Wheatley High School (Houston)

Phillis Wheatley High School
Phillis Wheatley High School
	Wheatley High School
Location
Coordinates	29°46′17″N 95°19′11″W / 29.7713°N 95.31982°W
Information
Opened	1927
School board	Houston Independent School District
Teaching staff	54.36 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	969 (2017-18)
Student to teacher ratio	17.83
Campus size	14 acres (5.7 ha)
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)
Team name	Wildcats
	Last updated: 29 December 2017

Phillis Wheatley High School is a secondary school located at 4801 Providence Street in Houston, Texas, United States with a ZIP code of 77020. Wheatley is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Wheatley, named after Phillis Wheatley, is located inside the 610 Loop in the Fifth Ward.

Wheatley has a technology magnet program inherited from the closure of Middle College for Technology Careers in spring 2006; Wheatley's program began in fall 2006.

In 1979 Wheatley principal Charles Herbert said that "For many, Fifth Ward is Wheatley High School" and that African-Americans who grew up in the Fifth Ward "still cling closely to Wheatley" even after they had moved to other parts of the United States.^[2]

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^ West, Richard. "Only the Strong Survive" (Archive). Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications, February 1979. Volume 7, No. 2. ISSN 0148-7736. START: p. 94. CITED: p. 178.

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[Westp178-2] West, Richard. "Only the Strong Survive" (Archive). Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications, February 1979. Volume 7, No. 2. ISSN 0148-7736. START: p. 94. CITED: p. 178.

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