Vandegrift High School is a public

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. It educates students in grades 9-12 for the

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History

The school is named for

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Matthew Ryan Vandegrift, who was killed in action in

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, Iraq in 2008. The school's first year of operation, 2009, was at adjacent Four Points Middle School, and it then transferred to the Vandegrift campus at the start of the 2010 school year.

Academics

Vandegrift High School has "dual credit" with

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, which allows juniors and seniors to get college credit while still in high school. Vandegrift was ranked 54th in the state and 342nd nationally in the 2016 '' U.S. News & World Report'' rankings. 26 AP classes are offered as well the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme.

Notable alumni

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(born 1993), American football player * Greg Brown III (born 2001), basketball player

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 2574 students enrolled in 2023-24 was: *Male - 51% *Female - 49% *Asian/Pacific Islander - 16% *Black - 3% *Hispanic - 17% *White - 59% *Multiracial - 5% 8% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Performing arts

Vandegrift has a competitive

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, the all-female group "Venom". Vandegrift's marching band has over 400 members, and has won UIL State championships 2 years in a row. The marching band has also won the 2023

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Super regional in San Antonio in both the preliminary round and final round. With their finals performance, they achieved the highest BOA Regional score of all time, with a 97.6.

Accomplishments

In November 2013, Vandegrift High School took first place at the UIL Class 4A State Marching Band Championships. The girls' soccer team won the 2014 UIL Class 4A championship. The boys' golf team won the 4A state championship in 2014. In 2019, the marching band won the Bands of America Grand Nationals in Indianapolis for the first time. In 2022 and 2023, the marching band won the UIL Class 6A championship. In 2023 and 2024, the girls golf team won the UIL Class 6A State Championship. In 2024, the football team won the UIL Class 6A Division II Championship. In 2025, the boys soccer team won the UIL Class 6A Division II Championship.

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* {{Authority control Educational institutions established in 2009 High schools in Austin, Texas Leander Independent School District high schools Public high schools in Travis County, Texas 2009 establishments in Texas