Northside High School (Houston)

Northside High School
The building when it was Jefferson Davis High School
Address
Map
1101 Quitman Street

,
77009

United States
Coordinates29°47′00″N 95°21′31″W / 29.78342°N 95.3585°W / 29.78342; -95.3585
Information
TypePublic
School districtHouston Independent School District (Houston ISD)
Staff77.95 (FTE)[1]
Grades912
Enrollment1,168 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.98[1]
CampusUrban
Color(s)   
MascotPanther
Feeder schools
Websitehttps://www.houstonisd.org/Domain/22301

Northside High School, formerly Jefferson Davis High School, is a secondary school located at 1101 Quitman in the Near Northside neighborhood of Northside, Houston, Texas with a ZIP code of 77009. The school was previously named after Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America.[2]

The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. The mascot of Northside is the Panther.[3]

The school also has a Hotel and Restaurant Management magnet program.

The HISD board voted to give the school its current name in 2016.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "NORTHSIDE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "HISD approves name changes for seven schools". KTRK-TV. 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  3. ^ "Jefferson Davis High School". Houston Independent School District. Archived from the original on 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
  4. ^ Clemons, Tracy. "HISD approves name changes for seven schools" (Archive). KTRK-TV. Thursday May 12, 2016. Retrieved on May 21, 2016.