MacArthur High School (Harris County, Texas)

Coordinates: 29°54′05″N 95°19′44″W / 29.9015°N 95.3288°W / 29.9015; -95.3288

Douglas MacArthur High School

Address
4400 Aldine Mail Rt. Houston, TX 77093
Information
Established	1965
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	3,163
Color(s)	Red and White
Mascot	The Generals
Website	MHS

MacArthur 9th Grade School

MacArthur High School, located at 4400 Aldine Mail Route in East Aldine,^[1] unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States, north of Houston with a ZIP code of 77039. The school is named in honor of Douglas MacArthur.

The school serves the unincorporated area of Aldine.

History

MacArthur High School opened in 1965 and is the second high school in the Aldine Independent School District. The main campus (commonly referred by its students as "Big Mac") serves grades 10 through 12, while MacArthur Ninth Grade Center (commonly referred by its students as "Lil Mac") serves grade 9.

MacArthur has numerous programs available to students. Among those programs are Tech-Prep, Advanced Placement classes, and JROTC. In conjugation with a partnership with Lonestar College, it also offers opportunities for students in Health Science, Tech-Prep, Emergency Medical, and dual credit courses to continue their education at the college level while still in high school.

MacArthur’s award winning jazz band has gained national recognition, as have participants in National History Day, Career and Technology, and chess. MacArthur students have also earned state honors in speech and debate, choir, dance, band and cross-country state and national champions in 1991.

Film director Keith Smith is a graduate of the class of 1976, he is known for writing and producing horror films like Hellstorm and Crimson Saints.

Feeder Pattern

Elementary schools that feed into MacArthur High School include:

Francis Elementary
Johnson Elementary
Mendel Elementary
Oleson Elementary
Orange Grove Elementary
Raymond Academy
Stephens Elementary
Worsham Elementary

Intermediate schools that feed into MacArthur High School include:

Eckert Intermediate
Escamilla Intermediate
Reed Academy

Middle schools that feed into MacArthur High School include:

Aldine Middle School
Grantham Academy
Hambrick Middle School

Ninth Grade Schools that feed into MacArthur High School include:

MacArthur Ninth Grade School

Notable alumni

Alberto Gonzales, former U.S. Atty General
Ricardo Aguirre Gutiérrez (Class of 1992), Two-time Mayor of Ramos Arizpe, Mexico
Debra Hobbs (Class of 1973), Republican member ofr the Arkansas House of Representatives from Rogers; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas in 2014
Tony Hutson (Class of 1991), former NFL player
Donald Jeffrey Large (Class of 1993), Harris County political activist
Jose Portilla, American football player
Eldon Cunningham, Class of 1971 NFL Player, USCG Academy, Head Coach NFL Europe

References

↑ "Location Map." East Aldine Management District. Retrieved on May 22, 2009.

External links

High schools in the City of Houston

Houston Independent School District

Zoned schools	Austin Bellaire (Bellaire) Chávez J. Davis Furr Sam Houston Kashmere Lamar Lee Madison Milby North Forest Reagan Scarborough Sharpstown Sterling Waltrip Washington Westbury Westside Wheatley Worthing Yates

Magnet/Alternative schools	Carnegie Vanguard Challenge Early College DeBakey East Early College Eastwood Academy Energy Institute H.A.I.S. H.S.E.P. H.S.P.V.A. Jones Futures Academy Barbara Jordan H.S.L.E.C.J. Leland Liberty (Newcomer) Mount Carmel Acad. North Houston Early College T.H. Rogers Sharpstown Int'l South Early College Y.W.C.P.A.

Public schools not in Houston ISD

Aldine ISD	Aldine Carver B. Davis (Unincorporated) Eisenhower MacArthur (Unincorporated) Nimitz (Unincorporated) Victory Early College (magnet)

Alief ISD	Elsik Hastings Taylor (Unincorporated) Kerr (Magnet) (Unincorporated)

Clear Creek ISD	Clear Lake Clear Brook (Unincorporated)

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD	Cypress Creek (Unincorporated) Cypress Ridge (Unincorporated) Jersey Village (Jersey Village)

Fort Bend ISD	Willowridge Kempner (Sugar Land) Marshall (Missouri City)

Galena Park ISD	Galena Park (Galena Park) North Shore (Cloverleaf)

Huffman ISD	Hargrave (Huffman)

Humble ISD	Kingwood Kingwood Park

Katy ISD	Mayde Creek (Unincorporated) James E. Taylor (Unincorporated)

Klein ISD	Klein Forest (Unincorporated)

New Caney ISD	Porter (Unincorporated)

Pasadena ISD	Dobie Pasadena Memorial (Pasadena) South Houston (South Houston)

Spring ISD	Dekaney (Unincorporated)

Spring Branch ISD	Memorial (Hedwig Village) Northbrook Spring Woods Stratford WAIS (magnet)

State charter	Galaviz Houston Heights KIPP (multiple campuses) Harmony Public Schools (multiple campuses) YES Prep (multiple campuses) Yzaguirre School

Independent

Secular private	Awty Briarwood British School Kinkaid (Piney Point Village) Monarch Post Oak Rainard School of the Woods St. John's The Village School

Religious	Al-Hadi School Beren Academy Christian Life Center Academy Cristo Rey Jesuit Darul Arqam North (Unincorporated) Emery/Weiner Episcopal (Bellaire) Houston Christian Iman Academy Incarnate Word Academy Lutheran High North Lutheran South Memorial Private Saint Agnes St. Pius X St. Stephen's Episcopal St. Thomas St. Thomas' Episcopal Strake Jesuit Westbury Christian

This list is incomplete. Italicized public schools are not in the "full purpose" Houston city limits (See map) but have portions of Houston in their attendance boundary, while italicized private schools are in municipalities that are surrounded by Houston and/or are in unincorporated areas but have Houston postal addresses.

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