Texas High Schools Without Football? (Houston, Dallas: how much, homes, school districts)

[Philip T]

Anyone know of a list of, or particular Texas High Schools or ISDs without Football?

[ChristieP]

Krum, up near Denton. Last I heard, they only play basketball.

MANY small private schools do not have a football team.

[awecelot]

Port Aransas High School does not play football.

[atxcio]

A high school here in TX without football is a like a bar without alcohol.

In other words, I'm sure a couple exist but who would ever want to go there?

[blkgiraffe]

A.J. Moore in Waco,Tx has NO sports.

[Philip T]

Originally Posted by atxcio

In other words, I'm sure a couple exist but who would ever want to go there?

Well, that is a fair question -- maybe us.

But of course, that may vary by various folks depending on what they think school is for.

Ran through my mind this morning driving through Cedar Hill (Texas, of course). I look up and see their "bragging rights," on the side of their water tower -- Some sort of State Football Champs in 2006, yada, yada, yada. That kind of stuff always reminds me of Al Bundy -- yunno the mythic Polk High days from Married With Children ( Al Bundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). And wondered how Cedar Hill does in the Academics end of things?

I started noticing this when Heather's (aka Mrs. Philip T) Hillbilly Hometown in East Texas was winning some sort of State Champion Status in Football a couple of years ago, as well. The next year their local Elementary was deemed Academically Unacceptable. You REALLY have to have a messed up operation when they cannot teach 3rd Graders to read.

So I come back today and look up Cedar Hill ISD -- yep, in the bottom half of Texas School Districts. Not dogging them for that -- somebody has to be the dummies, but I am seeing a connection here maybe?

And once you factor in that the US is pretty low educationally by Industrial Nations standards, and then Texas is in the Bottom Half of the US, and these Football First! Schools look like they may trend towards the bottom half of Texas . . . we are talking about getting down to Dumpster Diving and licking the bottom of the Dumpster educationally with a Football First! School.

Point of that being, I was wondering if the Corollary were true -- Do High Schools without Football trend towards the Upper End?

[Canine*Castle]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

A.J. Moore in Waco,Tx has NO sports.

You mean they truly focus on academics?

[Westerner92]

^^^ Many times, schools that focus on athletics tend to not score as well, but other times, schools that excel at football excel at everything else as well (the school districts in the Dallas and Houston suburbs are like this). It mostly just depends on how much money the school districts have and where they put it. Football has a sacred cow status in Texas schools because it is a part of the culture.

In Lubbock, there are three high schools that have three different situations concerning football that reflect your observation. There is Monterey, which has a pretty good football program, but its academics are suspect. There is Lubbock High, which has the longest football playoff drought it 5A Texas history, but it has one of the best magnet programs in the state and its Academic Decathlon team places top 10 in the state every year. (It even won third place in the nation recently.) There is Coronado, which has a good football program, but not as good as Monterey, and good academics, but not as good as Lubbock High.

[texdav]

How a school does has more to do with the motivation of the parents and the children really than any sports program. Even the competition level at the school can make a difference to how students do. If the schools have disruptive kids from bad homes that can setoff a culture of low achievement.That is why parents often pick where they live by how good the school are first.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by Canine*Castle

You mean they truly focus on academics?

Don't you live in Waco?O_o and they want people to think that. Remember A.J. Moore has the different acadamies like Academy of Information Technology, Finance, Engineering, Enviromental Technology,etc. It's a step up from the rest of the schools in WISD. I've heard they recently got a swim team. I graduated in 08, so not sure.