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School History

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TANGLEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
 
MASCOT:  The Gator

SCHOOL COLORS:  Blue and Green
 
Tanglewood Middle School began in 1929 as Grady Elementary on the corner of Westheimer and Post Oak. In 1950, the school moved to its current location, and opened a brand-new campus to serve the families of this growing community.
 
The elementary school was closed in 1979, but reopened in 1992 as Grady Middle School. In 2012, construction was completed on Phase 1 of a $15 million reconstruction project which saw the original school building replaced with a state-of-the-art, two-story main building. Three years later, Phase 2 of the rebuild completed the campus' main classroom wing.
 
Tanglewood is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School Middle Years Programme campus, serving approximately 800 students from 25-30 countries around the world at any given time. For more information about our IB programme, please click here. 
  
Houston residents are assigned to specific feeder patterns composed on elementary, middle and high schools, based on the location of their home. To see if you live within Tanglewood's zone view our school boundary map by clicking here. You may also search online using the "Houston ISD School Finder" database here, or by calling the School Choice Department at (713) 556-6734.