Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson High School is a high school in the

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in the U.S. state of

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. It is named after U.S. First Lady

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. The school is located in on Bulverde road and TPC Parkway, and serves Stone Oak, Encino Park, Bulverde Village, Cibolo Canyon, Fox Grove, and other neighborhoods of Far North Central

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. It also serves a portion of Timberwood Park.

Facts

Claudia Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson High School opened on August 28, 2008 for its inaugural year to address the growth and expansion in the north eastern communities of San Antonio, Texas. The school relieved Ronald Reagan High School, another high school in the North East Independent School District. The school sits on top of one of the tallest hills in Bexar County, and overlooks some of San Antonio. The school mascot is the jaguar and the school flower is the bluebonnet. In 2008 during the first year, the community planted bluebonnets and wildflowers around the campus. The school's song is based on the hymn Jerusalem, which was Lady Bird's favorite hymn.

Demographics

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determined Johnson had an enrolment of 3,086 in the 2019 and 2020 school year. It had an ethnic and racial makeup of 43.9% Hispanic, 36.4% white, 8.2% Asian, 5.5% Black, 5.2% were two or more races, 0.4% American Indian/Alaskan Native, and 0.3% Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander, totaling to a 63.6% minority enrolment rate. The biological sex distribution is 51%

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and 49%

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. The economically disadvantaged rates are far below that of the

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( 49.5%) and the

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(60.2%) sitting at 19.1%. The reduced priced lunch makes up 4% of the populus and 11% was free lunch program. 7.7% of the enrolled students are

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and 3.5% are English learners.

Band

The Lady Bird band most commonly known as the Claudia Taylor Johnson high school band or CTJ for short. The band has had a total of fifty nine TMEA All State band members and have taken up a total of 92 chairs of All State in the years the school has been open. In 2019 the

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went to Chicago to perform for the midwest band clinic.

Marching Band

The CTJ band is most notable for their marching band as it is a repetitive Bands of America competition finalist, winning multiple competitions, and UIL marching band finalist and 2020 state champion. The band is a four time Bands of America Grand National championship finalist, 16 time Bands of America medalist, and sixty three captions in total over their thirteen marching seasons.

Notable alumni

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(class of 2014) — Pop music singer

External links

Official websiteOfficial band website

References

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