Grand Oaks High School is a high school in
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Montgomery County, Texas
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 620,443. The county seat is Conroe. The county was created by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas on December 14, 1 ...
, in the United States. The school opened in August 2018 as the sixth high school within
Conroe Independent School District
Conroe Independent School District (CISD) is a school district in Montgomery County, Texas. The district's headquarters are located in the Deane L. Sadler Administration/Technology Center in Conroe. The CISD area, which covers , is part of the ...
. The school was built to alleviate overcrowding at
Oak Ridge High School.
Demographics
The school enrolled 1,241 students in 9th and 10th grade in its first year.
[ The school's capacity is approximately 3,000 students.]
History
On November 3, 2015, voters within Conroe ISD's attendance zone voted in favor of a $487 million bond. Part of the bond package included the construction of a high school within the Oak Ridge High School feeder zone.[ Due to the opening of Grand Oaks High School, the district estimated that enrollment at Oak Ridge would drop to 2,270 by the year 2020.
The Grand Oaks campus had a cost of $154 million.][ In its first year, Grand Oaks enrolled only 9th and 10th grade students. Each subsequent year, the school added one grade to the campus, graduating its first class in 2021.
The dedication ceremony occurred on October 22, 2018.
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Academics
For the 2018–2019 school year, Grand Oaks received an A grade from the Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States. .[Grand Oaks HS.]
Texas Education Agency. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
Athletics
In its inaugural year, Grand Oaks competed in UIL class 5A in individual sports such as cross country, track, tennis, wrestling, and swimming. All team sports except football became varsity sports in 2019; football started competing at the varsity level in 2020.
Feeder schools
Feeder elementary schools (K-4) to Grand Oaks High School include:Grand Oaks Feeder Pattern.
Conroe Independent School District. Retrieved 29 December 2018
* Bradley
* Birnham Woods
* Snyder
* Broadway
* Ford (Fox Run & Spring Creek Pines only)
Feeder intermediate schools (5-6) to Grand Oaks High School include:
* Clark
* Cox
Feeder junior high schools (7-8) to Grand Oaks High School include:
* York
References
External links
Grand Oaks High School
Update on Rezoning for Lucille J. Bradley Elementary, Flex 18, and Grand Oaks High School
" Conroe Independent School District. January 10, 2017.
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Conroe Independent School District high schools
Educational institutions established in 2018
2018 establishments in Texas