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W. B. Ray High School is a 5A secondary school centrally located in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States and is part of the Corpus Christi Independent School District. The school is named in honor of CCISD school board president, William Benton Ray. W. B. Ray High School opened in 1950. Ray High School is particular noted for its Socratic method, a system based on teacher and student interaction, that promulgates discussion and inquiry-based learning in the classroom.[citation needed]
| W. B. Ray High School | |
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1002 Texan Trail , United States | |
| Coordinates | 27°45′08″N 97°23′41″W / 27.75225°N 97.3948°W |
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| Type | Public, Secondary |
| Established | 1950 |
| Principal | Roxanne Gonzalez Cuevas |
| Head of school | Roxanne Gonzalez Cuevas |
| Faculty | 107.62 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,824 (2019-20)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.95[1] |
| Color(s) | Scarlet & Silver |
| Mascot | Tex and Mary Lou |
| Rival | Miller High School |
| Yearbook | Silver Spur |
| Website | ray |
W. B. Ray High School one of 46 high schools in Texas designated as a World School by the International Baccalaureate Program. W. B. Ray High School is the only high school in CCISD which offers the International Baccalaureate Program and is CCISD's only program for Gifted and Talented students at the High School level, offering higher level academic courses that surpass Honors and AP courses in both rigor and difficulty.
Demographics
With a student enrollment of approximately 2,100 students, Ray High School has an ethnic distribution of 62% Hispanic, 32% White, 5% Black, & 1% other (including Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Asians). The school's boundary area is varied in socio-economic strata, ranging from extremely affluent multimillion-dollar homes to multi-family complexes.
Profile
The school principal is Roxanne Cuevas.
The school's motto is "Fighting Texans". The mascots are "Tex" and "Mary Lou." The school has a long time rivalry with crosstown Roy Miller High School. With the decline of enrollment at Miller, King and Carroll have become increasingly significant rivals, taking the place of Miller. Since 2015, the newly constructed Veterans Memorial High School has become the most prominent rival school for Ray.
International Baccalaureate
Ray's International Baccalaureate program graduated its inaugural class in 2013. Since then, graduates have been accepted for admission at some of the most prestigious academic institutions and programs in the world including Harvard, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Georgetown, NYU, Vanderbilt, Cornell, Brown, Northwestern, Tufts, Washington University in St. Louis, Stanford, Rice, Duke, the American University in Paris, and Dartmouth among others.
Extracurricular involvement
Ray High School participates in a variety of extracurricular activities. Clubs and organizations are available in academics, service, performing arts, publications, and special interests. Competitive sports for young men and women include basketball, baseball, track, soccer, softball, wrestling, football, cross-country, swimming and diving, golf, volleyball, and tennis. The school's award-winning Academic Decathlon and Mock Trial teams regularly advance to the state level.[citation needed] The Ray Speech and Debate team is a regional powerhouse and a frequent competitor at prominent national contests.[citation needed]
School uniform
This school has a simple dress code: any color shirt and pants, but can not be showing (stomach, etc.) anything. Assistant principals and armed police officers guard the main hallways in search of dress code offenders. In 2000, there was a push in the administration (led by Dr. Scott at the time) to ban flip-flops, but student and parent outcry and lack of support from teachers led to this being dropped. [1]
Notable alumni
- Arnold Davis, former NFL player
- Farrah Fawcett, model and actress[2]
- Bill Glass, former NFL player
- Clint Gresham, Seattle Seahawks long snapper
- Martin Gurule, murderer and death row escapee
- Jim Heath, singer, songwriter and guitarist known by his stage name The Reverend Horton Heat
- John Kline, member of the House of Representatives
- Terrence McNally, is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter
- Kent Nix, former NFL player
- Paul Peress, drummer, composer, producer
- Larry C. Price, two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and documentary photographer
- Pepe Serna, actor
- Susan Taylor (aka Taylor Pie), singer/songwriter, member of the Pozo-Seco Singers
- Chris Layton, member of Stevie Ray Vaughan's band, Double Trouble
- Bart Shirley, former MLB player (LA Dodgers & NY Mets)
References
- ^ a b c "RAY H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ "Wine Matters; Brewery exec turned to wine." San Antonio Express-News. August 2, 2006.