Carter Career Center

High school in Houston, Texas, US

Carter Career Center

Location

1700 Gregg Street

Houston

Texas

United States

Information
School type| High school
Established| 1929 (1929)
Closed| 2011 (2011)
Grades| 6-12

Howard P. Carter Career Center was a high school in the Fifth Ward area of Houston, Texas. The school, serving grades 6 through 12, was a part of the Houston Independent School District.[1] The school served as a vocational school and pregnant girls' school. Carter Career Center had many students who are single parents. It had a day-care center that is supported by corporations, the state, the federal government, and foundations.[2] After the closure of Carter, the building housed the DeVry Advantage Academy.[3]

## Name

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Howard Payne Carter was a teacher and former soldier from Tennessee. He was the first African-American secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association.[4]

## History

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Carter Career Center was established in 1929.[4]

The campus, built in 1913, originally housed McGowan Elementary School, a school for white children.[5] On January 31, 1927 Wheatley High School first opened at 3415 Lyons Avenue in the former McGowan Elementary School building.[6] In 1949 Wheatley moved into a new campus.[7] E.O. Smith Education Center opened in the former Wheatley building in 1950. During the beginning of the 1979–1980 school year, E.O. Smith moved into its current facility.[5] Carter Career Center moved to the McGowen/Wheatley/Smith former building.[7]

In 2006, Kay On Going School's separate campus closed and the program moved into Carter Career Center.[3][8] A $4.5 million addition, funded through a 2004 bond issue, was opened in August 2007. This included culinary classrooms, high-tech laboratories, and a nursing school.[9]

Carter Career Center was closed in 2011.[4] The building was demolished in 2014.[10]

## References

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1. ^ "Howard Carter Career Center Archived 2006-05-16 at the Wayback Machine" Profile. Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on November 23, 2008.
2. ^ "Partners in education", Training & Development, 1 May 1992.
3. ^ a b "School Histories Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District. Accessed December 2, 2011.
4. ^ a b c "General Information / Alternative Schools". www.houstonisd.org. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
5. ^ a b "School History Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." E.O. Smith Education Center. Retrieved on November 10, 2010.
6. ^ "History." Wheatley High School. March 22, 2003. Retrieved on July 19, 2009.
7. ^ a b Berryhill, Michael. "What's Wrong With Wheatley?." Houston Press. April 17, 1997. 2. Retrieved on March 31, 2009.
8. ^
* Home Page Archived 2008-08-29 at the Wayback Machine. Carter Career Center. Retrieved on November 23, 2008.
* Fifth Ward, Houston from the Handbook of Texas Online
9. ^ "Career center annex expands options", Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, 4 August 2007.
10. ^ Mellon, Ericka (December 11, 2014). "Old Wheatley High School demolished". CHRON. Retrieved April 28, 2025.

## External links

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Houston Independent School District (campuses)

K–12 schools|

* T. H. Rogers (alternative, magnet)

6–12 schools|

* Jane Long Academy (middle school zoned, high school not zoned)
* Leland (alt.)
* Sharpstown Int'l (alt.)
* Y.W.C.P.A. (alt.)

High schools|

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

Alternative and
magnet
high 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.
* Liberty (Newcomer)
* Mount Carmel Acad.
* North Houston Early College
* South Early College

K–8 schools|

* Baker (formerly Woodrow Wilson)
* Gregory-Lincoln
* Wharton
* Mandarin Immersion (magnet only)
* The Rice School (magnet only)

Middle schools|

* Key
* Lanier
* Pershing
* BCM Academy at Ryan (magnet)
* Las Américas Newcomer School (alternative)
* Others

Elementary schools|

* Cage
* Cornelius
* Harvard
* Kashmere Gardens
* Lantrip
* Poe
* River Oaks
* Travis
* Walnut Bend
* Arabic Immersion (magnet only)
* Others

Former alt. K-12/6–12 schools|

* C.L.C.
* Kay On-Going
* Leader's Acad.
* Pro-Vision Academy (no longer affiliated with HISD, still in operation)
* V Prep

Former high schools|

* San Jacinto
* Carter Career Center (alternative)
* DeVry Advantage Academy (alternative)
* Gulf Coast Trades Center (no longer affiliated with HISD, still in operation)
* Middle College (magnet)

Former middle and K-8 schools|

* Edgar M. Gregory K-8
* Ryan MS
* The Lawson Academy (no longer affiliated with HISD, still in operation)

Athletics|

* Delmar Fieldhouse
* Delmar Stadium

Literature|

* Brown, Not White
* Make Haste Slowly

Superintendents|

* Edison E. Oberholtzer
* Billy Reagan
* Joan Raymond
* Frank Petruzielo
* Yvonne Gonzalez (interim)
* Rod Paige
* Abelardo Saavedra
* Terry Grier
* Richard A. Carranza
* Mike Miles

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Fifth Ward, Houston

Geography

Neighborhoods|

* Frenchtown

Education

Primary and secondary schools|

* Houston ISD
* Wheatley HS
* Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men

| Closed|

* HISD
* Carter Career Center
* DeVry Advantage Academy
* Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School

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Other education|

* Houston Public Library
* Houston Community College (nearest campuses elsewhere)

Other

Landmarks|

* Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church

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