Ross Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
18. "Travis Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
19. "Marshall Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
20. "Burbank Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
21. "Fleming Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
22. "Gregory-Lincoln Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
23. "Key Middle Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District.
24. Frank Carswell Statistics and History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
25. "Distinguished HISD Alumni." Houston Independent School District

Further reading

• Campos, Wendy, Cecilia Cruz, Stephen Martin, and Xochitl Vandiver-Rodríguez. "Jefferson Davis High School: The Past and the Present." history paper (for History 3394). May 17, 1994. In the possession of Professor Guadalupe San Miguel of the University of Houston. San Miguel cited the paper in his book, Brown, Not White: School Integration and the Chicano Movement in Houston.

External links

• Davis High School

Coordinates: 29°47′00″N 95°21′31″W / 29.78342°N 95.3585°W