[4] Kingwood was designated a National Blue Ribbon School in 1984,[5] and it has received the Lone Star Cup five times (1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2005).

[7][10] Since then, the school has undergone numerous additions and renovations, including a three-year project,[citation needed] with a cost of $50 million, which began in 2006,[11] and completed December 2008.

[citation needed] The first four-year class back on the main campus entered in fall 2008, and graduated in the spring of 2012.

[14] Circa 2001 the school began using the Smaller Learning Communities program so students had assistant principals provide counseling to them.

That year Todd Spivak of the Houston Press wrote "Most students hail from white, well-heeled families" and that "For them college is a birthright.