[8] The school got failing grades in state accountability measures in the period 2013–2016, and so the Texas Education Agency appointed Doris Delaney as the conservator of Kashmere High.

[10] HISD superintendent Abelardo Saavedra attempted to demote one principal, but the board of education reversed his decision.

[11] In 2010 HISD accused principal Mable Caleb of stealing school property and facilitating academic dishonesty, and the board voted to fire her.

She had previous experience with low income teaching environments in the Aldine Independent School District.

[10] From the period 2005 to 2015 members of the surrounding community protested reoccurring plans to close Kashmere stemming from its low performance.

Margaret Downing of the Houston Press wrote that the school has had a "lasting stigma" due to its poor academic performance.

Because of this problem, there were movements to have the state or another organization take over the schools for a period so the test scores will be at acceptable levels.

[2][permanent dead link‍] When the Houston ISD administration threatened closure if another "unacceptable" rating came the following year, the local community protested.

In summer 2007, Abelardo Saavedra, the superintendent of HISD, formally requested that all of the schools under consideration for closing due to academic performance should stay open.

[10] In 2007 a Johns Hopkins University/Associated Press study referred to Kashmere as a "dropout factory," meaning that at least 40% of an entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.

In September of that year the State of Texas appointed Kashmere alumna Doris Delaney as the conservator of the school.

[10] To address the issues, the school began to more heavily emphasize career and university preparation, increased observation of teaching, and hired additional counselors.

[7] By December 2016 a nonprofit organization called ProUnitas, established by former Kashmere teacher Adeeb Barqawi, began acting as a case manager and identifying especially needy students at Kashmere so the school administration can better serve them and allow them to prosper in an academic environment.

In 2003 they performed for Senator Rodney Ellis and were the featured choir in Martin Luther King Memorial Concert along with the Scott Joplin Orchestra of Texas Southern University.