T. H. Rogers School



Thomas Horace Rogers School  is an alternative primary and secondary public school and part of the Houston Independent School District. The school is located at 5840 San Felipe in Houston, Texas with a zip code of 77057, outside of the 610 Loop and inside Beltway 8, in the Uptown Houston area.

T. H. Rogers serves gifted and talented students in the Vanguard program from kindergarten through 8th grade, deaf students from kindergarten through 8th grade, and multiply impaired students from early education through 12th grade.

T. H. Rogers has a selective admission process for Vanguard students.

T. H. Rogers does not automatically take in students from the surrounding neighborhood; the surrounding neighborhood is zoned to Briargrove Elementary School, Grady Middle School, and Lee High School (with Lamar High School and Westside High School as options).

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. Uptown residents were rezoned to Revere Middle School, but complaints that stated that Revere was too far resulted in the re-opening of Grady as a middle school.

As of 2006, no residents are zoned to T. H. Rogers.

Student body
During the 2004-2005 school year, T.H. Rogers had a total of 751 students  in all of its programs.
 * 32% were Asian American
 * 29% were Hispanic
 * 22% were White American
 * 17% were African-American
 * Less than 1% were Native American

43% of its students qualified for free or reduced lunch.

After T. H. Rogers
T. H. Rogers does not have a zoning boundary, as it serves students from all over Houston ISD.

The deaf program only serves 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 Vanguard students go to a variety of high schools; many Vanguard T. H. Rogers pupils go on to Bellaire's Bellaire High School. Some apply to Carnegie Vanguard High School, DeBakey High School, High School for Performing and Visual Arts, Lamar High School, and Westside High School. Multiply-impaired students stay at T. H. Rogers for their entire K-12 careers.