School type Public, High school Educational authority CEEB code 446691 Mascot Panthers | Established 1982 Superintendent Dr. Bret Champion Phone +1 832-484-5000 Founded 1982 | |
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Motto Empowering lives through learning Address 22603 Northcrest Dr, Spring, TX 77389, USA Similar Klein ISD Central Office, Klein Collins High Sch, Klein High School, Krimmel Intermedi School, Mueller Elementary School | ||
The grass is always greeney at klein oak high school
Klein Oak High School, locally known simply as "Oak", is a nationally recognized Blue Ribbon public high school in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. The school's principal is Dr. Brian Greeney. It was established in August 1982 with Robert "Bob" West serving as its first principal.
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- The grass is always greeney at klein oak high school
- Klein oak high school live your dream event
- History
- Academics
- Extracurricular activities
- Feeder schools
- Demographics
- Notable alumni
- References
Klein Oak was the third high school established in Klein Independent School District to serve grades 9 through 12. It is administered by the school district and serves several areas of unincorporated Harris County, including WindRose, Augusta Pines, Northhampton, and Gleannloch Farms, which are zoned to Klein Oak.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,883 students and 230.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.9:1. There were 771 students (19.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 221 (5.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. Since 2004, the school has been home to the only International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in the district.
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History
Klein Oak High School was founded in 1982 by the Klein Independent School District under former district superintendent Dr. Donald Collins. The school's first principal was Robert West.
The school received two grants from the state of Texas totaling over $816,000. Beginning in the early 2000s, Klein Oak became the first school in Klein ISD to participate in the one-to-one Tablet PC program, in which each student is issued a personal tablet laptop with which he or she participates in class and does his or her schoolwork. In 1996, Klein Oak was named a National Blue Ribbon school by the United States Department of Education.
In 2012, the school was the seventh largest high school campus in the state of Texas, which prompted the expansion of the school for that school year. Using district bonds, an extra wing was added to the school to be used for freshman classes.
Academics
During the 1994–96 school years, Klein Oak High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
The IB Diploma Programme has been offered at the school since February 2004. It is the only school in Klein ISD which offers the program. The Klein Oak graduating IB class of 2014 all received IB diplomas, becoming the first Klein Oak IB class to achieve a 100% pass rate.
Klein Oak offers the Dual Credit and Advanced Placement programs, for those students wishing to go on to further education. Dual Credit is offered in Economics, English III, English IV, Government, World History and US History.
Extracurricular activities
Klein Oak is home to the Strutters, a schooldance squad. The school also has a hip-hop break dancing team named Oak Break Krew. Klein Oak's GSA club, also known as the Gender and Sexuality Alliance club (also known as Gay–straight alliance), has regular meetings and is regarded as a safezone on campus for LGBTQ+ community members. The Klein Oak Marching Band is also widely known throughout the area.
The school is an active yearly participant in the Texas French Symposium, a statewide academic and non-academic competition that focuses on many aspects of the French language and francophone culture. For the past three consecutive Symposiums, the first-place sweepstakes winners—some of whom were awarded a trip to France—have both been from Klein Oak, in addition to many other top-10 placers and numerous other awards in the individual academic events. In 2009, the school became the second-place sweepstakes winner, and in 2010 through 2015 the school won the first-place school sweepstakes award in the large school division. Klein Oak hosted the Texas French Symposium in 2008 and 2012.
Feeder schools
Elementary schools which send their students on to Klein Oak include the Bernshausen, Metzler, Northampton, Mueller, Benignus, Schultz, Frank and Hassler elementary schools. Intermediate schools sending their students to the school include the Ulrich, Hildebrandt, Krimmel and Doerre intermediate schools.
Demographics
The Klein Oak zone has the largest growth rate in Klein ISD, gaining nearly 300 students in one year. Enrollment during the 2003–04 school year dropped significantly when Klein Collins High School was opened and took nearly half of Klein Oak's enrollment. The school moved back up to 5A UIL status in the 2006–07 school year. The UIL unveiled a new categorization of 6A schools beginning in the 2014 school year, of which Klein Oak forms part.
Klein Oak has historically had a predominantly white population higher than the district average. While the school also has a lower percentage of students who are economically disadvantaged, the school has a higher percentage of students who are considered at-risk than the district average, considering other academic risk factors, according to the Texas Tribune.