Brazosport High School
Public school in Freeport, Texas, United States
Brazosport High School is a public high school located at the intersection of Brazosport Boulevard and West 2nd Street in Freeport, Texas, United States. It handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Brazosport Independent School District.
The high school serves the following:[3] Freeport, as well as surrounding Jones Creek,[4] Oyster Creek,[5] Quintana,[6] and Surfside Beach.[7] The campus recently[when?] received major renovations, removing the majority of the original campus.[citation needed]
Athletics
Brazosport High School is often nicknamed "B-Port" by its students. Athletic teams are known as the "Exporters" and sport the colors red, white and blue. The Exporters have earned two high school baseball state 4A championships (1964 and 1966). The Exporter football team plays their home games at Hopper Field located on-campus.
Brazosport High School is most known for their winter extracurricular activities, and offers Colorguard, Winterguard, The Shipmates Drill Team, Exporter Band, Orchestra, Sports, Academic Team, NHS, Student Council, Anime Club, FFA, and Debate Club.
The Brazosport Exporters compete in these sports - [8]
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Powerlifting
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming and Diving
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Volleyball
History
The high school was originally the only one in the area before Brazoswood High School opened in September 1969 to serve the communities of Clute, Lake Jackson, and Richwood in the Brazosport Independent School District (BISD). The opening of Brazoswood High School created an immediate rivalry between the two schools that is still alive today.
Feeder patterns
Freeport Elementary feeds into Velasco Elementary. Velasco feeds into Lanier Middle. Lanier Middle and SFA Stem Academy feed into Freeport Intermediate. Freeport Intermediate feeds into Brazosport.[3]
Academics
In 2007 Johns Hopkins University referred to Brazosport as a "dropout factory" where at least 40 percent of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.[9]
See also
- Hopper Field - The Brazosport ISD stadium
Notable alumni
References
- ^ "Brazosport High School - Administration". Brazosport High School. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ a b c "BRAZOSPORT H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "Current elementary boundary maps". Brazosport Independent School District. Retrieved 2020-06-17. - Compare to town limit maps. Also: "Elementary Boundary Zones" (PDF). Brazosport Independent School District. Retrieved 2020-06-17. (old map with former boundaries)
With these established, see "Feeder Patterns" (PDF). Brazosport Independent School District. Retrieved 2020-06-17. which establishes which schools they feed into: Logically anything zoned to the feeder elementary schools goes to Brazosport High. Older feeder maps: "Brazosport ISD School Feeder Patterns". Brazosport Independent School District. Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2020-06-17. - ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Jones Creek village, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Oyster Creek city, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Quintana town, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-06-17. - Compare this map to school boundary maps of BISD.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Surfside Beach city, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-06-17. - Compare this map to school boundary maps of BISD.
- ^ The Athletics Department
- ^ "Report points to 'dropout factories'," Houston Chronicle, October 31, 2007
- ^ "King Hill". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ "Cedric Mack". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ Christian, Carol (2009-07-30). "Legendary Brazoswood coach Bryan dies". Brazosport Facts. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
- ^ "Player Roster: Melvin White". Carolina Panthers. Archived from the original on October 28, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
External links
- Brazosport High School
- Brazosport ISD Twitter
- Brazosport High School Twitter
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- Brazosport ISD
- Brazosport HS
- Brazoria County Library System
- Brazosport College(*)
- Brazosport Facts (based in Freeport until 1976)
This list is incomplete.
(*) The college has no facilities in Freeport, but Freeport is within its service area.
(*) The college has no facilities in Freeport, but Freeport is within its service area.
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