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Jefferson High School (El Paso, Texas)
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Jefferson High School is a public high school
located in South-Central El Paso, Texas. It is part of the El Paso Independent School District
and serves mainly the eastern half of South-Central El Paso, generally from the Rio Grande
north to Interstate 10
west of Raynolds Street and railroad tracks running just north of El Paso Drive east of Raynolds, and from Luna and San Marcial Streets east to the Ysleta Independent School District boundary in the vicinity of Ascarate Park. Jefferson High is fed mainly by Henderson Middle, into which the elementary schools in its feeder pattern, Burleson, Clardy, Cooley, and Zavala, graduate. A four-by-ten-block area north of Interstate 10 surrounding the historic Concordia Cemetery and bordered by Interstate 10, the Patriot Freeway (US 54), Tularosa Avenue, and Estrella Street is also zoned to Jefferson for the high-school grades, to Henderson for the middle-school grades (six to eight), and to Alta Vista Elementary for prekindergarten to fifth grade. The Alta Vista attendance zone north of Tularosa Avenue is zoned to Armendariz Middle and Austin High.
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High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in South-Central El Paso, Texas. It is part of the El Paso Independent School District
El Paso Independent School District
The El Paso Independent School District is one of several public school districts serving El Paso, Texas . Originally organized in 1883, it is currently the largest district in the Texas Education Agency's Educational Service Center Region 19, as well as the largest district within the city of...
and serves mainly the eastern half of South-Central El Paso, generally from the Rio Grande
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande is a river that flows from southwestern Colorado in the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way it forms part of the Mexico – United States border. Its length varies as its course changes...
north to Interstate 10
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 is the fourth-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90, I-80, and I-40. It is the southernmost east–west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway, although I-4 and I-8 are further south. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 in Santa Monica,...
west of Raynolds Street and railroad tracks running just north of El Paso Drive east of Raynolds, and from Luna and San Marcial Streets east to the Ysleta Independent School District boundary in the vicinity of Ascarate Park. Jefferson High is fed mainly by Henderson Middle, into which the elementary schools in its feeder pattern, Burleson, Clardy, Cooley, and Zavala, graduate. A four-by-ten-block area north of Interstate 10 surrounding the historic Concordia Cemetery and bordered by Interstate 10, the Patriot Freeway (US 54), Tularosa Avenue, and Estrella Street is also zoned to Jefferson for the high-school grades, to Henderson for the middle-school grades (six to eight), and to Alta Vista Elementary for prekindergarten to fifth grade. The Alta Vista attendance zone north of Tularosa Avenue is zoned to Armendariz Middle and Austin High.
History
Jefferson High School was built on the former campus of Burleson Elementary School in late 1947. Throughout the first two years, Jefferson had shared the campus with Burleson. Eventually, Burleson was moved to another location and Jefferson had expanded. The school currently shares its campus with Maxine L. Silva Magnet High School for Health Care ProfessionsMaxine L. Silva Magnet High School for Health Care Professions
Silva Magnet High School is a health-focused magnet high school within the El Paso Independent School District in El Paso, Texas.It is named after lifelong El Pasoan Maxine L...
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Notable alumni
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