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Encyclopedia > Booker T. Washington High School (Houston)
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Booker T. Washington High School is a secondary school located at 119 East 39th Street in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77018. Jump to: navigation, search City nickname: Space City Location Location in the state of Texas Government Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 601. ...


Booker T. Washington, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Houston Independent School District. Booker T. Washington has a neighborhood program that serves neighborhoods outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8 in the northwest part of Houston, including the neighborhoods of Independece Heights and Acres Homes. The school was named after Booker T. Washington. The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. ... Interstate 610 is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ... Sam Houston Tollway, also Sam Houston Parkway and Beltway 8, is a Texas state highway located in Houston. ... Jump to: navigation, search Booker T. Washington Booker Taliferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 15, 1915) was an African American educator and author. ...


The High School For Engineering Professions is located in the Booker T. Washington campus.


History

The school was established in 1893 in Houston's Fourth Ward as Colored High School. It later moved to its present day location in Independence Heights. Booker T. Washington was desegregated in 1970. Houston ISD's first magnet program, High School For Engineering Professions, was established in 1975 at Booker T. Washington.


Feeder patterns

All of Allen, Burrus, Hohl, Kennedy, and Wesley Elementary schools feed into Washington, and parts of Garden Oaks, Highland Heights, Osborne, and Roosevelt feed into Washington.


Most of Williams Middle School and only small parts of Black Middle School and Alexander Hamilton Middle School feed into Booker T. Washington.


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