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Mansfield Timberview High School (THS) is a
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located in Arlington,
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Mansfield Independent School District Mansfield Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Mansfield, Texas, United States. MISD serves Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. I ...
campus. Its
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. Timberview High School was named an AVID National Demonstration School in 2016 and an AVID School-wide Site of Distinction in 2017. The school serves sections of Arlington,
Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...
, and Grand Prairie. Timberview serves several communities, including Lake Port Village.


History

On October 6, 2021, a shooter (Timothy George Simpkins) opened fire just after 9:15 a.m., shooting three people, including a student attending Mansfield Timberview High School, who was left in
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. The shooter identified as an 18-year-old male named Timothy George Simpkins fled after the shooting. The suspect fled the scene and later turned himself in that day. The suspect faces three counts of
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. This prompted authorities to monitor videofeeds in real time and conduct random canine searches in classrooms.


Feeder patterns

The following
elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
s feed into Mansfield Timberview High School: Brockett, Gideon, Thelma Jones, and Cabaniss. Icenhower
intermediate school A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...
feeds into Mansfield Timberview High School. Coble
middle school A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...
feeds into Mansfield Timberview High School.


Athletics

State titles: *(2008-2009) Girls' Track *(2009-2010) Girls' Basketball *(2016-2017) Men's Basketball *(2018-2019) Men's Basketball


Notable alumni

* David Anenih, 2017, American football player *
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, 2007,
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player *
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, 2008,
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Aldrich Bailey Aldrich Bailey Jr. (born February 6, 1994) is an American sprinter. He graduated from Mansfield Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas in 2012, and was committed to Texas A&M University in 2012. In 2014 Bailey transferred to the University ...
, 2012,
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sprinter for the
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*
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, 2014, basketball player for the
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* Chennedy Carter, 2017, professional basketball player who also played for
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* Isaac Likekele, 2018, college basketball player *
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(born 1993), basketball player for
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in the
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* {{Coord, 32.622082, -97.077888, display=title, type:edu_region:US-TX Educational institutions established in 2004 2004 establishments in Texas High schools in Arlington, Texas Mansfield Independent School District high schools Public high schools in Tarrant County, Texas