G.W. Brackenridge High School is a public high school located in central San Antonio, Texas, and classified as a 5A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). This school is one of 12 high schools in the San Antonio Independent School District. During 20222023, Brackenridge High School had an enrollment of 1,568 students and a student to teacher ratio of 15.37. The school received an overall rating of "B" from the Texas Education Agency for the 20242025 school year. It was formerly known as Phillis Wheatley High School.
The school was founded in 1917 on the city's south side along the San Antonio River near the King William neighborhood. It was named for George Washington Brackenridge. The original three-story brick structure was demolished and replaced with today's shorter, more sprawling structure in 1974. That year, the school was renamed in honor of Phillis Wheatley, the first published African-American poet, a woman taken in childhood from West Africa, enslaved and taken to Boston, and eventually freed. In 1988, bowing to some alumni concerns, the school's original name was restored.
The Brackenridge Mighty Eagles compete in the following sports: