The Chinquapin School
| Chinquapin Preparatory School | |
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Chinquapin Prep Logo
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2615 E Wallisville Rd Highlands, Texas, 77562 United States |
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| Coordinates | 29°49′15″N 95°01′18″W / 29.8207°N 95.0217°WCoordinates: 29°49′15″N 95°01′18″W / 29.8207°N 95.0217°W |
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| Type | Nonprofit private college-preparatory school |
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Latin: Quid pro Quo (Something for Something) |
| Established | 1969 |
| Founder | Robert and Maxine Moore |
| Director | Laura Henry, Ed.D. |
| Faculty | 21 |
| Key people | Laura Henry, Bill & Kathy Heinzerling, Bob & Maxine Moore |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrollment | 156 |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Color(s) | Black, white, and red |
| Athletics | basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball |
| Athletics conference | Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools |
| Mascot | Burr |
| Accreditation | Texas Alliance of Accredited Private Schools |
| Newspaper | The Burr |
| Website | www |
Chinquapin Preparatory School is a nonprofit private college-preparatory school, grades six through twelve, which serves low-income youth, particularly minorities, from the Greater Houston area. The school, accredited by the Texas Alliance of Accredited Private Schools, is located in Highlands in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, USA, near Baytown.
Chinquapin Prep, along with Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston and Yellowstone Academy, is one of the few Greater Houston private schools that caters to low income students.
The Chinquapin School was founded by Robert P. Moore — formerly head of the English Department at St. John's School in Houston — and his wife Maxine. Incorporated in March 1969 as a school for boys, it was funded with an initial five-year grant of $250,000 from The Brown Foundation of Houston.
The Moores had planned to locate the school on their property near Palestine, Texas — where a branch of Chinquapin Creek and several Chinquapin trees can be found — but were convinced they needed to be closer to Houston. Inner-city students — the school's target prospects — were located there, as was the donor base who were more plentiful in Houston and who would want to see the impact they were making in their city.
Chinquapin was originally located in the city of Baytown on Tri City Beach Road. Board members soon discovered nearby the current Highlands location (a former egg farm); doors opened there in August 1973. The school became coeducational in 1978, letting in its first female student on a trial basis.
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