Ponder High School

Ponder High School
Ponder High School
Address
	300 West Bailey Street; Ponder, Texas 76259; United States
Coordinates	33°11′07″N 97°17′30″W / 33.185252°N 97.291560°W
Information
School type	Public high school
School district	Ponder Independent School District
Principal	Christopher Jones
Teaching staff	42.89 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	536 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio	12.50
Color(s)	; Red, White & Grey
Athletics conference	UIL Class 3A
Mascot	Lion/Lady Lion
Yearbook	The Lion
Website	Ponder High School

Ponder High School is a public high school located in Ponder, Texas (USA) and classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is part of the Ponder Independent School District located in southwestern Denton County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.^[3]

Shawn Simmons is the principal of the school.

The school district boundary, and therefore the high school attendance zone, includes Ponder, DISH, and portions of Denton and Northlake.^[4]

Academics

Ponder High School offer AP Calculus as a class.^[5] It also offers duel credit enrollment in US History, Government/Economics, and English as well as honor classes in Math, Science, Social Studies, and English.^[6]

Athletics

The Ponder Lions compete in these sports - ^[7]

State Titles

Boys Basketball - ^[8]
- 2001(2A), 2008(2A), 2009(2A), 2010(2A), 2014(2A)

State Finalist

Baseball - ^[9]
- 1993(2A), 2004(2A)
Boys Basketball - ^[8]
- 2006(2A)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "PONDER H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
^ "University Interscholastic League Ranking" (PDF). University Interscholastic League. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
^ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Denton County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
^ https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4245/pisd/3520845/Ponder_High_School_Course_Guide_for_2023-2024.pdf#page=8
^ https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4245/pisd/3520845/Ponder_High_School_Course_Guide_for_2023-2024.pdf
^ The Athletics Department
^ ^a ^b UIL Basketball Archives
^ UIL Baseball Archives Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[NCES-1] "PONDER H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.

[UIL-24-26-Rank-2] "University Interscholastic League Ranking" (PDF). University Interscholastic League. Retrieved January 5, 2025.

[3] "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2015.

[4] "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Denton County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

[5] ttps://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4245/pisd/3520845/Ponder_High_School_Course_Guide_for_2023-2024.pdf#page=8

[6] ttps://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4245/pisd/3520845/Ponder_High_School_Course_Guide_for_2023-2024.pdf

[7] The Athletics Department

[UIL_Basketball_Archives-8] UIL Basketball Archives

[9] UIL Baseball Archives Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine

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