| Wheatley High School | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:WheatleyHighSchoolHoustonTX.JPG) Wheatley High School | |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 29°46′17″N 95°19′11″W / 29.7713°N 95.31982°W |
| Information | |
| Opened | 1927 |
| School board | Houston Independent School District |
| Teaching staff | 54.36 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 969 (2017-18)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.83[1] |
| Campus size | 14 acres (5.7 ha) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | |
| Team name | Wildcats |
| Last updated: 29 December 2017 | |
Phillis Wheatley High School is a secondary school located at 4801 Providence Street in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77020. Wheatley is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Wheatley, named after Phillis Wheatley, is located inside the 610 Loop in the Fifth Ward.
Wheatley has a technology magnet program inherited from the closure of Middle College for Technology Careers in spring 2006; Wheatley's program began in fall 2006.
In 1979, Wheatley principal Charles Herbert said that "For many, Fifth Ward is Wheatley High School" and that African-Americans who grew up in the Fifth Ward "still cling closely to Wheatley" even after they had moved to other parts of the United States.[2]
- ^ a b c WHEATLEY H S
- ^ West, Richard. "Only the Strong Survive" (Archive). Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications, February 1979. Volume 7, No. 2. ISSN 0148-7736. START: p. 94. CITED: p. 178.