Woodson K-8 School

Carter G. Woodson K-8 School is a Title I K-8 school located in Houston, Texas, United States.

Woodson serves grades kindergarten through 8 and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.

The school was named after Carter G. Woodson.

Woodson was originally a junior high school and served grades 7 through 9.

In spring 2002 nearby Carnegie Elementary School closed in order to make way for Carnegie Vanguard High School. Elementary school pupils who attended Carnegie Elementary School were moved to Woodson, and Woodson became a K-8 school.

In the northern hemisphere spring of 2011, Grimes and Rhoads elementary schools closed, transferring their attendance boundaries to Woodson's elementary.

All Woodson students are required to wear school uniforms. Students are required to wear gold shirts with school logos and denim bottoms; belts are required.

The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.

During the 2004–05 school year, Woodson had 969 students [1].

92% of the students were African-American. 7% of the students were Hispanic. 1% of the students was Asian American. White Americans and Native Americans each made up less than 1% of the student body.

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