Brazosport High School

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Brazosport High School
Location
1800 W. 2nd St.
Freeport, Texas

USA
Coordinates 28°57′24″N 95°22′10″W / 28.956717, -95.369468Coordinates: 28°57′24″N 95°22′10″W / 28.956717, -95.369468
Information
School district Brazosport ISD
Principal Gary Jones
Students 1087
Faculty 75
Type Public
Grades 9-12
Schedule type Block
Motto Education Today, Success Tomorrow
Color(s) Red, White, and Blue
Nickname Exporters
Homepage

Brazosport High School is a secondary school located at the intersection of State Highway 288 and West 2nd Street in Freeport, Texas. It handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Brazosport Independent School District.

Brzosport High School serves Freeport, as well as surrounding Jones Creek, Oyster Creek, Quintana, and Surfside Beach. It is now completely remodeled.

Brazosport High School is often nicknamed "B-Port" by its students. Athletic teams are known as the “Exporters” and sport the colors red, white and blue. The Exporters have earned two high school baseball state AAAA championships (1964 and 1966).

Brazosport High School is most known for their winter extracurricular activities, and offers Colorguard, Winterguard, The Shipmates Drill Team, Exporter Band, Orchestra, Sports, Academic Team, NHS, Student Council, Anime Club, FFA, Debate, and the Brazosport Players Drama Club.

The high school used to be the only one in the area before Brazoswood High School opened in September 1969, to serve the communities of Clute, Lake Jackson, and Richwood in the Brazosport Independent School District (BISD

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In 2007 Johns Hopkins University referred to Brazosport as a "dropout factory" where at least 40 percent of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Report points to 'dropout factories'," Houston Chronicle, October 31, 2007

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