Top Texas high schools for athletes? According to one study, these are the top 25
Top Texas high schools for athletes? According to one study, these are the top 25
Texas high school sports are worthy of such legendary lore through the years, a highlight reel of athletes from the football fields to the basketball course, the tracks, and beyond.
The names create nostalgic headlines as bright as the iconic Friday Night Lights. Earl Campbell, Kenneth "Sugar Land Express" Hall and Drew Brees. Kerry Wood, Clayton Kershaw and Josh Beckett. TJ Ford and, for a time, Shaquille O'Neal. The great Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Sheryl Swoopes. And so many more.
As each of those athletes' accolades grew, so did the high schools that provided the setting for all the storylines — an act in the Lone Star Stae history that continued to the present day.
Which Texas high schools are currently the best for athletes?
According to one study, which accounts for survey feedback from students and parents and data from the U.S. Department of Education, these are the top 25.
25. Colleyville Heritage High School (Colleyville)
Total number of sports: 29
24. Carroll High School (Southlake)
Total number of sports: 22
23. Lone Star High School (Frisco)
Total number of sports: 21
22. Argyle High School (Flower Mound)
Total number of sports: 12
21. Gunter High School (Gunter)
Total number of sports: 18
20. Shadow Creek High School (Pearland)
Total number of sports: 20
19. Stephenville High School
Total number of sports: 19
18. James Madison High School (Dallas)
Total number of sports: 24
17. Wakeland High School (Frisco)
Total number of sports: 21
16. North Shore Senior High School (Houston)
Total number of sports: 16
15. Calallen High School (Corpus Christi)
Total number of sports: 22
14. Prosper High School (Prosper)
Total number of sports: 20
13. Thurgood Marshall High School (Missouri City)
Total number of sports: 16
12. Second Baptist School - Woodway (Houston)
Total number of sports: 20
11. Vandegrift High School (Austin)
Total number of sports: 20
10. Byron P. Steele II High School (Cibolo)
Total number of sports: 20
9. Desoto High School (Desoto)
Total number of sports: 12
8. Westlake High School (Austin)
Total number of sports: 17
7. Highland Park High School (Dallas)
Total number of sports: 24
6. Katy High School (Katy)
Total number of sports: 20
5. Midlothian Heritage High School (Midlothian)
Total number of sports: 24
4. Antonian College Preparatory High School (San Antonio)
Total number of sports: 14
3. St. Agnes Academy (Houston)
Total number of sports: 12
2. Aledo High School (Aledo)
Total number of sports: 18
1. Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas (Dallas)
Total number of sports: 22
Data via Niche survey statistics
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