W. W. Samuell High School
Appearance
| W. W. Samuell High School | |
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| Location | |
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8928 Palisade Drive , 75217 32°44′46″N 96°40′08″W / 32.74611°N 96.66889°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Secondary |
| Motto | Together We Make It Happen[1] |
School district | Dallas Independent School District |
Principal | Gabriel Guerra |
| Faculty | 121 (2015)[2] |
Teaching staff | 125.66 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,878 (2023–2024)[3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.95[3] |
| Colors | Blue and Gold[1] |
| Mascot | Spartan[1] |
| Trustee dist. | 4, Nancy Bingham[4] |
| Area | 1, Ivonne Durant[5] |
| Website | www |
W. W. Samuell High School and Early College is a public secondary school located in the Pleasant Grove area of Dallas, Texas, US. Samuell High enrolls students in grades 9–12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. The school serves portions of southeast Dallas and a portion of the city of Balch Springs.
In 2015, the school was rated "met standard" by the Texas Education Agency.[6]
Notable alumni
[edit]This list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (July 2022) |
- John Ford Coley — soft rock musician with Dan Seals in the musical duo England Dan & John Ford Coley; hits include "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
- Ron Jones — 1969 NFL tight end for the Green Bay Packers
- Joe Kendall — former federal judge (1992–2002)
- Russ Martin — host of The Russ Martin Show, a radio program in Dallas
- Carl Mitcham — professor of technology and engineering, now at Colorado School of Mines
- Steve Ramsey — punter/quarterback for the New Orleans Saints (1970), Denver Broncos (1971–76)
- Lulu Roman — former Hee Haw TV show personality
- Dan Seals — country and soft rock musician also known as England Dan in the duo with John Ford Coley
- Dale Tillery — former Texas state representative for District 10
- Stanley Hauerwas — world-renowned theologian
- Paul Richard Alexander — lawyer and paralytic polio survivor, one of the last known people living in an iron lung; first to graduate without ever physically attending a class[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Dallas ISD - North Dallas High School Archived May 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 April 2007.
- ↑ Public School Review
- 1 2 3 "W W Samuell H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ↑ Dallas ISD - Schools by Trustee Archived October 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. (PDF). Retrieved on 22 April 2007.
- ↑ Dallas ISD - Schools by Area Archived March 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. (PDF). Retrieved on 22 April 2007.
- ↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency.
- ↑ McRobbie, Linda Rodriguez (May 26, 2020). "The man in the iron lung". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- "Editorial: Early college at Samuell High raises students' game". The Dallas Morning News. June 18, 2015. (opinion article)
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Dallas ISD listing for Samuell High School
- School profile (PDF)
- Attendance zone map (PDF)
- ↑ https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/high-school/football/standings?division=area-5a&season=2017 Dallas area football district standings
