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{{Short description|Public school in Hardin, Texas, United States}}
{{Short description|Public school in Hardin, Texas, United States}}
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{{for|the school in Brownwood, Texas|R. F. Hardin High School}}
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{{Infobox school
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| type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]]
| type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]]
| district = [[Hardin Independent School District]]
| district = [[Hardin Independent School District]]
| principal = Stacy Tucker<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hardinisd.net/domain/418|title=Hardin High School|website=hardinisd.net|access-date=June 5, 2023}}</ref>
| principal = Dr. Robert Thibodeaux <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hardinisd.net/domain/418|title=Hardin High School|website=hardinisd.net|access-date=June 5, 2023}}</ref>
| grades = 9–12
| grades = 9–12
| enrollment = 361<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4822380&ID=482238002245|title=Hardin H S|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=June 3, 2019}}</ref>
| enrollment = 361<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4822380&ID=482238002245|title=Hardin H S|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=June 3, 2019}}</ref>
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| homepage = [https://www.hardinisd.net/Domain/8; Hardin High School]
| homepage = [https://www.hardinisd.net/Domain/8; Hardin High School]
}}
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'''Hardin High School''' is a [[public high school]] serving students grades 9–12 located in the city of [[Hardin, Texas|Hardin]], [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]], [[Texas]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hardin · Texas 77575 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hardin,+TX+77575/@30.1565831,-94.734889,19z/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Hardin · Texas 77575 |language=en}}</ref> As part of the [[Hardin Independent School District]], it is attended by students in the city of Hardin and the unincorporated communities of [[Moss Hill, Texas|Moss Hill]], [[Rye, Texas|Rye]], [[Romayor, Texas|Romayor]], [[Big Thicket Lake Estates, Texas|Big Thicket Lake Estates]], [[Franklin, Liberty County, Texas|Franklin]] and other [[unincorporated area]]s within Liberty County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hardin H S Hardin, TX School Boundaries Map & School Profile |url=https://texas.hometownlocator.com/schools/profiles,n,hardin%20h%20s,z,77561,t,pb,i,1109982.cfm |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=texas.hometownlocator.com}}</ref> It is one of the two secondary schools and the only high school in the district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search for Public Schools - Search Results |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4822380 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref> It participates in [[University Interscholastic League|UIL]] region 3A.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UIL Reclassification and Realignment 2022-2024 |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/files/alignments/Cutoffs_12_8_post_alpha_by_conf.pdf |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=UIL Texas}}</ref> In 2022, the school received a "B" rating by the [[Texas Education Agency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021-22 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) |url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&_debug=0&ccyy=2022&lev=C&id=146904001&prgopt=reports%2Ftapr%2Fpaper_tapr.sas |access-date=June 4, 2023 |website=Texas Education Agency}}</ref>
'''Hardin High School''' is a [[public high school]] serving students grades 9–12 located in the city of [[Hardin, Texas|Hardin]], [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]], [[Texas]], United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hardin · Texas 77575 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hardin,+TX+77575/@30.1565831,-94.734889,19z/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Hardin · Texas 77575 |language=en}}</ref> As part of the [[Hardin Independent School District]], it is attended by students in the city of Hardin, a portion of [[Big Thicket Lake Estates, Texas|Big Thicket Lake Estates]], and a section of [[Liberty, Texas|Liberty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48291_liberty/DC20SD_C48291.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Liberty County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2023-11-18}}</ref> It alo includes [[unincorporated area|unincorporated communities]] of [[Moss Hill, Texas|Moss Hill]], [[Rye, Texas|Rye]], [[Romayor, Texas|Romayor]], [[Franklin, Liberty County, Texas|Franklin]] and others within Liberty County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hardin H S Hardin, TX School Boundaries Map & School Profile |url=https://texas.hometownlocator.com/schools/profiles,n,hardin%20h%20s,z,77561,t,pb,i,1109982.cfm |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=texas.hometownlocator.com}}</ref> It is one of the two secondary schools and the only high school in the district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search for Public Schools - Search Results |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4822380 |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=nces.ed.gov}}</ref> It participates in [[University Interscholastic League|UIL]] region 3A.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UIL Reclassification and Realignment 2022-2024 |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/files/alignments/Cutoffs_12_8_post_alpha_by_conf.pdf |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=UIL Texas}}</ref> In 2022, the school received a "B" rating by the [[Texas Education Agency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021-22 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) |url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&_debug=0&ccyy=2022&lev=C&id=146904001&prgopt=reports%2Ftapr%2Fpaper_tapr.sas |access-date=June 4, 2023 |website=Texas Education Agency}}</ref>

