Alief Hastings High School is a public high school in the
Alief area of
Houston,
Texas,
United States. Originally Alief Junior-Senior High School, which became Alief Middle School, housed all of the secondary students in the district. The school's present location opened, while still under construction, for the fall semester of 1972. All high school students moved to that building, with the first graduating class in May 1973.
Alief Hastings is a part of the
Alief Independent School District and it serves grades 9 through 12. Ninth-graders are in the Alief Hastings Ninth Grade Center (6750 Cook Road, City of Houston, 77072) while tenth through twelfth graders are on the main campus (4410 Cook Road, City of Houston, 77072). The campuses had a combined enrollment of 4207 students as of the 2002-2003 school year. The opening of
Alief Taylor High School reduced the overall class size at Alief Hastings significantly. Alief Hastings is considered to be the brother school of
Alief Elsik High School. The two schools enjoy a friendly rivalry that heats up each year in the final football game when they play each other in a shared football stadium.
The ninth grade campus is located in the
International District although the main high school building is outside of it.[2]
All Alief ISD elementary, intermediate, and middle schools feed into Hastings as high school placement in Alief ISD is determined by a computerized
lottery: the lottery can result in either
Elsik, Hastings, or
Taylor.[3] If a student was selected by lottery to attend a high school different from the high school of a relative currently attending or graduated from, the student may opt to transfer to that respective school.[citation needed]
Students may also complete an application for the district's magnet high school,
Kerr.
Neighborhoods served by AISD include
Alief, most of the
New Chinatown, most of
Westchase, Bellaire West, and most of Leawood.
Peggy Miller, a teacher, said that when she started being the school's yearbook advisor at Hastings, 18 years prior to 2008, the number of copies of yearbooks sold was 80% of the total number of students. Around 2008, the copies of yearbooks sold was 10-15% that of the total number of students. In 2008 Miller said "They all want them, but it's like, who's got $60? They would rather go buy their tennis shoes or buy a grill for their mouth or something. A book is not as significant today to a child."[4] In 2008 Miller introduced color pages in an effort to entice students to buy more yearbooks.[4]
Demographics
In the 2022-2023 school year, there were 3,930 students. 1.0% were American Indian, 8.6% were Asian, 26.2% were African American, 60.0% were Hispanic, 0.1% were Pacific Islander, 3.7% were White, and 0.4% were two or more races. 83.1% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.[1]
Academics
For each academic year, the
Texas Education Agency rates school performance using statistical data. For 2017–2018, the school scored 73 out of 100, classified as "Met Standard." The following year, the school received a score of 78 and a C grade. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were not rated in 2019–2020 and 2020–2021. For 2021–2022, the school received a score of 69 and was not rated.[5]
Notable alumni
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2010-2011 Alief ISD Registration Times, Dates, & RequirementsArchived 2012-04-06 at the
Wayback Machine." Alief Independent School District. Retrieved on October 16, 2011. "Students receive their assignments to Elsik, Hastings, or Taylor High School by means of a computerized random-draw system. Following the draw assignment, those who are interested in attending Kerr High School may apply for admission"
This list is incomplete. There are multiple boundaries for "Alief" depending on the agency/authority: Alief Community Association, Alief Super Neighborhood Council, and the
Alief Independent School District each have their own boundaries.
This list is incomplete. This list only includes schools in the Houston city limits. Multiple schools with "Houston, Texas" addresses are not in the city limits.