Premont High School

Premont High School
Address
400 South Elaine Street

Premont
,
Texas
78375-1302

United States
Information
School typePublic high school
School districtPremont Independent School District
PrincipalClaudett Garcia
Teaching staff22.85 (FTE)[1]
Grades6-12
Enrollment313 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.70[1]
Color(s)    Red & Black
Athletics conferenceUIL Class AA
MascotCowboy/Cowgirl
YearbookThe Round-Up
WebsitePremont High School

Premont High School is a public high school located in Premont Texas (USA) and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is part of the Premont Independent School District located in southern Jim Wells County and eastern Duval County serving the students of Premont and surrounding area. In 2015, the school was rated "Improvement Required" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

Athletics

The Premont Cowboys compete in these sports - [3]

Football and other sports were suspended by the district in 2012 due to low academic ratings [4] All sports have returned.

State Titles

  • Boys Cross Country [5]
    • 1998(2A), 1999(2A), 2000(2A), 2001(2A), 2002(2A)

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "PREMONT COLLEGIATE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-10.
  3. ^ The Athletics Department
  4. ^ "Texas School Cancels Sports To Focus On Academics". CBS 11 Dallas Fort Worth. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  5. ^ UIL Boys Cross Country Archives Archived 2012-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Smith, Morgan (April 7, 2012). "Rural District Is Struggling to Make Improvements". The New York Times. "This is a fight that's going to replay itself until school finance is done," said State Representative J. M. Lozano, Republican of Kingsville, who graduated from Premont High in 1998. "More rural communities are going to go through the same thing because they just can't pass those exams."
  7. ^ "Teresa Lozano Long, Ed.D." Texas Women's Hall of Fame. Texas Woman's University. October 9, 2019.



Stub icon

This article about a high school in Texas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.