James Madison High School is a public high school located in the Hiram Clarke area of Houston, Texas, United States.Brown, Chip. "Young is calling his own plays As UT icon's NFL star rises, can those close to him avoid a fumble? ." The Dallas Morning News. February 19, 2006. Retrieved on November 14, 2011. "[...]of Mr. Young's high school in the Hiram Clarke neighborhood he grew up in." and "[..] after the parade and rally at the predominantly black Madison High School, Mr. [...]" The school, located in the Five Corners District,District Map. 5 Corners District. Retrieved on January 7, 2019. serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of the Houston Independent School District. The school is named after James Madison, the fourth President of the United States.

Madison contains HISD's magnet program for Space and Meteorological Sciences; the program is known as the High School for Meteorology & Space Science.

History

James Madison Junior-Senior High School was opened on September 8, 1965. In February 1968, Dick Dowling Junior High School (now Audrey Lawson Middle School) was opened and James Madison became a high school that temporarily taught 9th graders for that first year. By the next year, it was for grades 10 through 12."History." Madison High School. May 24, 2003. Retrieved on July 27, 2009.

In 1974 Carrie Rochon McAfee became the principal of Madison and worked there for 15 years. She was the first woman to become the principal of a traditional public high school in Texas. The Madison community knows her as "Marlin Mama."Garza, Cynthia Leonor. "Carrie McFafee, Madison's 'Marlin Mama'" (Archive). Houston Chronicle. Sunday October 1, 2006. Retrieved on September 27, 2015. Version at Legacy.com.

In the northern hemisphere fall of 1981, Madison again covered the ninth grade."History ." Madison High School. Retrieved on February 16, 2011.

In the 1980s the school was called the "James Madison Academy of International Education."Watts, Leslie. "SHEAR MADNESS/Heads-up trends, or hair-way to heaven." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday July 4, 1989. Houston Section, Page 1. Retrieved on October 26, 2011.

The magnet program opened in 1995 with a partnership with KPRC-TV (Channel 2).

In 2007, a study by the Associated Press and Johns Hopkins University referred to Madison as a "dropout factory" where at least 40% of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.Scharrer, Gary. "Report points to 'dropout factories'." Houston Chronicle. November 7, 2007. Retrieved on July 16, 2010.

In the period 2014-2019 Madison had five principals. In early 2019, Carlotta Outley Brown, previously principal of Peck Elementary School, became the principal; this occurred at the mid-point of the second semester of the 2018–2019 school year.

Location Madison is in Houston's neighborhood "Hiram Clarke" nearby Hiram Clarke Road and West Orem Street, a major thoroughfare.

Neighborhoods served by Madison Houston neighborhoods served by Madison"Madison High School Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. include portions of Almeda, Link Valley and the Hiram Clarke area, including Dumbarton Village, Almeda Plaza, Almeda Manor, Brentwood, Keswick Place, Westbrook, Krogerville, Briarwick, Townwood, Cambridge Village, Corinthian Pointe,"John Stamps Survey, Abstract No. 736 ." Solutions, Ltd. Retrieved on May 6, 2009. Glen Iris (including Angel Lane), Meredith Manor, Pamela Heights, Post Oak Village, Summerlyn , San Pablo , Willow Glen, and Windsor Village. In addition portions of unincorporated Harris County are served by Madison. One Houston Housing Authority public housing complex, Peninsula Park, is zoned to Madison High."Peninsula Park ." Houston Housing Authority. Retrieved on January 2, 2019. "4855 West Fuqua Street Houston, TX 77045"

In 1970 Westwood, along with some other White communities, was rezoned from Westbury High School to Madison because of a court ruling. By 1990, Madison was 1% White while Westbury was about 50% Black, 25% White, 15% Hispanic, and 10% Asian. In 1992 an attendance boundary shift occurred but Westwood was still in the Madison zone. The Westwood community advocated for a rezoning to Westbury,McAdams, p. 55. and after the community gave a presentation to the HISD board, the board unanimously rezoned the community to Westbury.McAdams, p. 56.

Dress code the students are required to wear school uniforms. In 2019 principal Outley Brown instituted a dress code for parents visiting the school. The principal instituted this after objecting to the dress of a parent trying to register her child for school. This dress code bars parents from wearing pajamas, hair rollers, satin caps, shower caps, and other casual items.

Student body As of the 2016–2017 school year, 1,661 students attended Madison.Madison High School. "school profile . Accessed April 28, 2019.

By race/ethnicity: 58% were Hispanic 40% were African American 1% were white 1% were Asian-Pacific Islanders Less than 1% were Native American Less than 1% were of 2 or more races/ethnicities

Feeder patterns The following elementary schools feed into Madison High School: Fondren "Fondren Elementary Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Grissom "Grissom Elementary Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Hines-Caldwell "Hines-Caldwell Elementary Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Hobby"Hobby Elementary Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Montgomery"Montgomery Elementary Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Petersen"Petersen Elementary Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Windsor Village"Windsor Village Elementary Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District.

(partial) Shearn"Shearn Elementary Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District.

All elementary and middle school students of Reagan K-8 are zoned to Madison."Agenda Board of Education Meeting March 08, 2012 ." Houston Independent School District. "Current - Grissom, Montgomery, Peterson, & Hobby Elementary Schools Attachment 1," "Proposed - Grissom, Montgomery, Petersen, & Hobby Elementary Schools Attachment 2," "Current - Reagan and Dowling Middle Schools Attachment 3," and "Proposed - Reagan and Dowling Middle Schools Attachment 4." Retrieved on June 14, 2012. (Archive)"Reagan Middle Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Portions of the Dowling Middle School,"Dowling Middle Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Pershing Middle School"Pershing Middle Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. and Welch Middle School boundaries feed into Madison."Welch Middle Attendance Zone ." Houston Independent School District. Any students zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School's regular program, so Pin Oak also feeds into Madison."Pin Oak Middle School." The Southwest District. Houston Independent School District.

Notable alumni

Michael Arceneaux - Author of I Can't Date Jesus Kirk Baptiste - 1984 Olympics silver medalist."Distinguished HISD Alumni ." Houston Independent School District. Lance Blanks - Former basketball player for the Detroit Pistons. (Did not graduate from Madison) Brett Cullen - Actor Donald Jordan - former NFL running back Garry Kimble - former NFL cornerback Greg Kite - Former basketball player for the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Sacramento Kings, the Orlando Magic, the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers. Chuck LaMar First General Manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Baseball Club Tommy Mason-Griffin - Professional basketball player. Chad Jackson - Former American basketball player and Ozone award-winning Music writer Jerel Myers - Former American football player of the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins. Moran Norris - Fullback for the Houston Texans."Moran Norris." NFL. Retrieved on May 7, 2009. Richard Seals - former NFL defensive tackle Broderick Thomas - Former American football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Detroit Lions, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Dallas Cowboys Vince Young - Former American football player

Further reading McAdams, Donald R. Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools-- and Winning!: Lessons from Houston. Teachers College Press, 2000. , 9780807770351.

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