Spring High School
high school in Spring, Harris County, Texas
Spring High School is a public high school located in the Spring census-designated place in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.
Spring High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Spring Independent School District. Spring High School's mascot is the lion. School colors are black, green, and white. Oren Chappell was principal of the school in the early 1980s. Gloria Marshall was the principal of Spring High School from 1985 until June 2007. Dean Borg served as principal for the 2007-2008 school year and Donna Ullrich was named principal on July 3, 2008.. Diaka R. Carter was appointed as the new principal in 2016. As of the 2011–2012 school year, Spring High School is the largest campus in Spring ISD.
Spring High School was named a 1992–93 National Blue Ribbon School.
History
Spring High School opened in 1969.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7580550. VIAF identifies the subject as 158634146. The Library of Congress control number is no2005079057. Authority coordinates are 30.053, -95.430. 5 of 6 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985, 2007, 2008 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “Spring High School” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.