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Challenge Early College High School
The entrance to Challenge Early College High School, which also serves as the Houston Community College West Loop Center's north entrance
Location

Houston Community College, Houston, Texas, USA
Coordinates	29°43′16″N 95°27′25″W / 29.721°N 95.457°W / 29.721; -95.457
Information
Other name	Challenge Early College Challenge High School
Type	Secondary school
Motto	A School of Opportunity
Established	August 2003 (2003-08)
Founders	Houston Independent School District Houston A+ Challenge Houston Community College
School district	Houston Independent School District
Grades	9-12

Challenge Early College High School (also known as Challenge Early College, Challenge High School, or CECHS) is a secondary school on the Houston Community College West Loop Campus in Houston. The school handles grades nine through twelve and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.

The school's principal, as of 2011, is Tonya R. Miller.^{[needs update]} Its motto is "A School of Opportunity."

The school does not automatically take in students from the area; students from the area around the school are zoned to Bellaire High School^[1] and Lamar High School.^[2] Challenge High School has roughly 450 students, with an incoming freshmen class of 125-130 students each year.

Located on the Houston Community College West Loop Center Campus, Challenge Early College High School includes a four-year program (grades 9 through 12) that allows a student to graduate with a high school diploma and an associate degree, as opposed to the traditional four-year high school which allows students to graduate with only a high school diploma. The school integrates college curriculum and courses with high school courses, allowing students to gain "dual credits" — high school as well as college credit. The curriculum is advanced. It helps students achieve their goals of being college graduates.

Challenge has received many awards and recognition, including the U.S. Department of Education's Blue Ribbon School of Excellence award in 2011 and 2018.

History

The front entrance to the Houston Community College West Loop Center

The building that houses Challenge was built in 1993 and served as an Incredible Universe electronic store. The store closed in 1997. The building remained an empty warehouse until 2005, when conversion to a college building began.

Challenge Early College High School opened in August 2003 as a partnership of Houston ISD, Houston A+ Challenge and Houston Community College. From August 2003 to May 2005, the high school was in a series of temporary buildings outside the Houston Community College campus. In August 2005, the doors opened to the newly constructed high school at Houston Community College. The first class to graduate was the class of 2005.

Freshman students are not eligible to take college courses in the summer, whereas sophomores who have a GPA of 3.0 and are passing all core classes are allowed to take college classes in the summer.

Awards and recognition

Children At-Risk 2016 #5 in the Greater Houston Area
2016 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools, #78 in the USA^[3]
2016 Washington Post #86, America’s Most Challenging High Schools
2015 Newsweek's Top High School
2015 Texas Honor Circle Award for Fiscal Management
2014-15 TEA “Reward School” (top 5% in the state for performance)

Location

Challenge Early College is at 5601 West Loop South, Houston, TX 77081. It is across the street from Houston ISD's Pin Oak Middle School, which is in the city of Bellaire.

The entrance of Challenge faces Home Depot, in the city of Houston.

References

^ "Bellaire High School Attendance Zone Archived February 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District.
^ "Lamar High School Attendance Zone Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District.
^ "The Student Body at Challenge Early College High School in Houston, TX". www.usnews.com. Retrieved 2016-06-30.

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v t e Houston Independent School District (campuses)
K–12 schools	T. H. Rogers (alternative, magnet)
6–12 schools	Jane Long Academy (middle school zoned, high school not zoned) Leland (alt.) Sharpstown Int'l (alt.) Y.W.C.P.A. (alt.)
High schools	Austin Bellaire Chávez Furr Heights (ex-Reagan) Sam Houston Kashmere Lamar Madison Milby North Forest Northside (ex-Davis) Scarborough Sharpstown Sterling Waltrip Washington Westbury Westside Wheatley Wisdom (ex-Lee) Worthing Yates
Alternative and magnet high schools	Carnegie Vanguard Challenge Early College DeBakey East Early College Eastwood Academy Energy Institute H.A.I.S. H.S.E.P. H.S.P.V.A. Jones Futures Academy Barbara Jordan H.S.L.J. Liberty (Newcomer) Mount Carmel Acad. North Houston Early College South Early College
K–8 schools	Baker (formerly Woodrow Wilson) Gregory-Lincoln Wharton Mandarin Immersion (magnet only) The Rice School (magnet only)
Middle schools	Key Lanier Pershing BCM Academy at Ryan (magnet) Las Américas Newcomer School (alternative) Others
Elementary schools	Cage Cornelius Harvard Kashmere Gardens Lantrip Poe River Oaks Travis Walnut Bend Arabic Immersion (magnet only) Others
Former alt. K-12/6–12 schools	C.L.C. Kay On-Going Leader's Acad. Pro-Vision Academy (no longer affiliated with HISD, still in operation) V Prep
Former high schools	San Jacinto Carter Career Center (alternative) DeVry Advantage Academy (alternative) Gulf Coast Trades Center (no longer affiliated with HISD, still in operation) Middle College (magnet)
Former middle and K-8 schools	Edgar M. Gregory K-8 Ryan MS The Lawson Academy (no longer affiliated with HISD, still in operation)
Athletics	Delmar Fieldhouse Delmar Stadium
Literature	Brown, Not White Make Haste Slowly
Superintendents	Edison E. Oberholtzer Billy Reagan Joan Raymond Frank Petruzielo Yvonne Gonzalez (interim) Rod Paige Abelardo Saavedra Terry Grier Richard A. Carranza Mike Miles

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Harmony Public Schools (multiple campuses)
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High school closed	St. Stephen's Episcopal

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