Victory Early College

Design mounted on wall within school hall

Victory Early College High School is a 4-year early college high school (commonly referred to as Victory Early College) in Houston, Texas. Part of the Aldine Independent School District, it operates in partnership with Lone Star College System, and offers students an opportunity to pursue a high school diploma and an Associate degree at the same time.

After a pilot program between the Aldine district and North Harris College began in 2006,^[1] Victory Early College began operations in 2007 with a freshman class of 115 students, housed in the college's satellite campus next to Carver High School.^[2] As of the 2011 school year, the school is located at Lone Star College's new Victory Center facility.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "North Harris College announces Victory Early College High School pilot with Aldine ISD", African-American News and Issues, September 6, 2006.
↑ Cynthia Coleman Franklin, "Aldine ISD expects to peak at 60,000", Houston Chronicle, August 23, 2007.
↑ " Lone Star College Celebrates Opening of New LSC-Victory Center", Lone Star College, September 16, 2011.
↑ "Victory Center expected to be focal point for job training", Ultimate Spring, October 21, 2010.

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High schools in the City of Houston

Houston Independent School District

Zoned schools	Austin Bellaire (Bellaire) Chávez Furr Heights (ex-Reagan) Sam Houston Kashmere Lamar Madison Milby Northside (ex-J. Davis) North Forest Scarborough Sharpstown Sterling Waltrip Washington Westbury Westside Margaret Long Wisdom (ex-Lee) Wheatley Worthing Yates

Magnet/alternative schools	Carnegie Vanguard Challenge Early College DeBakey East Early College Eastwood Academy Energy Institute H.A.I.S. H.S.E.P. H.S.P.V.A. Jones Futures Academy Barbara Jordan H.S.L.J. Leland Liberty (Newcomer) Mount Carmel Acad. North Houston Early College T.H. Rogers Sharpstown Int'l South Early College Y.W.C.P.A.

Public schools not in Houston ISD

Aldine ISD	Aldine Carver B. Davis (Unincorporated) Eisenhower MacArthur (Unincorporated) Nimitz (Unincorporated) Victory Early College (magnet)

Alief ISD	Elsik Hastings Taylor (Unincorporated) Kerr (Magnet) (Unincorporated)

Clear Creek ISD	Clear Lake Clear Brook (Unincorporated)

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD	Cypress Creek (Unincorporated) Cypress Ridge (Unincorporated) Jersey Village (Jersey Village)

Fort Bend ISD	Willowridge Kempner (Sugar Land) Marshall (Missouri City)

Galena Park ISD	Galena Park (Galena Park) North Shore (Cloverleaf)

Huffman ISD	Hargrave (Huffman)

Humble ISD	Kingwood Kingwood Park

Katy ISD	Mayde Creek (Unincorporated) James E. Taylor (Unincorporated)

Klein ISD	Klein Forest (Unincorporated)

New Caney ISD	Porter (Unincorporated)

Pasadena ISD	Dobie Pasadena Memorial (Pasadena) South Houston (South Houston)

Spring ISD	Dekaney (Unincorporated)

Spring Branch ISD	Memorial (Hedwig Village) Northbrook Spring Woods Stratford WAIS (magnet)

State charter	Galaviz Houston Heights KIPP (multiple campuses) Harmony Public Schools (multiple campuses) YES Prep (multiple campuses) Yzaguirre School

Independent

Secular private	Awty Briarwood British School Kinkaid (Piney Point Village) Monarch Post Oak Rainard School of the Woods St. John's The Village School

Religious	Al-Hadi School Beren Academy Christian Life Center Academy Cristo Rey Jesuit Darul Arqam North (Unincorporated) Emery/Weiner Episcopal (Bellaire) Houston Christian Iman Academy Incarnate Word Academy Lutheran High North Lutheran South Memorial Private Saint Agnes St. Pius X St. Stephen's Episcopal St. Thomas St. Thomas' Episcopal Strake Jesuit Westbury Christian

This list is incomplete. Italicized public schools are not in the "full purpose" Houston city limits (See map) but have portions of Houston in their attendance boundary, while italicized private schools are in municipalities that are surrounded by Houston and/or are in unincorporated areas but have Houston postal addresses.

Coordinates: 29°52′05″N 95°27′58″W / 29.868082°N 95.466133°W / 29.868082; -95.466133

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