the district that younger students benefit from an eased transition into high school. The PAC and 9th Grade Center were added to the fine arts end of the hallway at a cost of $11,356,050. The addition of the Performing Arts Center has improved the quality of both theatrical and musical productions. The department includes the orchestra, choir, band, visual arts, and theater productions. The secondary expansion, along with 9th grade gyms and offices, made for a very long and narrow two-story building with a total length of one quarter mile. This "tunnel effect" creates an environment for indoor running in the summer. Another large athletic accoutrement, added in 2004, is a hill more than tall with a paved running track paved to facilitate track runner training. State championships 2004 Texas 5-A Boys' Track & Field State Champions 2005 Texas 5-A Boys' Track & Field State Champions 2006 Texas 5-A UIL Lincoln Douglas Debate Champion 2007 Texas 5-A UIL Lincoln Douglas Debate Champion 2007 Texas 5-A Wrestling State Champions 2010 Texas 5-A UIL News Writing Champion, also winning Tops of Texas 2016 Texas 6-A Women’s Wrestling State Champions 2020 Texas 6-A D1 UIL Spirit State Champions. Academics In April 2007, Cinco Ranch was rated by the Houston Chronicle as the third best high school in the Houston area, preceded only by the High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) and YES College Preparatory. Included in this ranking were TAKS scores, graduation rates, ACT, SAT, and AP testing rates and scores, class size, teacher experience, and percentage of students from poor families. In 2008, Cinco Ranch was named a National Blue Ribbon School. Extracurricular activities Athletics In 2007, the Cinco Ranch Wrestling team won the University Interscholastic League Texas State Championships for high school wrestling. Cheerleading Cinco Ranch High School's cheer team won the Class 6A Div 1 UIL State Championship in 2020. Debate The Cinco Ranch Debate Team won the 5A UIL State Championship in Lincoln-Douglas Debate in both 2006 and 2007. Now, the team is centered around Public Forum. Journalism The 2001-2002 yearbook, Panorama, made news. When the yearbook publisher agreed to reprint the book with various corrections, school administrators asked that some essays be removed. These included an essay about a homosexual student “coming out”. A school administrator said that the yearbook was not an appropriate platform for the story. The yearbook was printed without the essay. Robotics