Klein Collins High School

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Klein Collins High School is a public high school located at 20811 Ella Boulevard in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. The school serves students in grades 9 through 12, as part of the Klein Independent School District. The 555,000 square foot school sits on a 117.5 acre site.^[2]

The school serves several sections of unincorporated Harris County, including sections of Forest Ridge.^[3]

By Board Policy of the district, all senior high schools must have Klein as the first word in honor of Adam Klein. Klein Collins also honors Dr. Don Collins, superintendent of the Klein School District for 29 years.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,975 students and 148.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 20.1.^[1]

[edit] History

Klein Collins is, as of August 2007, Klein ISD's newest high school [1]; Klein Collins opened on August 9, 2001. RWS Architects designed the campus and Marshall Construction Company, who received the contract to build Klein Collins on May 10, 1999, built the campus at an approximate cost of $51,000,000 exclusive of furniture and equipment. The campus, built in two separate phases, opened on August 9, 2001 with 1,092 students and a capacity for 3,100 students [2].

[edit] Demographics

As of the 2006-2007 school year, the student body consisted of:^{[citation needed]}

• 62.8% White
• 20.2% Hispanic
• 9.7% African American
• 6.5% Asian/Pacific Islander
• 0.8% Native American

[edit] Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Klein Collins [3]:

• Benfer
• Haude
• Krienhop
• Lemm
• Kuehnle (partial)
• Roth

The following intermediate schools feed into Klein Collins:

• Schindewolf
• Strack

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Klein Collins High School
• Klein Independent School District