C.E. King High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = C.E. King High School
| image = CE King HS.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image caption =
| motto =
| established = 1954
| type = Public
| district = Sheldon Independent School District
| principal = Jillian Howard{{cite web |title=Principal |url=https://khs.sheldonisd.com/apps/pages/principal |website=khs.sheldonisd.com |access-date=28 March 2024 |language=en}}
| address = 11433 East Sam Houston Pkwy N
| city = Houston
| zipcode = 77044
| county = Harris County
| state = Texas
| country = United States
| campus type = Suburban
| campus size =
| coordinates = {{coord|29.8485|-95.2068|type:edu_region:US-TX|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Texas#USA
| enrollment = 3,670 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4839990&ID=483999004534|title=C E KING H S|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=January 21, 2025}}
| teaching_staff = 206.84 (FTE)
| yearbook = The Panther
| newspaper = The Panther Prowl
| mascot = Panther File:CE King HS Logo.jpg
| colors = Royal Blue, White
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| homepage = [http://khs.sheldonisd.com/ C.E. King High School Homepage]
}}
C.E. King High School is a secondary school located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States that serves grades 9 through 12.{{cite web|url=https://cohegis.houstontx.gov/cohgisweb/MycityFiles/documents/map-2018CityLimit-Districts_pj20489.pdf|title=City of Houston City limits|publisher=City of Houston|access-date=2019-05-23|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523095727/https://cohegis.houstontx.gov/cohgisweb/MycityFiles/documents/map-2018CityLimit-Districts_pj20489.pdf|url-status=dead}} - The school is not in the city limits.[http://khs.sheldonisd.com/ Home]. C. E. King High School. Retrieved on May 23, 2019. "8540 CE. King Parkway, Houston, TX 77044" 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.{{cite web|url = http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2010/statelist.html|title = 2010 Accountability Rating System|publisher = Texas Education Agency|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100802163935/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2010/statelist.html|archive-date = August 2, 2010}}
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.{{cite web|url = http://www.sheldonisd.com/19482091410580660/site/default.asp|title = School Information|publisher = Sheldon Independent School District|access-date = October 17, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100821084500/http://www.sheldonisd.com/19482091410580660/site/default.asp|archive-date = August 21, 2010|url-status = dead}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://sheldonisd.edlioschool.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1351494&type=d&pREC_ID=1540591|title = 2016 Bond - Overview}} 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
=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.{{cite web |title=C.E. King HS Academies |url=https://khs.sheldonisd.com/apps/pages/accadmies |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Sheldon ISD}}
- Agricultural Careers in Education (ACE) Academy {{cite web |title=ACE Academy |url=https://khs.sheldonisd.com/apps/pages/ace_academy |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=Sheldon ISD}}
- Sheldon Early College High School (ECHS) Academy {{cite web |title=ECHS Academy |url=https://khs.sheldonisd.com/apps/pages/echs_academy |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=Sheldon ISD}}
- Future Business Leaders (FBL) Academy {{cite web |title=FBL Academy |url=https://khs.sheldonisd.com/apps/pages/fbl_academy |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=Sheldon ISD}}
- Medicine, Experience, Dedication (MED) Academy {{cite web |title=MED Academy |url=https://khs.sheldonisd.com/apps/pages/med_academy |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=Sheldon ISD}}
- Public Service Leaders (PSL) Academy {{Cite web |title=PSL Academy |url=https://khs.sheldonisd.com/apps/pages/psl_academy |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=Sheldon ISD}}
- Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Academy{{Cite web |title=STEAM Academy |url=https://khs.sheldonisd.com/apps/pages/steam_academy |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=Sheldon ISD}}
Notable Alumni
- Ulysses Bentley IV - college football running back for the Ole Miss Rebels{{cite web |last1=Grosbard |first1=Adam |title=C.E. King running back Ulysses Bentley commits to SMU |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/smu-mustangs/2018/06/19/c-e-king-running-back-ulysses-bentley-commits-to-smu/ |website=Dallas News |date=June 19, 2018 |access-date=February 15, 2025}}
- 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
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External links
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