The NEW Wheatley High School

1. Harold V. Dutton - Texas State Representative of District 142
2. Albert "Al" Edwards - Texas State Representative of District 146
3. Arthur M. Gaines - Member of the Houston ISD school board
4. Lester Hayes - Former professional American football player for the Oakland Raiders
5. Barbara Jordan - First African-American U.S. Congresswoman from the South.
6. El Franco Lee - Harris County Commissioner
7. Mickey Leland - Member of the Texas House of Representatives until his death.
8. Lonnie Bernard Rochon - First African-American disc jockey in Houston
9. (Martha) Algenita Scott-Davis - Former president of the National Bar Association
10. Ruth Simmons - President of Brown University
11. Joe Sample, Nesbert (Stix) Hooper, Wilton Felder, Hubert Laws - Members of The Jazz Crusaders
12. Sidney Williams - Former NFL player, Former Ambassador to the Bahamas
13. Archie Bell of Archie Bell & The Drells
14. Charles Robinson - Actor, Night Court, Home Improvement, with many other credits

What do all of the above listed persons have in common? They are all alumni of Phillis Wheatley High School in the Fifth Ward in Houston, TX. Fifth Ward is located north of downtown Houston, TX and had the nick name of "The Bloody Fifth" due to the high incidents of murder there. The community was historically African American as shown by the list of notable alumni listed above, however this is not the case today.

Currently, Wheatley High School has a very small student body and many of the students travel as far away as Sugarland to attend classes. There are some neighborhood children who attend rounding out the number of students to approximately 800 including magnet students. The process for enrolling a student at Wheatley is very cumbersome and lengthy. So if you plan on your child attending the following information will prove very helpful.

In order to complete the enrollment process you will need the following paperwork: