Our School

Stephen F. Austin High School opened in 1930. The school was designed by Texas contractor and architect Robert E. McKee. During construction of the school the funds ran out.  Robert E. McKee donated the necessary funds to complete the school, so due to his efforts and support, the school’s football stadium was named after McKee in his honor. The R.E. McKee Construction Company built the school and used a classic Spanish architecture. The structure is surmounted by a 103-foot tower. The classrooms have marble floors and the hallway floors are covered with terrazzo.

There have been many additions to the campus since the original building was completed.

1936 A football stadium was added.  This stadium was named after Robert E. McKee, the contractor who built the school and stadium.
1942 Construction began for an addition to the school. Thirty classrooms were added to the high school and another thirty classrooms were built as a Junior High School.
1943 New Junior High School opens to students in September.
1945 Bleachers on the east side of the stadium were condemned after several students were injured.
1946 Permanent seats erected.
1947 Addition was dedicated during Cathedral-Austin football game, the first to be played in the stadium.
1954 East side of the stadium was outfitted with new locker rooms and other amenities;  the varsity baseball team was the first group to utilize the new facilities.
1956 25 additional classrooms added to the junior high.
1978 New building erected in the quadrangle to house a library on the first floor and science classrooms on the second floor.
1998 New main gymnasium was dedicated (the Panther Activity Center or PAC).  Memphis Street was closed between Byron and Stevens and parking was added to both sides of the new gym.
2005-2006 Austin High School is celebrating its 75th anniversary, as our Class of 1956 celebrates its 50th.