James Madison High School is a public secondary school located at 13719 White Heather in Houston, Texas. 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.
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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. In the fall of 1981 Madison again covered the ninth grade. In 2007 Johns Hopkins University referred to Madison as a "dropout factory" where at least 40 percent of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year. [1].
Neighborhoods served by Madison
Houston neighborhoods served by Madison include the Hiram Clarke area, which includes Dumbarton Village, Almeda Plaza, Brentwood, Keswick Place, Cambridge Village, Corinthian Pointe, Glen Iris (including Angel Lane), Meredith Manor, Pamela Heights, Post Oak Village, Summerlyn [1], San Pablo [2], Willow Glen, and Windsor Village. In addition portions of unincorporated Harris County are served by Madison. The Lakes of 610 apartment complex in Houston is served by Madison.
Student body
During the 2005-2006 school year, 2,403 students attended Madison [2].
- 61% were African-American
- 38% were Hispanic
- 1% were Asian
- Less than 1% were White
No Native American students were enrolled during that year. 80% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch.
Notable alumni
- Kirk Baptiste (1984 Olympics silver medalist)
- Lance Blanks (former basketball player for the Detroit Pistons)
- Mark Goldberg (Houston City Councilmember for District C)
- 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)
- Broderick Thomas (former American football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Detroit Lions, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Dallas Cowboys)
- Richard Seals (American football player for the Buffalo Bills)
- Moran Norris (American football player for the San Francisco 49ers)
- Daniel Wilturner (American football player for the Indianapolis Colts)
- Jerel Myers (American football player for the Buffalo Bills)
- LeMarcus Newman (American football player for the San Francisco 49ers)
- Vince Young (American football player for the Tennessee Titans)
- Daniel Smith (former American football player for the Carolina Panthers)
Feeder patterns
The following elementary schools feed into Madison High School:
- Almeda
- Fondren
- Grissom
- Hines-Caldwell
- Hobby
- Montgomery
- Petersen
- Shearn
- Windsor Village
A portion of the Anderson Elementary School zone fed into Madison until fall 2005, when Hines-Caldwell Elementary School opened and took the portion away from Anderson. A portion of the Red Elementary School zone fed into Madison until fall 2005, when Hines-Caldwell opened and took the portion away. Vince Young and Steve Marshall attended Red Elementary School. All students zoned to Dowling Middle School are zoned to Madison High School. Portions of the attendance boundaries of Pershing Middle School and Welch Middle School 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.
References
- ^ "Report points to 'dropout factories'," Houston Chronicle, October 31, 2007
- ^ "Madison High School" Profile, Houston Independent School District
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| Alternative and magnet K-12 schools | T. H. Rogers |
| Alternative 7-12 schools | C.L.C. |
| High schools | Austin | Bellaire | Chávez | Davis | Furr | Sam Houston | Jones | Kashmere | Lamar | Lee | Madison | Milby Reagan | Scarborough | Sharpstown | Sterling | Waltrip | Washington | Westbury | Westside | Wheatley | Worthing | Yates |
| Alternative and magnet high schools | Carnegie Vanguard | Challenge Early College | DeBakey | East Early College Eastwood Academy | H.S.P.V.A. | Barbara Jordan | H.S.L.E.C.J. | Liberty (Newcomer) |
| Alternative 9-11 schools | Houston Academy for International Studies |
| K-8 schools | Gregory-Lincoln | Woodson |
| Alternative and magnet K-8 schools | Briarmeadow | Kandy Stripe | Rice |
| 1-8 schools | E.O. Smith |
| Middle schools | Attucks | Black | Burbank MS | Clifton | Cullen | Deady | Dowling | Edison | Fleming | Fondren MS | Fonville | Grady Hamilton | Hartman | Henry | Hogg | Holland | Jackson | Johnston | Key | Long | Lanier | Marshall | McReynolds Ortíz | Pershing | Pin Oak | Revere | Ryan | Sharpstown | Stevenson | Thomas | Welch | West Briar |
| Elementary schools | Briargrove | Longfellow | Neff | Poe | River Oaks | Roberts | Twain | Walnut Bend | West University | Others |
