Klein Forest High School


Klein Forest High School is a public senior high school in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, near Houston. It is a part of the Klein Independent School District.
It was the second high school built in Klein ISD. Opening in the Fall of 1979, Klein Forest welcomes students from the southern side of the district, including the Champions area of F.M. 1960. Klein Forest celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2009. There are two intermediate campuses and eight elementary schools within its feeder pattern. In the spring of 2011, Klein Forest opened an NCAA-modeled athletic facility. Klein Forest serves grades 9-12. A portion of the Near Northwest district is served by the school.

History

In 2017, areas of the Klein Forest zone between Cypress Creek and Farm to Market Road 1960 were rezoned to Klein High School.

Academics

During the 2001-02 school year, Klein Forest High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
For the 2018-2019 school year, the school received a C grade from the Texas Education Agency, with an overall score of 78 out of 100. The school received a C grade in two domains, Student Achievement and Closing the Gaps, and a B grade in School Progress. The school did not receive any of the seven possible distinction designations.

Feeder pattern

For the 2018-19 school year, students who attend these schools are within Klein Forest High School's attendance zone:
Wunderlich IntermediateKlein Intermediate
Greenwood Forest ElementaryEiland Elementary
Kaiser ElementaryEpps Island Elementary
Klenk ElementaryNitsch Elementary
McDougle Elementary McDougle Elementary

A small portion of Houston is within the school's attendance boundary.

Demographics

As of the 2017-18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,708 students and 265.36 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 13.97. There were 2,235 students eligible for free lunch and 307 eligible for reduced-price lunch.
In 2017-2018, the racial/ethnic distribution of students was:
Klein Forest hosted Texas French Symposium in 2015.
The school's band program was recognized in 1997 with the Sudler Flag of Honor by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

Sports

Klein Forest participates in football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, swimming/diving, golf, softball, track and field, cross-country, tennis, wrestling and soccer.

Notable graduates

In 2014, Michael Van Deelen, a teacher at the school, filed a lawsuit against KISD in federal court, accusing it of ignoring complaints about poor behavior from students and retaliating against teachers who complain. In the lawsuit he stated, "Klein Forest High School has pervasive discipline problems. Many of the students can be characterized as violent, out-of-control and/or disruptive. The inappropriate behavior includes verbal abuse of teachers and other students, constant profanity, sexual innuendo, improper dress, skipping class, constant tardies, leaving class without permission, assault and battery."