Houston High School is a high school in

Houston, Mississippi Houston is a city in and one of two county seats of Chickasaw County, in northern Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,623 at the 2010 census. History Native American groups had long used the future Chickasaw County for millennia b ...

, United States. It was formerly a part of the

Houston School District Houston School District was a school district in Mississippi. In addition to Houston, the district served the village of Woodland. It merged with the Chickasaw County School District. The two existing districts dissolved on June 30, 2021 and a n ...

until July 1st, 2021 when the district was merged with the

Chickasaw County School District The Chickasaw County School District is a public school district based in Houston, Mississippi (USA). On June 30, 2021 the Houston School District and the former Chickasaw County School District were dissolved, with a new Chickasaw County School ...

. Houston High School was identified by the

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as a model site for School wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). Houston High School's graduation rate was 89.1% for the 2017−2018 school year, an increase of 30 points from its graduation rate in 2010. In 2018, the Houston High School Solar Car Race Team won its 15th consecutive championship in

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. The Houston Solar Car Team was featured in an

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film that followed the team to Australia for the

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, at which Houston High School won the World Solar Challenge Adventure Class and set a World Solar Challenge record for most miles raced in a single day – 252 miles. The team's car, Sundancer, has been displayed at the

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Notable alumni

* Chris Jones, defensive tackle for the

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Sundancer Wins Again (2006)
Public high schools in Mississippi Schools in Chickasaw County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-school-stub