Baytown Sterling High: History of Fights, Assaults, and Ignored State Law

Sterling High School's Violent Incidents

• 🔍 An investigation into Sterling High School in Baytown revealed dozens of assaults and fights on campus over the past three years.
• 📊 In the 2022-23 school year, Sterling High reported less than 10 assaults, followed by 12 the next year, and 10 in the most recent school year.
• 🥊 Records show a yearly average of 31 to 37 fights (mutual combat) at Sterling High over the last three school years.
• 📈 These numbers for assaults are slightly higher than Lee High School but lower than Goose Creek Memorial High, while fight numbers are similar to other district high schools.

Goose Creek CISD's Compliance Issues

• ⚠️ Goose Creek CISD is failing to comply with state law requiring annual online posting of violent incident reports.
• 🏛️ The district's "unsafe schools report" on its website is outdated, with the most recent information from the 2016-2017 school year.
• 💻 Accessing incident history requires navigating the TEA's website and searching annual campus summaries, a process described as difficult.
• 🗣️ A district spokesperson stated that Goose Creek CISD is currently working on updating this information.