Gregory-Portland High School

Gregory-Portland High School
Gregory-Portland High School
Address
	4601 Wildcat Drive; Portland, Texas 78374; United States
Coordinates	27°54′16″N 97°19′17″W / 27.904524°N 97.321388°W
Information
Type	Co-Educational, Public, Secondary
Principal	Monica Waggoner
Teaching staff	98.28 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,464 (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio	14.90
Color(s)	Red & Blue
Athletics	UIL Class AAAAA
Athletics conference	University Interscholastic League
Mascot	Wildcat
Newspaper	The Cat's Print
Website	www.g-pisd.org/gphs

Gregory-Portland High School is a 5A secondary school in Portland, Texas and is a part of the Gregory-Portland Independent School District in southeastern San Patricio County. In addition to Portland, the school also serves the city of Gregory as well as the census-designated place of Tradewinds.^[3] The new Gregory-Portland High School was completed in the fall of 2002. The current High School is large enough (in size) to be a 6A school, capable of a student capacity of 2,400.

Academics

Gregory-Portland has been noted as a:

U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence 1999–2000.^[4]
A "Just for the Kids High-Performing School" in reading and Mathematics 2000–2002.^[5]

Theatre department

State Titles

One Act Play - ^[6]
- 1980(3A), 1986(4A), 1987(4A), 1989(4A), 1990(4A), 1997(4A), 2002(4A)
Welding National Champions
- 2021(5A), 2022(5A)

Athletics

State Titles

Girls Track - ^[7]
- 1981(4A), 1982(4A)
Volleyball - ^[8]
- 1967(2A), 1973(3A)

Notable People

Alumni

Martin Dossett - former NFL player
Don Williams - country singer and songwriter
Mitch Morris - actor and attorney
Walker Janek - 2024 first round MLB draft pick for the Astros^[9]
Steve Trevino - Comedian

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "GREGORY-PORTLAND H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Gregory-portland H S". ed.gov. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: San Patricio County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-09-27. - Text list
^ www.gpisd.org Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ "just4kids.org". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ "UIL One Act Play State Champions". uil100.org. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ "UIL Girls Track & Field State Champions". uil100.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
^ UIL Centennial Webpage^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Martinez, Quinton (June 7, 2023). "Former Corpus Christi-area high school athletes finding college success in spring sports". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

External links

Official website

[NCES-1] "GREGORY-PORTLAND H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

[2] "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Gregory-portland H S". ed.gov. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[3] "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: San Patricio County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-09-27. - Text list

[www.gpisd.org-4] www.gpisd.org Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine

[JustFortheKids-5] "just4kids.org". Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[6] "UIL One Act Play State Champions". uil100.org. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[7] "UIL Girls Track & Field State Champions". uil100.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

[8] UIL Centennial Webpage^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] Martinez, Quinton (June 7, 2023). "Former Corpus Christi-area high school athletes finding college success in spring sports". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved May 9, 2024.

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