Klein Collins High School

Klein Collins High School is a public high school located at 20811 Ella Boulevard in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. The school serves students in grades 9 through 12, as part of the Klein Independent School District. The 555000sqft school sits on a 117.5acre site.The school serves several sections of unincorporated Harris County, including sections of Forest Ridge.By board policy of the district, all senior high schools must have "Klein" as the first word of their names, in honor of Adam Klein. Klein Collins also honors Dr. Don Collins, superintendent of the Klein School District for 29 years.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3,580 students and 201.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.7:1. There were 781 students (21.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 264 (7.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.The school's official student newspaper is the Legacy Press.HistoryKlein Collins was, as of August 2008, Klein ISD's newest high school ; Klein Collins opened on August 9, 2001 with Ms. Mindy Spurlock as the opening principal. RWS Architects designed the now 602000sqft campus and Marshall Construction Company, who received the contract to build Klein Collins on May 10, 1999, built the campus at an approximate cost of $52,000,000 exclusive of furniture and equipment. The campus, built in two separate phases, opened on August 9, 2001 with 1,092 students and a maximum capacity for 3,100 students.