== History ==
As the Hardin area grew, several school districts in the Hardin area voted to consolidate in February 1939.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 8, 1939 |title=Notice of School District Consolidation Election |page=2|newspaper=[[The Liberty Vindicator]]|place=[[Liberty, Texas]]}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/135385310/ Clip] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> The vote was successful, and in March 1939, Hardin High school was established by the merger of five schools.<ref name=consolidated>{{Cite news |date=March 1, 1939 |title=School Districts are Consolidated in Elections Saturday |page=1 |newspaper=[[The Liberty Vindicator]]|place=[[Liberty, Texas]]}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/135377646/ Clip] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> By September of the same year, architects and district officials received approval from the [[Texas Department of Education]] to build a Hardin High School.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 6, 1939 |title=Hardin School to Daisetta and Liberty |page=4 |newspaper=[[The Liberty Vindicator]]|place=[[Liberty, Texas]]}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84115146/ Clipping at] [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> 16 acres of land were donated Col. R. W. and Geraldine Humphreys of Liberty. Classes began in 1940. The current iteration of Hardin High School was built in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-01 |title=Happy anniversary, Hardin ISD! |url=https://bluebonnetnews.com/2021/07/01/happy-anniversary-hardin-isd/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Bluebonnet News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="80th Anniversary">{{cite news |last1=Clark |title=Hardin ISD celebrates 80th anniversary |url=https://www.thevindicator.com/article/news-community-schoolhouse-news/hardin-isd-celebrates-80th-anniversary |access-date=22 November 2023 |publisher=Liberty Vindicator |date=2023}}</ref>

In 2005, four people died and several were left in critical condition as a result of a traffic accident whose site was the front of the school.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-05-24 |title=DWI and student bodies at Hardin High, Pt. 1 - A scene all too... |url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/DWI-and-student-bodies-at-Hardin-High-Pt-1-A-9808057.php |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Chron |language=en}}</ref> In 2007, the school received a bomb threat. Liberty County sheriff deputies blocked off the whole area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GEORGE |first=MIKE |date=2007-02-06 |title=Hardin High School gets bomb threat by phone |url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/article/Hardin-High-School-gets-bomb-threat-by-phone-9569912.php |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Chron |language=en}}</ref>

As of the 2021-2022 school year, 57.6% of a total 361 students were considered at risk of dropping out of school. At $52,512, the average teacher's salary was $6,375 less than the state average. Teachers averaged 15.5 years of experience. The graduation rate of 98.6% exceeded the state average of 90. The college graduation rate for students who entered 8th grade ten years previously was 22.2%.<ref name="TT">{{cite news |title=Hardin High School |url=https://schools.texastribune.org/districts/hardin-isd/hardin-high-school/ |access-date=21 November 2023 |publisher=Texas Tribune}}</ref>


== Athletics ==
== Athletics ==
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* Tennis
* Tennis
** 1992 (3A)<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=University Interscholastic League |title=1991-1992 3A Boys Singles Tennis State Brackets — University Interscholastic League (UIL) |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/tennis/state-results/1991-1992-3a-boys-singles-tennis-state-brackets |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.uiltexas.org |language=en}}</ref>
** 1992 (3A)<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=University Interscholastic League |title=1991-1992 3A Boys Singles Tennis State Brackets — University Interscholastic League (UIL) |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/tennis/state-results/1991-1992-3a-boys-singles-tennis-state-brackets |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.uiltexas.org |language=en}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [[Jason Catchings]], former tennis champion for the Hardin High School in 1992,<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=University Interscholastic League |title=1991-1992 3A Boys Singles Tennis State Brackets — University Interscholastic League (UIL) |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/tennis/state-results/1991-1992-3a-boys-singles-tennis-state-brackets |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.uiltexas.org |language=en}}</ref> professional tennis coach, coach of [[Westside High School (Houston)|Westside High School]], and principal of [[Scarborough High School (Texas)|Scarborough High School]] and [[Westbury High School (Houston)|Westbury High School]], for three and one years respectively, that was later suspended and relieved of his duties by members board members of [[Houston ISD]] due to an [[academic scandal]] involving the raising of [[Grade inflation|failing grades to passing]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mellon |first=Ericka |date=2015-08-14 |title=Former Westbury High principal gets 5 months pay in settlement |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Former-Westbury-High-principal-gets-5-months-pay-6443673.php |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mellon |first=Ericka |date=2015-05-06 |title=Westbury High principal reassigned after critical audit |url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Westbury-High-principal-reassigned-after-critical-6246720.php |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=San Antonio Express-News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HISD fires Westbury HS principal at center of grade-changing allegations |url=https://abc13.com/reagan-high-school-grades-hisd-houston-isd-grade-investigation/722927/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=ABC13 Houston |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-01 |title=Westbury principal faces firing over grade-changing - Houston Chronicle |url=http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Westbury-principal-faces-firing-over-6259298.php |access-date=2023-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201061446/http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Westbury-principal-faces-firing-over-6259298.php |archive-date=December 1, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-01 |title=HISD: Westbury principal ordered passing grades - Houston Chronicle |url=http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/HISD-Westbury-principal-ordered-passing-grades-6244314.php |access-date=2023-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201130057/http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/HISD-Westbury-principal-ordered-passing-grades-6244314.php |archive-date=December 1, 2015 }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:High schools in Texas]]
[[Category:High schools in Texas]]
[[Category:Schools in Liberty County, Texas]]
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[[Category:1940 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1940]]




