Juan Navarro High School

Navarro Early College High School
Navarro Early College High School
Address
	1201 Payton Gin Road; Austin, Texas; 78758; United States
Coordinates	30°21′37″N 97°42′28″W / 30.36028°N 97.70778°WCoordinates: 30°21′37″N 97°42′28″W / 30.36028°N 97.70778°W
Information
Motto	"What Starts Here Changes Education"
Established	1961
School district	Austin Independent School District
Principal	Steven Covin
Teaching staff	114.78 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,586 (2017-18)
Student to teacher ratio	13.82
Color(s)	Black, White and Old Gold
Mascot	Viking
Nickname	LHS
Team name	The Vikings, Lady Vikings
Rival	Reagan High School

Juan Navarro Early College High School (formerly Sidney Lanier High School) was established in 1961 as the sixth high school in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) and was originally located in the building which today houses Burnet Middle School. Lanier was named in honor of the famous southern poet Sidney Lanier. The AISD Board of Trustees voted on March 24, 2019, to rename the school Juan Navarro High School. Juan Navarro was a 2007 graduate who died in Afghanistan from an improvised explosive device IED in July 2012.^[2] The current campus, opened in 1966, is located on Payton Gin Road. In 1997, Lanier was nationally recognized as a Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor a school could receive at the time. When it first opened, Lanier had virtually an all White student base with a highly active FFA Chapter, but over the years it has become a primarily Mexican-American school with over 85% of its students being Hispanic.^[3]

Notable alumni[]

Tommy Boggs, 1st round draft pick and Major League Baseball pitcher
Albert Burditt, professional basketball player
Derrick Strait, professional football player
Ken Harvey, Four-time NFL Pro Bowl football player
James T. Harris, 1983 University of Texas Baseball National Champions, Doctor of Physical Therapy, AMTA, OCS, FAAOMPT, 5th Grade Patrol Service Captain

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "LANIER H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
^ Ulloa, Jazmine. "Austin soldier killed while serving in Afghanistan". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
^ "Navarro Early College High School". Austin ISD. Retrieved 2021-10-12.

External links[]

Lanier High School

[NCES-1] "LANIER H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.

[2] Ulloa, Jazmine. "Austin soldier killed while serving in Afghanistan". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2021-10-12.

[3] "Navarro Early College High School". Austin ISD. Retrieved 2021-10-12.

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v t Austin Independent School District
6-12 schools	Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders (magnet)
Zoned high schools	Akins Anderson Austin Bowie Crockett Eastside LBJ McCallum Navarro Northeast Travis
Alternative secondary schools	LASA Garza Independence

Navarro Early College High School


Address

1201 Payton Gin Road Austin, Texas 78758 United States
Coordinates	30°21′37″N 97°42′28″W / 30.36028°N 97.70778°W / 30.36028; -97.70778Coordinates: 30°21′37″N 97°42′28″W / 30.36028°N 97.70778°W / 30.36028; -97.70778
Information
Motto	"What Starts Here Changes Education"
Established	1961
School district	Austin Independent School District
Principal	Steven Covin
Teaching staff	114.78 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,586 (2017-18)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.82^[1]
Color(s)	Black, White and Old Gold
Mascot	Viking
Nickname	LHS
Team name	The Vikings, Lady Vikings
Rival	Reagan High School