Willowridge High School (Houston)

Willowridge High School (Houston)

Willowridge High School is a secondary school in Houston, Texas, United States and part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. Willowridge serves grades 9 through 12.

The school, located in the Blue Ridge area, has a predominately African-American student population.

The school serves many areas of northeast Fort Bend County east and north of FM 2234, and a section of Houston inside Fort Bend County, including the neighborhoods of Briargate, Chasewood, Willow Park II, Mayfair Park, Ridgemont, Ridgegate, and Briar Villa. The school also serves the Fort Bend County portion of Shadow Creek Ranch, a community within the city of Pearland .

This school is well known for its marching band, known as the "Mighty Eagle Marching Band." Under band directors Mr. Ronald Thornton (head), Delcenia Hill, and Robert Jackson, the band performed at the Rose Bowl and Orange Bowl back in the 1990s. In 2001, the band participated in the "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade". In the summer of 2005, the Willowridge Band vacationed in Honolulu, Hawaii, a rarity for high school bands. The band also hosted the Bands of America contest at Rice Stadium on October 1, 2005. They have consecutively won 1st place

at the MLK Battle Of The Bands and All-Americanp Battle Of The Bands. In 2012, the Mighty Eagle Band will participate in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

The school is also renowned for its basketball program. In 2001, the men's team accomplished the rare feat of having two McDonald'sT All-Americans in Daniel Ewing and T. J. Ford, who went on to play forY Duke University and Texas, respectively.