was rezoned from Westbury High School to Madison because of a court ruling. By 1990, Madison was 1% White while Westbury was about 50% Black, 25% White, 15% Hispanic, and 10% Asian. In 1992 an attendance boundary shift occurred but Westwood was still in the Madison zone. The Westwood community advocated for a rezoning to Westbury, and after the community gave a presentation to the HISD board, the board unanimously rezoned the community to Westbury. Dress code the students are required to wear school uniforms. In 2019 principal Outley Brown instituted a dress code for parents visiting the school. The principal instituted this after objecting to the dress of a parent trying to register her child for school. This dress code bars parents from wearing pajamas, hair rollers, satin caps, shower caps, and other casual items. Student body As of the 2016-2017 school year, 1,661 students attended Madison. By race/ethnicity: 58% were Hispanic 40% were African American 1% were white 1% were Asian-Pacific Islanders Less than 1% were Native American Less than 1% were of 2 or more races/ethnicities Notable alumni Michael Arceneaux - Author of I Can't Date Jesus Kirk Baptiste - 1984 Olympics silver medalist. Lance Blanks - Former basketball player for the Detroit Pistons. (Did not graduate from Madison) Brett Cullen - Actor Greg Kite - Former basketball player for the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Sacramento Kings, the Orlando Magic, the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers. Chuck LaMar First General Manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Baseball Club Tommy Mason-Griffin - Professional basketball player. Jerel Myers - Former American football player of the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins. Moran Norris - Fullback for the Houston Texans. Broderick Thomas - Former American football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Detroit Lions, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Dallas Cowboys Vince Young - Former American football player Feeder patterns The following elementary schools feed into Madison High School: Fondren Grissom Hines-Caldwell Hobby Montgomery Petersen Windsor Village (partial) Shearn All elementary and middle school students of Reagan K-8 are zoned to Madison. Portions of the Dowling Middle School, Pershing Middle School and Welch Middle School boundaries feed into Madison. Any students zoned to Pershing may apply to Pin Oak Middle School's regular program, so Pin Oak also feeds into Madison. Further reading McAdams, Donald R. Fighting to Save Our Urban Schools-- and Winning!: Lessons