racial groups. 73.9% of students are economically disadvantaged. Academic performance In 2015 Taboada stated "LBJ has struggled academically for years." Campus The LBJ campus opened in Northeast Austin in 1974 to relieve overcrowding at the nearby Northeast Early College High School (then known as Reagan High School.) The school went through various renovations in summer 2010, funded by AISD's 2008 bond, including remodeling many of the science labs (at the time used by LASA.) The school's theatre is located in a separate building from the rest of the campus; the building is named the Don T. Haynes III Performing Arts Center, after LBJ's band director for 39 years from 1975 to 2014. As LBJ is built upon a hill, the lowest level of the main school building is partially underground and has no windows. It is fondly referred to as "The Dungeon" throughout campus. The outside of the campus is maintained by a volunteer group of students and parents. The most well known feature on the LBJ campus is "The Texas," a large granite statue in the shape of the state's outline. The statue, a gift from the class of 1978, sits outside the front of the school. In 2002, a group of seniors started a Northeast-LBJ tradition by wrapping the Texas in saran wrap to protect it from vandals. The night before the annual Northeast-LBJ football game, seniors wrap the Texas in saran wrap and spend the night keeping it and other parts of the campus safe from vandalism by students of their rival Northeast High School. Notable people John M. Jackson (social studies faculty 1975–1979), actor (Adm. Chegwidden on "JAG", and many other television and movie roles) Chris Houston, NFL player Ray Jackson (Class of 1991), member of the Michigan "Fab 5" star freshman basketball players Kerry Hyder, Dallas Cowboys and Texas Tech player Eric Holle, NFL player Marshall Brown, professional basketball player Quinlan Aquirre McAfee (Quin NFN), rapper Chris Lowe and Scott Romig (class of 1989), who comprise 40% of the band Dexter Freebish See also Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) - LASA and LBJ students shared the same campus, newspaper, yearbook, band, theatre, orchestra, choir, and many other curricular or extracurricular programs from 2007 to 2021. References External links Liberal Arts and Science Academy at LBJ High School Austin Independent School District: LBJ High School Educational institutions established in 1974 Magnet schools in Texas High