Kingwood High School

Kingwood High School
"Learning for all...whatever it takes."
Address
2701 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood, TX
Houston, Texas, 77339
United States
Information
Funding type Public
Established 1979
School district Humble Independent School District
Principal Melissa Hayhurst
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2,733
Campus type Suburban
Mascot Mustang
Newspaper The Kingwood Courier
Yearbook Hoofprints
Website

Kingwood High School is a Humble ISD secondary school located in the Kingwood community of Houston, Texas, United States.

Melissa Hayhurst is the current principal of Kingwood High School.

From 1993 to 2007, freshmen attended a ninth grade-only campus located at 4015 Woodland Hills Drive. The facility was later renovated and converted into a four-year high school, now called Kingwood Park High School. Kingwood High School's feeder middle schools are Riverwood Middle School and Creekwood Middle School, and Kingwood Middle School students are zoned to Kingwood Park High School. Middle school students throughout Humble ISD, including Riverwood and Creekwood Middle School students, may elect to attend Kingwood Park High School.

Kingwood High School serves portions of the City of Houston. The school has a "Kingwood" post office address even though Kingwood is no longer unincorporated.

Contents

Mission statement

The mission of Kingwood High School is to create a collaborative learning environment that is supportive, challenging, and disciplined, resulting in life-long learners whose exemplary performance is a credit to themselves and their community.

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Basketball State 5A Playoff Berths (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) [1] [2]

(2003) Round: Regional Semifinal

(2004) Round: Regional Semifinal

(2005) Round: State Championship

(2006) Round: State Championship

(2007) Round: State Championship

(2008) Round: Area

(2009) Round: Regional Quarterfinal [3] [4]

(2010) Round: Area

Boys Basketball 5A State Championship Games[5]
Year Winning Team Losing Team Location (all in Texas) Class
2005 Kingwood 54 DeSoto 52 Frank Erwin Center, Austin 5A
2006 Plano 60 Kingwood 58 Frank Erwin Center, Austin 5A
2007 Duncanville 60 Kingwood 46 Frank Erwin Center, Austin 5A

Baseball

2004 Men's Baseball 5A State Champions" [6]

2005 Men's Baseball 5A State Champions [6]

Football

1990 Men's Football 5A State Final-Four [Division 2]

The Run[7]

[Bi-District] – Kingwood 38 – Deer Park 7

[Area] – Kingwood 14 – Galveston Ball 14 [penetration]

[Regional] – Kingwood 24 – Alief Elsik 12

[State Quarterfinals] – Kingwood 25 – Houston Lamar 17

[State Semifinals] – Kingwood 22 – Converse Judson 51

Go hard Van Ross !

Soccer

[Boys][8]

1991–1992 Boys 5A State Semi-Finals

1998–1999 Boys 5A State Finalist

2000–2001 Boys 5A State Finalist

2002–2003 Boys 5A State Semi-Finals

2004–2005 Boys 5A State Finalist

2005-2006 Boys 5A Regional Semifinal

2006-2007 Boys 5A Regional Final

2007-2008 Boys 5A Regional Final

2009-2010 Boys 5A Regional Quarterfinals

[Girls][8]

1991–1992 Girls 5A State Finalist

1992–1993 Girls 5A State Finalist

1993–1994 Girls 5A State Semi-Finals

1994–1995 Girls 5A State Champions

1995–1996 Girls 5A State Semi-Finals

1997–1998 Girls 5A State Semi-Finals

1998–1999 Girls 5A State Champions

2001–2002 Girls 5A State Finalist

2003–2004 Girls 5A State Semi-Finals

2004-2005 Girls 5A Regional Semifinal

2005-2006 Girls 5A Regional Semifinal

2006-2007 Girls 5A Regional Final

2007-2008 Girls 5A Regional Final

2009-2010 Girls 5A Regional Final

Cross country

The Kingwood boys cross country team has won 19 District championships, 13 Regional championships and has qualified for the State championship 23 of the previous 25 years. They have won nine 5A State Championships and were reserve champions four times. The Kingwood boys cross country team was ranked number one in the nation by the National High School Coaches Association in 1994, 1996 and 2001.

The Kingwood Girls Cross Country has won 23 District championships, 23 Regional championships and has qualified for the State championship 23 times. They have won eight 5A State Championships and were reserve champions eight times. They have placed 1-3 at State every year but once in the previous 20 years. They have the two lowest scores at the State championship, with 31 points in 1997 and 32 points in 2001. They also have the two lowest scores at the State championship for a second-place finish with 46 points in 1996 and 48 points in 2011.

Track & Field

Swimming and Diving

1993,1994,2006 – The Kingwood High School Men's Swimming and Diving Team won the High School Swimming National Championship

[Boys][8]

1992–93 Boys 5A State Meet Champions

1993–94 Boys 5A State Meet Champions

1994–95 Boys 5A State Meet 2nd Place

1995–96 Boys 5A State Meet 3rd Place

1996–97 Boys 5A State Meet 3rd Place

1998-98 Boys 5A State Meet 3rd Place

2001–02 Boys 5A State Meet Champions

2002–03 Boys 5A State Meet 2nd Place

2005–06 Boys 5A State Meet 2nd Place

2006–07 Boys 5A State Meet Champions

2008–09 Boys 5A State Meet 1st Place

2009–10 Boys 5A State Meet 3rd Place

[Girls][8]

1990–91 Girls 5A State Meet 2nd Place

1991–92 Girls 5A State Meet 2nd Place

1992–93 Girls 5A State Meet 3rd Place

1993–94 Girls 5A State Meet Champions

2002–03 Girls 5A State Meet 3rd Place

2003–2004 Girls 5A State Meet Champions

2009–2010 Girls 5A State Meet Champions

2010-2011 Girls 5A State Meet Champions

Notable alumni

Alma Mater - Pledge to Kingwood

Kingwood High, we pledge to you,

Honor and respect.

For you stand that we may learn

Wonders, then reflect.

As we spread throughout the land,

Knowledge is our light.

Through life's struggles we recall

Kingwood's "Blue and White."

Fight song

Fight, you mighty Mustangs,

Win the game tonight;

Show the other team who's

Behind the blue and white.

The best is what we'll be when

We're put to the test;

Let's show them, Kingwood Mustangs

GO-FIGHT-WIN

Go you mighty Mustangs,

With victory in sight,

Win you mighty Mustangs,

Let's take that game tonight.

GO-FIGHT-WIN

Our Mustang pride will lead us to victory again!

Cause we're the Mustangs!

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Kingwood High School [9]:

Some subdivisions zoned to Foster and Bear Branch elementary schools jointly feed into Kingwood High School and Kingwood Park High School [1]

Creekwood and Riverwood Middle schools feed into Kingwood High School.

See also

Houston portal
Schools portal


References

External links