William Howard Taft High School (San Antonio)
William Howard Taft High School is a public high school in the Northside Independent School District (NISD) of San Antonio, Texas, United States. As with all NISD high schools, the school is named for a United States Supreme Court justice, in this case former Chief Justice William Howard Taft, who was also the 27th President of the United States.
William H. Taft High School
1985
Dr. Brian T. Woods[2]
Martha Cortinas-Fernandez
Richard Halle
Jacquelyn Lambert
Leandra Valdez
Jennifer Rios
Fernando Nieto
Brett Jeffries
9-12
2,646[1] (2023)
Suburban
Red and white
UIL Class AAAAAA
Raider
28-6A
H.B. Zachry
John B. Connally
Coke R. Stevenson
Wallace B. Jefferson
Dolph Briscoe
John Folks
Taft High School was the fifth NISD high school, and the first outside Loop 1604. It is home to the magnet school Communications Arts High School which focuses primarily on college readiness and technology. The building was designed by Noonan & Dockery & Noonan & Rogers Architects and was built by the H.B. Zachry Company.
Taft was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1997-98.[3] For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency, with a distinction for Academic Achievement in Social Studies.[4]
The Taft Raiders compete in the following sports:[5]
Marching Band[edit]
The Taft Raider Band has over 190 students from Communications Arts and Taft. The band qualified for the state marching contest in 2014. They participate in Region 29 and Area H UIL competitions.