Clements High School


William P. Clements High School, more commonly known as Clements High School, is a public high school in First Colony and in Sugar Land within the U.S. state of Texas that is named after former Texas governor Bill Clements, and is a part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. The school serves most of First Colony, and a portion of Telfair. It previously served sections of Riverstone.
Clements High School has been recognized by Texas Monthly magazine in its list of the top high schools in the state of Texas. In US News magazine's 2018 ranking of United States high schools, Clements was ranked 446th out of 27,000 high schools nationwide. In 2010 and 2011, Clements High School was rated Exemplary.

History

Clements was occupied in 1983, making it FBISD's third comprehensive high school.
The school was named after William P. Clements.
In 2009, Lee Crews, former head principal of both First Colony Middle School and Quail Valley Middle School, was named head principal of Clements. In 2011, Kenneth Gregorski, formerly of Crockett Middle School, was named head principal. In 2013, David Yaffie, formerly of Baines Middle School, was named head principal. He previously served as an assistant principal beginning in 1995 and associate principal from 2001 to 2005 at Clements High School.

Academics

In 2014, Clements was ranked number 10 on the Best Math and Science High Schools in the Houston-Area list, and was listed as number 3 on the Best High Schools in the Houston-Area list. The average 2019 SAT scores were Math 690 and Verbal 660. The average 2019 ACT score was a 30. The average passing rate on AP exams was 92% in 2019. Clements is often recognized as one of the best high schools in the state of Texas, and has been ranked "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency for over 15 years.

Extracurricular activities

Clements High School hosted Texas French Symposium in 2011. The Clements High School Band is very successful. The concert bands win sweepstakes in the UIL concert season most of the time. The marching band advances to the UIL State Marching Contest every year eligible and places very well in marching contests across the state.
The Clements men's soccer team was the 5A Texas state championship team in 2013, led by Todd Ericson.
Clements participated in the 2016 National Science Bowl, finishing in third place with an all freshman team.
As of 2017, Clements DECA was the largest DECA Chapter in Texas by membership and has been one of the top 10 largest in the world for five years.
Clements has the largest number of degrees in the National Speech and Debate Association East Texas District, making it a prominent speech and debate school. The school has gotten first at the Texas Forensic Association State Tournament in Public Forum Debate in 2009, in Congressional Debate in 2013, and in Public Forum Debate in 2015. In 2016, Clements was the runner up in Lincoln Douglas Debate at the Tournament of Champions.

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Clements :
The following middle schools feed into Clements:
As of Spring 2017: