Also, in 1912, the cities first school for black students was opened at the First Baptist Church on first avenue with Mrs. Drucilla Kittrell teaching grades one through seven.
Also two new elementary schools, Danforth and Heights, would be open in September 1939 and the aging facilities of Kofheldt, Wolvin and Gonne would be closed.
However, in 1941, Wolvin would reopen as a Junior High to help ease overcrowding, but was then heavily damaged by a hurricane in 1943 and would be closed again, this time permanently.
In 1945, a new brick building would be built to educate the black residents of Texas City from the first through seventh grades on the site of the existing Booker T. Washington School as it was called since the late 1930s by principle George Sanders.
[4] In July 1945 a new bond issue totaling $750,000.00 passed providing the district with enough funding for several new facilities which included a new building for black eighth and ninth graders at Booker T. Washington, a new high school on 14th Ave which would be called Texas City High School, Roosevelt Elementary and Wilson Elementary.
[7] Texas City High School has repeatedly produced winning records in numerous sports throughout the years.
TCHS also has an award-winning drill team, known as the Stingarettes, and a National Champion cheerleading squad who has brought home many honors since the school has opened.