Latest revision as of 22:52, 16 October 2024

For the school in Brownwood, Texas, see R. F. Hardin High School.
Hardin High School
Address
Map
501 FM 834

Liberty
,
Texas
77575

United States
Coordinates30°09′24″N 94°44′04″W / 30.15660°N 94.73436°W / 30.15660; -94.73436
Information
School typePublic high school
School districtHardin Independent School District
PrincipalDr. Robert Thibodeaux [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment361[2] (2021–2022)
Color(s)      Blue, White, and Gold[3]
Athletics conferenceUIL Class 3A
WebsiteHardin High School

Hardin High School is a public high school serving students grades 9–12 located in the city of Hardin, Liberty County, Texas, United States.[4] As part of the Hardin Independent School District, it is attended by students in the city of Hardin, a portion of Big Thicket Lake Estates, and a section of Liberty.[5] It alo includes unincorporated communities of Moss Hill, Rye, Romayor, Franklin and others within Liberty County.[6] It is one of the two secondary schools and the only high school in the district.[7] It participates in UIL region 3A.[8] In 2022, the school received a "B" rating by the Texas Education Agency.[9]

History

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As the Hardin area grew, several school districts in the Hardin area voted to consolidate in February 1939.[10] The vote was successful, and in March 1939, Hardin High school was established by the merger of five schools.[11] By September of the same year, architects and district officials received approval from the Texas Department of Education to build a Hardin High School.[12] 16 acres of land were donated Col. R. W. and Geraldine Humphreys of Liberty. Classes began in 1940. The current iteration of Hardin High School was built in 1997.[13][14]

In 2005, four people died and several were left in critical condition as a result of a traffic accident whose site was the front of the school.[15] In 2007, the school received a bomb threat. Liberty County sheriff deputies blocked off the whole area.[16]

As of the 2021-2022 school year, 57.6% of a total 361 students were considered at risk of dropping out of school. At $52,512, the average teacher's salary was $6,375 less than the state average. Teachers averaged 15.5 years of experience. The graduation rate of 98.6% exceeded the state average of 90. The college graduation rate for students who entered 8th grade ten years previously was 22.2%.[17]

Athletics

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The Hardin Hornets compete in the following sports:[18][19]

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Powerlifting
  • Softball
  • Track and field
  • Volleyball

State championships

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  • Girls' Basketball–
  • Tennis

References

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  1. ^ "Hardin High School". hardinisd.net. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "Hardin H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Hardin High School Sports". maxpreps.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "Hardin · Texas 77575". Hardin · Texas 77575. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Liberty County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "Hardin H S Hardin, TX School Boundaries Map & School Profile". texas.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  7. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Search Results". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  8. ^ "UIL Reclassification and Realignment 2022-2024" (PDF). UIL Texas. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  9. ^ "2021-22 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR)". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  10. ^ "Notice of School District Consolidation Election". The Liberty Vindicator. Liberty, Texas. February 8, 1939. p. 2. - Clip at Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "School Districts are Consolidated in Elections Saturday". The Liberty Vindicator. Liberty, Texas. March 1, 1939. p. 1. - Clip at Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Hardin School to Daisetta and Liberty". The Liberty Vindicator. Liberty, Texas. September 6, 1939. p. 4. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Happy anniversary, Hardin ISD!". Bluebonnet News. July 1, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  14. ^ Clark (2023). "Hardin ISD celebrates 80th anniversary". Liberty Vindicator. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  15. ^ "DWI and student bodies at Hardin High, Pt. 1 - A scene all too..." Chron. May 24, 2005. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  16. ^ GEORGE, MIKE (February 6, 2007). "Hardin High School gets bomb threat by phone". Chron. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  17. ^ "Hardin High School". Texas Tribune. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  18. ^ "Athletics / Hardin Hornets Coaching History". www.hardinisd.net. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  19. ^ "Hardin (TX) High School Sports - Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and more". www.maxpreps.com. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  20. ^ "1981-1982 State Champions — Archives — University Interscholastic League (UIL)". www.uiltexas.org. University Interscholastic League. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  21. ^ "1980-1981 State Champions — Archives — University Interscholastic League (UIL)". www.uiltexas.org. University Interscholastic League. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  22. ^ "1982-1983 State Champions — Archives — University Interscholastic League (UIL)". www.uiltexas.org. University Interscholastic League. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  23. ^ "1991-1992 3A Boys Singles Tennis State Brackets — University Interscholastic League (UIL)". www.uiltexas.org. University Interscholastic League. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
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