Mansfield High School is a public secondary school located at 3001 East Broad Street in Mansfield, Texas, United States. Part of the Mansfield Independent School District, the school serves a portion of Mansfield. As of 2018, the school had 2,688 students. Mansfield High School is known for their baseball and golf sports programs.
Localisation
It is noted for its resistance to desegregation in a 1956 incident.
Academics
Mansfield High School is the top-performing high school in Mansfield, with a 96% graduation rate, and 83% proficiency in Reading and 85% proficiency in Mathematics. Mansfield offers 24 AP courses, ranging from Human Geography to Calculus BC. The average AP enrollment is 40% and the average pass rate is 46%.
Feeder patterns
The following elementary schools feed into Mansfield High School:
Boren Brown Nash (partial) Reid Tipps The following intermediate schools feed into Mansfield High School:
Asa Low (partial) Orr (partial) The following middle schools feed into Mansfield High School:
Wester (partial) Worley (partial)
Notable alumni
Kennedy Brooks, 2017, Oklahoma Sooners football running back David Cook, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives and former mayor of Mansfield Sam Hilliard, 2012, MLB outfielder for the Colorado Rockies
Toby Onwumere, actor David Murray, YouTube content creator Lenzy Pipkins, 2012, American football player Hassan Ridgeway, 2012, American football player Stepfan Taylor, 2009, former NFL running back for the Arizona Cardinals Trystan Andrew Terrell, 2015, perpetrator of the 2019 University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting Jordan Walden, 2006, former MLB pitcher Sean Williams, 2004, professional basketball player
Further reading
Ladino, Robyn Duff. Desegregating Texas Schools: Eisenhower, Shivers, and the Crisis at Mansfield High (U of Texas Press, 1996) "Mansfield Crisis, 1956 overview"