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
Address
11600 Culebra Road San Antonio , Bexar County , Texas 78253 United States
Coordinates	29.498255°N 98.721580°W / 29.498255; -98.721580
Information
School type	Public, high school
Founded	1985
School district	Northside Independent School District
Superintendent	Dr. Brian T. Woods[1]
Principal	Martha Cortinas-Fernandez
Vice Principal	Richard Halle
Academic Dean	Jacquelyn Lambert
Assistant Principal	Leandra Valdez Jennifer Rios Fernando Nieto Brett Jeffries
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,986[2] (2019)
Language	English
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Red and white
Athletics conference	UIL Class AAAAAA
Mascot	Raider
Sports District	28-6A
Feeder Middle Schools	H.B. Zachry John B. Connally Coke R. Stevenson Wallace B. Jefferson Dolph Briscoe John Folks
Rival schools	William J. Brennan High School Earl Warren High School Sandra Day O'connor High School
Website	Official Website

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, and Rittimann Architects and was built by the H.B. Zachry Company.

Taft was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1997-98.[3] In 2017, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency, with a 2-Star Distinction for Academic Achievements in Social Studies and Top 25 Percent Closing Performance Gaps.[4]