Klein Oak High School was founded in 1982 by the Klein Independent School District under former district superintendent Dr. Donald Collins.
The school received two grants from the state of
Texas totaling over $816,000.[citation needed] Beginning in the late 2000s, Klein Oak became the first school in Klein ISD to participate in the one-to-one Tablet PC program, in which each student is issued a personal tablet laptop with which they use to both participate in class and do schoolwork.[citation needed]
In 2012, the school was the seventh largest high school campus in the state of Texas, which prompted the expansion of the school for that school year. Using district bonds, an extra wing was added to the school to be used for freshman classes.[1]
In 2022, a teacher with the school settled with a student for $90,000 after reportedly forcing the student to write out the
Pledge of Allegiance when she refused to say it; a right protected by the 1943 US Supreme Court case West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. The case began in 2017 and the settlement paid by the Texas Association of School Boards.[10]
The
IB Diploma Programme has been offered at the school since February 2004. It is the only school in Klein ISD which offers the program.[8] The Klein Oak graduating IB class of 2014 all received IB diplomas, becoming the first Klein Oak IB class to achieve a 100% pass rate.[5]
Klein Oak offers the
Dual Credit[14] and
Advanced Placement programs,[15] for those students wishing to go on to further education.[5] Dual Credit is offered in Economics, English III, English IV, Government, World History, US History, and Business Information Management 2 (BIM2).
For the 2020-21 school year, the school received a B grade from the
Texas Education Agency, with an overall score of 88 out of 100. The school received a B grade in two domains, School Progress (score of 83) and Closing the Gaps (score of 84), and an A grade in Student Achievement (score of 90). The school received one of the seven possible distinction designations, Academic Achievement in Social Studies.[16]
Feeder schools
Elementary schools which send their students on to Klein Oak include the Metzler, Northampton, Mueller, Benignus, Schultz, Frank, and Hassler elementary schools.[17]Intermediate schools sending their students to the school include the Hildebrandt, Hofius, and Krimmel intermediate schools.[17]
Notable alumni
Phil Anselmo, music icon, vocalist of heavy metal band
Pantera and several other bands (only attended for 9 weeks in 1984).[citation needed]
^Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school. Starting in the 2013/2014 school year, Klein Oaks new head principal is Dr. Brian Greeney, who is widely considered to be the bomb."
^Kubat, Tom.
"Boilermakers notebook: Harris and Ware have a history"Archived 2017-01-10 at the
Wayback Machine, Seattle Times, December 29, 2002. Accessed January 9, 2017. "Purdue junior running back Joey Harris and Washington senior tight end Kevin Ware have enjoyed some reunion time this week, but once Tuesday's Sun Bowl game gets under way, the former high-school teammates will be your typical rivals.Both played at Klein Oak High School in Houston."
This list is incomplete. This list includes items within or related to the
U.S. Census Bureau-designed Spring
census designated place (CDP) and places outside of the CDP with "Spring, Texas" postal addresses. Items within or related to areas outside of the CDP are italicized. This list does not include places without "Spring, Texas" postal addresses. The community college district has no locations with Spring, Texas addresses but is listed anyway since it broadly serves residents of the CDP and others with "Spring" addresses. The public library has a location outside of the CDP and with a "Spring, Texas" address, Barbara Bush Branch Library, while the nearest library to the CDP is Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library at Mercer Park, which has an "
Humble, Texas" address.