Alief Taylor High School - History

History

Alief Taylor High School was established in 2001 and opened its doors in fall of 2002 accepting only freshmen and sophomores, to alleviate overcrowding at Elsik and Hastings, the two being among the biggest 5A high schools in the state with a combined student population of over 6,000 students at the time. In 2010, it achieved the highest AP scores in the district, reporting that 77% of its students that take the test received a score of three or higher. Its graduation rate is the highest in the district and its dropout rate is the lowest of the three comprehensive major high schoo. Taylor Is different which unlike Hastings or Elsik, Alief Taylor promotes all grade levels on the campus, which include grades 9–12. Taylor and Kerr are the only two high schools in the Alief District promoting the entire school body on one main campus, while Elsik and Hastings have their freshmen centers for 9th-graders, and the main campuses for 10-12th-graders. Since its opening in 2001, Alief Taylor now holds almost 2,800 students, and just over 200 teachers and administrators. However, even with such a large mass of students, Taylor is much smaller than both Elsik or Hastings, each having more than 5,000 students. Each class at Taylor has about 700 students Taylor's student body is 43.8% Hispanic, 41.9% Black, 11% Asian and 3.2% White in the 2009-2010 school year.