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Granbury High School

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Type
  
Public

NCES District ID
  
4821390

Principal
  
Jeremy Ross

Phone
  
+1 817-408-4600

Number of students
  
1,319

Established
  
1870s

NCES School ID
  
482139002141

Grades
  
9-12

Mascot
  
Pirate/Lady Pirates

Founded
  
1870

Address
  
2000 W Pearl St, Granbury, TX 76048, USA

District
  
Granbury Independent School District

Profiles

Granbury High School is a public high school located in the city of Granbury, Texas, USA and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. It is part of the Granbury Independent School District which serves students grades 9-12 from Granbury, Hood County along with portions of Johnson County and Parker County. The school was founded around 1870 at a different location. The present high school was built in the 1970s at its current location. It was the first public school in Hood County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

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Athletics

The Granbury Pirates compete in these sports -

Volleyball, Cross Country, football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Swimming, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Baseball & Softball

State Titles

  • Boys Soccer -
  • 1999(4A)
  • State Finalists

  • Girls Basketball –
  • 1954(1A), 1955(1A), 1978(2A)
  • Football –
  • 1966(2A)
  • Leta Andrews

    Granbury High School was the home to Leta Andrews, the winningest high school basketball coach in the United States. She won 1416 games during her 52 seasons of coaching, surpassing Robert Hughes, who won 1333 games in his career. She announced her retirement on May 1, 2014.

    Notable alumni

  • Brad Hunstable, president and co-founder of Ustream.tv
  • Jia Perkins, San Antonio Silver Stars player
  • Dana Vollmer, four time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder for swimming
  • References

    Granbury High School Wikipedia