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T. H. Rogers School

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T.H. Rogers School

T.H. Rogers School is a primary and secondary school located at 5840 San Felipe in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77057.

T.H. Rogers, which is a part of the Houston Independent School District, is an alternative school that has several different programs. T.H. Rogers, which is located outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8, is in the Uptown Houston area. T.H. Rogers serves gifted and talented students in the Vanguard program from Kindergarten through 8, deaf students from kindergarten through 8, and multiply impaired students from early education through 12th grade.

T.H. Rogers has a selective admission process for Vanguard students. Many of the Vanguard students are of East Asian and South Asian descent.

History

T.H. Rogers was originally a regular middle school that served Uptown area residents. In the 1980s T.H. Rogers was converted into a magnet school due to low enrollment.

Feeder patterns

T.H. Rogers does not have a zoning boundary, as it serves students from all over Houston ISD. However, the deaf program only goes up to the eighth grade at T.H. Rogers and the deaf program is continued for grades 9 through 12 at Barbara Jordan High School in Houston. The deaf pupils generally go on to Jordan High School. The Vanguard students go to a variety of high schools; most Vanguard T.H. Rogers pupils go on to Bellaire High School for its famous academic and extracurricular programs, which is located in the city of Bellaire. Some apply to Carnegie Vanguard High School, Lamar High School, and Westside High School. Multiply-impaired students stay at T.H. Rogers for their entire K-12 careers.