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Eastern Hills High School | |
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Location | |
5701 Shelton Fort Worth, Texas 76112 | |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Established | 1959 |
School district | Fort Worth Independent School District |
Principal | Vacant |
Faculty | 87.56 (on FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,150 (as of 2017-18)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.13[1] |
Color(s) | Royal Blue, Gray, and White |
Mascot | Highlanders |
Website | www |
Eastern Hills High School is a four-year public high school in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The school is educating students in grades 9–12, as part of the Fort Worth Independent School District.[2] In an historical footnote, the band from the school played "Hail to the Chief" during President John F. Kennedy's visit to Dallas–Fort Worth in November 1963. EHHS is also the only school in the world with two Pulitizer Prize-winning photographers as alums -- "Skeeter" Hagler and Michael Ainsworth. The school has been recognized by the National Football League as part of its 50th Anniversary Super Bowl High School Honor Roll for serving as the home school for two former Super Bowl Players - Uwe von Schamann and Byron Chamberlain - as well as for Doug Hart, who played for the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowls I and II following graduation from EHHS's predecessor, Handley High School.
As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,215 students and 96.2 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.[1]