| Tomball Memorial High School | |
| Established: | 2011 |
| Type: | Public |
| Schooltype: | high school |
| District: | Tomball Independent School District |
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Principal: | Jeff Bailey |
| Enrollment: | 2,992 (2022–23)[1] |
| Faculty: | 169.43 (FTE) |
| Ratio: | 17.66 |
| Colors: | Navy & Silver |
| Conference: | UIL Class 6A |
| Campus: | Suburban |
| Streetaddress: | 19100 Northpointe Ridge Ln |
| City: | Tomball |
| State: | Texas |
| Zipcode: | 77377-6028 |
| Country: | USA |
| Homepage: | Tomball Memorial High School |
| Coordinates: | 30.0352°N -95.6319°W |
Tomball Memorial High School (TMHS) is a senior high school in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States, south of the city of Tomball and in the Houston metropolitan area. It is a part of the Tomball Independent School District (TISD), and is the district's second high school. It is by Northpointe Lane and Northpointe Boulevard.[2]
The school was built as part of a 2007 bond, worth $198 million in total, and had a cost of $59.2 million. It opened on August 12, 2011. It initially held grades 9 and 10 and had about 840 students.[3]
The first principal, Carol Houston, was previously associate principal at Tomball High School.[4]
The first 12th grade class was scheduled to graduate in 2014.[5]
The campus has 350000square feet of space.[6]
It has two stories and a capacity of 2,200 students.[7]
The school colors are navy and silver and the mascot is the wildcat.[8]
In the 2022-2023 school year, there were 2,992 students. 3 were American Indian/Alaska Native, 343 were Asian, 201 were Black, 866 were Hispanic, 1,445 were White, and 134 were Two or More Races. 832 student were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.[1]
For the 2018-2019 school year, the school received an A grade from the Texas Education Agency, with an overall score of 93 out of 100. The school received an A grade in two domains, Student Achievement (score of 95) and School Progress (score of 92), and a B grade in Closing the Gaps (score of 89). The school received five of the seven possible distinction designations for: Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in English Language Arts/Reading, Academic Achievement in Social Studies, Top 25%:Comparative Academic Growth, and Top 25%:Comparative Closing the Gaps. The two distinction designations the school did not receive were Academic Achievement in Science and Post-Secondary Readiness.[9]
Tomball Memorial's primary athletic rival is Tomball High School.[5] As of 2018, the school is in Conference 6a, Region II, District 14.
The school held its first homecoming game, against Waller High School, in 2014. Tomball Memorial lost 41-31.[10]
In a three-year span until 2016, Tomball Memorial High had three head coaches.[11] The basketball team entered its first playoff in 2014 against Wheatley High School, which ended in Wheatley's loss.[12] In the 2014-2015 school year, Tomball Memorial won the district title by 13-1 and two playoff games;[11] the team won its first-ever playoff against Sharpstown High School.[12] The school's overall record that year was 24-10.[11]
The soccer team took only 3 years after opening to make the playoffs. In their first playoff run in 2014, they lost in the 4th round to Waco University by a score of 3-0. The following year, in the 4th season of being open, the wildcats soccer team made a run in the playoffs and found themselves in the UIL Texas State Tournament. They finished 3rd in the state after losing to Lufkin in the state semifinal by a score of 1-0.
The band uniforms were designed to fit each gender and to remain fashionable for their seven-year lifespans. In January 2011 the TISD board approved spending $75,000 for the creation of these uniforms, about $298 per uniform.[13]