William P. Clements High School, more commonly known as Clements High School, is a public high school in First Colony and in Sugar Land within the U.S. state of Texas that is named after former Texas governor Bill Clements, and is a part of the Fort Bend Independent School District. The school serves most of First Colony, and a portion of Telfair.Clements High School has been recognized by Texas Monthly magazine in its list of the top of the southern high schools in the state of Texas. In US News magazine's 2015 ranking of United States high schools, Clements was ranked 666th out of 27,000 high schools nationwide.. In 2010 and 2011, Clements High School was rated Exemplary.HistoryClements was occupied in 1983. The school was named after William P. Clements. In 2009, Lee Crews, former head principal of both First Colony Middle School and Quail Valley Middle School, was named head principal of Clements. In 2011, Kenneth Gregorski, formerly of Crockett Middle School, was named head principal. In 2013, David Yaffie, formerly of Baines Middle School, was named head principal. He previously served as assistant principal in the late 1990s and early 2000s.AcademicsIn 2014, Clements was ranked number 10 on the Best Math and Science High Schools in the Houston-Area list, and was listed as number 3 on the Best High Schools in the Houston-Area list. The average 2011 SAT scores were Critical Reading 559, Mathematics 608, and Writing 573. Clements is often recognized as one of the best high schools in the state of Texas, and has been ranked "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency for over 15 years.
