Madison High School (Houston, Texas)

James Madison High School is a public secondary school located at 13719 White Heather Drive in the Hiram Clarke area of Houston, Texas, United States.^[1] The school serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of the Houston Independent School District. The school is named after James Madison, a former President of the United States.

Madison contains HISD's magnet program for Space and Meteorological Sciences; the program is known as the High School for Meteorology & Space Science.

History

James Madison Junior-Senior High School was opened on September 8, 1965. In February 1968, Dick Dowling Junior High School (now Dowling Middle School) was opened and Madison became a high school for grades 10 through 12.^[2] In the northern hemisphere fall of 1981, Madison again covered the ninth grade.^[3]

In the 1980s the school was called the "James Madison Academy of International Education."^[4]

The magnet program opened in 1995 with a partnership with KPRC-TV (Channel 2).^[2]

In 2007, a study by the Associated Press and Johns Hopkins University referred to Madison as a "dropout factory" where at least 40% of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.^[5]

Location

Madison is nearby Hiram Clarke Road, a major thoroughfare.^[2]

School uniforms

Students are required to wear school uniforms.^[6] The Texas Education Agency specifies that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.^[7]

Neighborhoods served by Madison

Houston neighborhoods served by Madison^[8] include the Hiram Clarke area, Dumbarton Village, Almeda Plaza, Almeda Manor, Brentwood, Keswick Place, Westbrook, Krogerville, Briarwick, Townwood, Cambridge Village, Corinthian Pointe,^[9] Glen Iris (including Angel Lane), Meredith Manor, Pamela Heights, Post Oak Village,^[10] Summerlyn [1], San Pablo [2], Willow Glen, and Windsor Village. In addition portions of unincorporated Harris County are served by Madison.

Student body

As of 2006 the school was mostly African-American.^[11]

During the 2006-2007 school year, 2,492 students attended Madison ^[12].

• 58% were African American
• 41% were Hispanic American
• Less than 1% were Asian American
• Less than 1% were Caucasian
• Less than 1% were Native American

2009-2010 Profile

• 51% were Hispanic American
• 48% were African American
• Less than 1% were Asian American
• Less than 1% were Caucasian
• Less than 1% were Native American

Approximately 66% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch.

Notable alumni

• Kirk Baptiste - 1984 Olympics silver medalist.^[13]
• Lance Blanks - Former basketball player for the Detroit Pistons. (Did not graduate from Madison)^[13]
• Peter Brett Cullen - Actor^[13]
• Mark Goldberg - Houston City Councilmember for District C.^[13]
• Greg Kite - Former basketball player for the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Sacramento Kings, the Orlando Magic, the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers.^[13]
• Moran Norris -Fullback for the San Francisco 49ers.^[14]
• Broderick Thomas - Former American football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Detroit Lions, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Dallas Cowboys.^[13]
• Hylon Williams - Professional boxer and former two-time Golden Gloves champion.^[15]
• Vince Young - American football player for the Philadelphia Eagles^[13]

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Madison High School^[8]:

• Fondren ^[16]
• Grissom ^[17]
• Hines-Caldwell ^[18]
• Hobby^[19]
• Montgomery^[20]
• Petersen^[21]
• Windsor Village^[22]

(partial)

• Almeda^[23]
• Shearn^[24]

Most zoned to Dowling Middle School are zoned to Madison High School.^[25] Portions of the attendance boundaries of Pershing Middle School^[26] and Welch Middle School^[27] boundaries feed into Madison. Any students zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School's regular program, so Pin Oak also feeds into Madison.^[28]

References

External links

• Madison High School