Willowridge High School (Houston)

Willowridge High School
Address
16301 Chimney Rock Road Houston , Texas United States
Coordinates	29°35′09″N 95°28′57″W / 29.585772°N 95.482586°W / 29.585772; -95.482586
Information
Type	Public High School
Opened	September 1979
School district	Fort Bend Independent School District
Principal	Jennifer Roberts
Faculty	93.60 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,319 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.09[1]
Color(s)	Blue and Silver
Mascot	Eagle
2011 TEA Rating	Academically Acceptable
Website	[1]

Willowridge High School is a public high school in Houston, Texas, United States and part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. Willowridge serves grades 9 through 12.

The school serves many areas of northeast Fort Bend County east and north of FM 2234, and a section of Houston inside Fort Bend County, including the neighborhoods of Briargate, Chasewood, Willow Park II, Mayfair Park, Ridgemont, Ridgegate, and Briar Villa. The school also serves the Fort Bend County portion of Shadow Creek Ranch, a community within the city of Pearland [2].

This school is well known for its marching band, known as the "Mighty Eagle Marching Band." Under band directors Mr. Ronald Thornton (head), Delcenia Hill, Maurice Ross, Robert Lee, and Robert Jackson, the band performed at the Rose Bowl in 1994 and Orange Bowl in 1996. In 2001, the band participated in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and in the summer of 2005, the Willowridge Band vacationed in Honolulu, Hawaii, a rarity for high school bands. The band also hosted the Bands of America contest at Rice Stadium on October 1, 2005. They have consecutively won 1st place at the MLK Battle Of The Bands and All-American Battle Of The Bands.

The school is also renowned for its basketball program. In 2001, the men's team accomplished the rare feat of having two McDonald's All-Americans in Daniel Ewing and T. J. Ford, who went on to play for Duke University and Texas, respectively.