Denton High School is a public high school located in the city of Denton, Texas and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Denton Independent School District located in central Denton County and was the original high school for Denton.
Denton High School was established in 1884. In 1910 it moved to what is now Calhoun Middle School. In 1957 it moved again to Fulton Street. In the 1990s, DHS yielded grades 10–12 to the newly opened Ryan High School until 1995. In 2022, it was moved northwest to its current location on Bronco Way. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
After voters approved a May 2018 Capital Improvement Plan, Denton ISD purchased land to rebuild Denton High School at a new location and expand the school's campus from 35 acres to 150 acres. The site is near the University of North Texas Discovery Park, less than 1.5 miles from the Denton High location at 1007 Fulton Street.
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Attendance boundary
Its boundary includes sections of Denton. Previously the boundary included Paloma Creek South and sections of Paloma Creek and Savannah, and small sections of Cross Roads, Little Elm, and Prosper.
Athletics
The schools teams are called the Denton Broncos.
State Titles
Denton (UIL)
Boys Basketball
1930(All), 1935(All)
Girls Soccer
2003(4A)
2004(4A)
Girls Golf
1984(5A) Buffy Klein
Boys Swimming
1981(All) Chuck Ponthier (50-Yard Freestyle)
Boys Cross Country
2020 State 3rd Place (5A)
2021 State Runner Up (5A)
Boys Track
1983 (5A) Keith Stubblefield (100-Meter Dash)
2026 (5A) 4x200-Meter Relay (Sylvester Sims, O'Ryan Croaker, Omar Penaloza, Markell Jennings)
Alumni
Mario Bennett: basketball player
Mark Behning: American football player
Brandon Coleman: American football player
Aaron Graham: American football player
Phil Armour: American football player
Phyllis George: Miss America & journalist
Shirley Cothran: Miss America
Tim Duryea, basketball coach
Nancy Gates: actress
Lynn Harrell: cellist
Herman Johnson: American football player
John Lott: American football player
Jordan Malone: skater
Tim Tadlock: baseball coach
Louise Tobin: jazz singer
Skip Johnson: baseball coach
John Nelson: baseball player
Hunter Dozier: baseball player
David Robinson: U.S. Navy vice admiral
Ann Sheridan: actress
Don Woods: American football player