C.E. King High School

Public school in Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States

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C.E. King High School is a secondary school located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States and serves grades 9 through 12.^[3]^[4] It is the only high school in the Sheldon Independent School District. The school serves unincorporated areas of northeast Harris County including the Sheldon CDP and several nearby communities (Beaumont Place, Houmont Park) and subdivisions.

As of 2013, C.E. King High School is rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.^[5]

History

In 1954, Houston real estate investor Cortes Ewing King donated a 54-acre tract to the Sheldon Independent School District. The district used the donated land to construct a Junior-Senior High School and named it after him. C.E. King Junior-Senior High School was located on the western half of the donated land where C.E. King Middle School currently stands.

The school was partially destroyed by fire in 1955, and in the same year, C.E. King Junior-Senior High School had its first graduating class of 11 students. In 1965, the Junior-Senior High School was renamed C.E. King Junior High School and a new C.E. King High School building on 8540 C.E. King Parkway opened on the land adjacent to it.

In 1972, the former Parkway Elementary opened next to the high school on 10 acres donated to the district by the Parkway Subdivision. That campus later closed and was annexed as part of the high school.^[6]

A building addition to C.E. King High School was completed in 1970. The auditorium was added in 1973. Classroom additions were made to the main building and the annex in 1978. The gym, field house, and wellness center were added in the late 1980s early 1990s. An administrative addition was completed in 1999. A two-story building near the tennis courts was completed in 2002. In 2003 the plaza and new cafeteria were opened. Slight addition to the cafeteria was made in 2008. The stadium was refurbished in 2009.

In 2020, a new C.E. King High School located on the corner of Sam Houston Parkway and Garrett Road was opened as part of the 2016 Bond.^[7] Also, as part of that bond, the building on C.E. King Parkway will be converted into the new C.E. King Middle School.

Academics

C.E. King JROTC at the 2013 Martin Luther King Day Parade in Midtown Houston

Academies

The school is organized into six academies to allow for a more personalized attention to students by creating a smaller learning environment. This is based after the house system of smaller learning communities. In this system, each student is assigned to an academy in which they will work with an Assistant Principal-Counselor pair for all four years at the school. The district believes this model will make a large school feel smaller as well as help students choose a career in the fields they are interested in.^[8]

Agricultural Careers in Education (ACE) Academy ^[9]
Sheldon Early College High School (ECHS) Academy ^[10]
Future Business Leaders (FBL) Academy ^[11]
Medicine, Experience, Dedication (MED) Academy ^[12]
Public Service Leaders (PSL) Academy ^[13]
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Academy^[14]

Notable Alumni

Joseph Blair - former professional basketball player, current NBA assistant coach
Larry Brune - former CFL and NFL defensive back
Trayveon Williams - running back for the Cincinnati Bengals
George Wright - former defensive tackle for the Baltimore Colts and Super Bowl V champion

References and footnotes

^ "Principal". khs.sheldonisd.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "C E KING H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
^ "City of Houston City limits" (PDF). City of Houston. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2019. - The school is not in the city limits.
^ Home. C. E. King High School. Retrieved on May 23, 2019. "8540 CE. King Parkway, Houston, TX 77044"
^ "2010 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010.
^ "School Information". Sheldon Independent School District. Archived from the original on August 21, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
^ "2016 Bond - Overview".
^ "C.E. King HS Academies". Sheldon ISD. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "ACE Academy". Sheldon ISD. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ "ECHS Academy". Sheldon ISD. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ "FBL Academy". Sheldon ISD. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ "MED Academy". Sheldon ISD. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ "PSL Academy". Sheldon ISD. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ "STEAM Academy". Sheldon ISD. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

External links

Cyril E. King High School
C.E. King High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

Harris County, Texas schools

Public high schools
Aldine ISD	Aldine High Aldine Ninth Grade Carver Benjamin O. Davis Eisenhower MacArthur Nimitz Victory Early College (Houston)
Alief ISD	Elsik Hastings Taylor Kerr (magnet) Early College (magnet)
Clear Creek ISD	Clear Brook Clear Lake Clear View Clear Horizons Early College Other schools are in Galveston County
Cy-Fair ISD	See template
Galena Park ISD	Galena Park High North Shore
Goose Creek CISD	Goose Creek Memorial Robert E. Lee Ross S. Sterling Impact Early College High School
Houston ISD	See template
Humble ISD	Atascocita Humble High Kingwood Kingwood Park Summer Creek Quest Early College (magnet)
Katy ISD	James E. Taylor Mayde Creek HS Morton Ranch HS Paetow Other schools are in Fort Bend County
Klein ISD	Klein High Klein Cain Klein Collins Klein Forest Klein Oak Vistas High School Program
Pasadena ISD	J. Frank Dobie Pasadena High Pasadena Memorial Sam Rayburn South Houston Dr. Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School
Spring ISD	Andy Dekaney Spring High Westfield Carl Wunsche Sr. Early College Academy at Southridge
Spring Branch ISD	Memorial Northbrook Spring Woods Stratford Westchester Academy for Int'l Studies
Tomball ISD	Tomball High Tomball Memorial
Other school districts	Channelview ISD (Channelview High) Crosby ISD (Crosby High) Deer Park ISD (Deer Park High) Huffman ISD (Hargrave) La Porte ISD (La Porte High) Sheldon ISD (C.E. King) Waller ISD (Waller High)
Charter schools	Amigos Por Vida Friends For Life Aristoi Classical Academy Houston Heights KIPP (multiple campuses) Harmony Public Schools (multiple campuses) KIPP Texas (multiple campuses) Pro-Vision George I. Sanchez YES Prep (multiple campuses) Northline Yzaguirre Schoolx
Former public schools	Benji's Special Ed Acad Girls & Boys Prep Gulf Shores Acad Galaviz Charter Galena Park ISD Fidelity Manor HS North Forest ISD Forest Brook HS Elmore HS Smiley University of Houston Charter School Victory Preparatory Academy

Independent schools

Secular private
high schools

Religious private
high schools

PK-8 only, HS closed	St. Stephen's Episcopal
Closed	Mount Carmel

Portions in the City of Stafford are served by the Stafford Municipal School District, which has its schools in Fort Bend County.
Sections of Clear Creek ISD, Katy ISD, and Waller ISD extend into other counties; this template only lists schools in Harris County. Pearland ISD and Dayton ISD extend into Harris County but do not operate schools there.