Wilmer-Hutchins High School
The building was expanded in the 1950s with the addition of a large gymnasium and an annex housing a junior high school.[4] In 2004 the school closed since a rainstorm damaged the roof and the district was unable to get the problem fixed in a timely manner.Mark Dent of The Dallas Morning News wrote that WHISD's "inability to pay for repairs exposed its financial deficits and ineptitude.[14] The school district enclosed the plaza entrance and added air conditioning and geothermal heating systems.[21] Wilmer-Hutchins has made 20 football playoff appearances, winning the 1990 Class AAAA State Football Championship by defeating Austin Westlake 19-7 at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas on a bitterly cold day with temperatures in the teens and a sub-zero windchill.[5] The first home game for the new Eagle football team was on August 26, 2011 against the Moisés E. Molina High School Jaguars.The ethnic composition of students in the 2019-2020 school year was 56% African American, 40% Hispanic, 2% White, and 2% others, including Asian and Multiracial.Of the 914 students, 675 (74%) were considered economically disadvantaged, 123 (14%) were considered special needs, 55 (6%) were enrolled in gifted and talented programs, and 238 (26%) were limited English proficiency.https://schools.texastribune.org/districts/dallas-isd/wilmer-hutchins-high-school/ Wilmer-Hutchins High Schools's performance on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), a state standardized test used from 1991 to 2003, was generally at or below state standards.