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Gregory-Portland High School
Gregory-Portland High School
Address
	4601 Wildcat Drive; Portland, Texas 78374; United States
Coordinates	27°54′16″N 97°19′17″W / 27.904524°N 97.321388°W
Information
Type	Co-Educational, Public, Secondary
Principal	Monica Waggoner
Teaching staff	94.54 ( FTE)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,378 (2021-22)
Student to teacher ratio	14.29
Color(s)	Red & Blue
Athletics	UIL Class AAAAA
Athletics conference	University Interscholastic League
Mascot	Wildcat
Newspaper	The Cat's Print
Website	www.g-pisd.org/gphs

Gregory-Portland High School is a 5A secondary school in Portland, Texas and is a part of the Gregory-Portland Independent School District in southeastern San Patricio County. In addition to Portland, the school also serves the city of Gregory as well as the unincorporated communities of Doyle, Falman-County Acres, and Tradewinds. The new Gregory-Portland High School was completed in the fall of 2002. The current High School is large enough (in size) to be a 6A school, capable of a student capacity of 2,400.

Academics

Gregory-Portland has been noted as a:

U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence 1999–2000.^[3]
A "Just for the Kids High-Performing School" in reading and Mathematics 2000–2002.^[4]

Theatre department

State Titles

One Act Play - ^[5]
- 1980(3A), 1986(4A), 1987(4A), 1989(4A), 1990(4A), 1997(4A), 2002(4A)
Welding National Champions
- 2021(5A), 2022(5A)

Athletics

State Titles

Girls Track - ^[6]
- 1981(4A), 1982(4A)
Volleyball - ^[7]
- 1967(2A), 1973(3A)

Notable People

Alumni

Martin Dossett - former NFL player
Don Williams - country singer and songwriter
Mitch Morris - actor and attorney

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "GREGORY-PORTLAND H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Gregory-portland H S". ed.gov. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ www.gpisd.org Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ "just4kids.org". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ "UIL One Act Play State Champions". uil100.org. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ "UIL Girls Track & Field State Champions". uil100.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ UIL Centennial Webpage^{[
permanent dead link]}

External links

Official website

[NCES-1] "GREGORY-PORTLAND H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 12, 2020.

[2] "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Gregory-portland H S". ed.gov. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[www.gpisd.org-3] www.gpisd.org Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

[JustFortheKids-4] "just4kids.org". Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[5] "UIL One Act Play State Champions". uil100.org. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[6] "UIL Girls Track & Field State Champions". uil100.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[7] UIL Centennial Webpage^{[
permanent dead link]}

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Gregory-Portland High School

Address

4601 Wildcat Drive Portland , Texas 78374 United States
Coordinates	27°54′16″N 97°19′17″W / 27.904524°N 97.321388°W / 27.904524; -97.321388
Information
Type	Co-Educational, Public, Secondary
Principal	Monica Waggoner
Teaching staff	94.54 ( FTE)^[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,378 (2021-22)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.29^[1]
Color(s)	Red & Blue
Athletics	UIL Class AAAAA
Athletics conference	University Interscholastic League
Mascot	Wildcat
Newspaper	The Cat's Print
Website	www.g-pisd.org/gphs
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