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Mirabeau B. Lamar High School is a secondary school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in Houston , Texas , United States , with a zip code of 77098. Lamar High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is part of the Houston Independent School District . Lamar High School, which is located in the Upper Kirby district, is denoted as having a business magnet program offering a wide array of business management courses, as well as cooperation with the Houston business community to provide internships and college scholarships. It also has the International Baccalaureate program. The school is named after , French , German , Hebrew , Italian , Japanese , Latin , Spanish , and Russian . In 2002, 32 students were awarded the IB Diploma, and Lamar was recognized as the most successful IB school in Texas. Lamar also hosts Summer School for HISD. The school handles grades nine through twelve. Lamar High School has neighborhood, 's 2005 list of the top high schools in the United States. It was ranked 973rd during the following year. Many students in other parts of Houston ISD transfer to Lamar to escape home schools that do not have a good academic performance, causing the attendance figures of those schools to suffer. [http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2005_3900502 The school's mascot for its sports teams is the "Redskins". There are plans to phase out the "Redskins" into the "Rangers" as "Redskins" is considered Derogatory to the Native American population. So far, only the girls' dancing squad, the "Arrowettes", have been permanently given a new name (the "Rangerettes"). There is a joke in the River Oaks community that states that River Oaks Boulevard is the only street with a country club at both ends. One is the River Oaks Country Club, and the "other" is Lamar High School. {Link without Title} The school is seen in the movie '' Rushmore ''. In ''Rushmore'' the campus is used as the setting for the public school. The school was also featured in the Chuck Norris film: ''Sidekicks''. HISTORY of the state of Texas .]] Lamar High School was established in was built in 1962 to relieve Lamar. Lamar was desegregated when Houston ISD was ordered to desegregate in 1970. Unlike many other Houston ISD schools, Lamar's student body has remained mostly Middle and Upper Class . LOCATION As mentioned earlier, Lamar is located in the , a K-12 private school. NEIGHBORHOODS SERVED BY LAMAR Many parts of Houston west of Downtown that are inside the 610 Loop are zoned to Lamar. The upscale neighborhood of River Oaks is zoned to Lamar. The neighborhoods of Afton Oaks , Upper Kirby, Avalon Place , Alabama Place , Southgate , Old Braeswood , Boulevard Oaks , Southampton Place , Rice Military , the portions of Braeswood Place east of Stella Link and north of South Braeswood (including Braes Heights and Braes Oaks), most of Midtown , a portion of the Fourth Ward , and Montrose are also zoned to Lamar. The Greenway Condominiums are also zoned to Lamar. In addition, all pupils in the "island" city of West University Place and the majority of pupils in the "island" city of Southside Place (areas east of Stella link) are zoned to Lamar. Wealthier pupils who live in Uptown Houston who remain in the public education system often choose to go to Lamar. Students residing in the Lee attendance zone, including the Uptown district and the neighborhoods of Briar Meadow , Briargrove , Briarcroft , Gulfton , Larchmont , St. George Place , and Tanglewood , may go to Lamar, Lee High , or Westside High . The communities that Lamar serves are predominately made up of middle and upper class professionals with jobs in Houston. Houston ISD's school choice policies allow for the school to serve many working class families who live outside of the Lamar attendance boundary. STUDENT BODY During the 2004-2005 school year, Lamar High School was Houston ISD's largest high school with 3429 students. Lamar was 32% Hispanic, 36% White, 27% African-American, 5% Asian, and less than 1% Native American. The amount of students on free or reduced lunch programs was 37%. {Link without Title} . TRANSPORTATION Houston ISD provides School Bus es for students who live more than two miles away from the school or who have major obstacles between their houses and the school. Students are eligible if they are zoned to Lamar or are in the Lamar magnet program. A METRO bus stop (Westheimer Road @ River Oaks Boulevard) is located at the school's entrance. Bus line 82 (Westheimer) stops at Westheimer @ River Oaks. FEEDER PATTERNS Elementary schools that feed into Lamar include all of MacGregor, Poe , River Oaks , Will Rogers (which will close after the 2005-2006 school year), West University, Wharton, and Wilson, and portions of Gregory-Lincoln, Horn, Longfellow, Memorial, Pilgrim (the rest of Pilgrim indirectly feeds into Lamar), Roberts, Stevenson, Thompson, Mark Twain. Part of St. George Place Elementary School will feed into Lamar once it opens (the rest will indirectly feed into Lamar). All of the Pilgrim Elementary portions that directly feed into Lamar will be rezoned to St. George Place Elementary School when St. George Place opens. Middle schools that feed into Lamar include all of Lanier and portions of Cullen, Gregory-Lincoln, Hogg, Pershing , and Ryan. All pupils zoned to Pershing Middle School may attend Pin Oak Middle School ; therefore Pin Oak also feeds into Lamar High School. More schools feed into Lamar as all students zoned to Lee High School may instead choose to go to Lamar High School or Westside High School . Elementary schools that feed into Lee (and therefore also feed into Lamar) include all of Briargrove, Benavidez, Emerson, Piney Point, and Rodriguez, and portions of Condit, Cunningham, Neff, Pilgrim (the rest of Pilgrim directly feeds into Lamar), Sutton, Walnut Bend, and White. Part of St. George Place Elementary School will feed into Lee and therefore Lamar once it opens (the rest will directly feed into Lamar). Middle schools that feed into Lee (and therefore also feed into Lamar) include all of Grady, and parts of Long, Pershing, Revere, and Sharpstown . All pupils zoned to Long and Pershing Middle Schools may attend Pin Oak Middle School; therefore Pin Oak also feeds into Lee High School and Lamar High School. NOTABLE ALUMNI
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