West Brook High School

West Brook Senior High School is a high school in the city of Beaumont, Texas. It is one of two high schools operated by the Beaumont Independent School District and was formed in 1982 as a court-ordered measure to integrate the schools of the formerly separate South Park Independent School District. West Brook is located at 8750 Phelan Boulevard. The school's official mascot is the Bruin Bear. History West Brook was formed in 1982 from the court-ordered merger of two of the high schools in the former South Park Independent School District: the black Hebert High School, whose campus initially housed the ninth and tenth grades, and the almost all-white Forest Park High School, which initially housed the eleventh and twelfth grades. The students voted on the name and the mascot. The other majority-white high school in the district, South Park High School, was also merged into West Brook in 1986. West Brook is now located on the former Forest Park campus. State football championship In its first year, an integrated team from West Brook under the former Hebert coach, Alexander Durley, won the state 5A football championship. Durley died of cancer after two seasons as head football coach of the Bruins, and the school's former stadium was named Alex Durley Stadium in his honor. West Brook now plays home games at the Doggett Family Stadium together with the other city high school, Beaumont United. Bus accident On March 29, 2006, the varsity girls' soccer team was traveling to a road game in Humble when their charter bus overturned on the highway outside Devers. Two girls were killed in the accident. The team and their parents subsequently helped pass what became known as Ashley and Alicia's Law, a state law requiring seat belts on all school buses purchased on or after September 1, 2010, and on all charter buses purchased on or after September 1, 2011. State basketball championship In 2025, West Brook won the 5A Division 1 State Boys Basketball Championship over North Richland Hills Birdville High School, 63-57 in overtime. Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 2,284 students enrolled for the 2021-2022 school year is as follows: Male - 52% Female - 48% Native American/Alaskan Native - 0.3% Asian - 7% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 0.1% Black - 48.9% Hispanic - 20.1% White - 21.1% Multiracial - 2.5% Notable alumni Chip Ambres - former MLB outfielder Bryce Anderson - college football safety for the Texas A&M Aggies Jerry Ball - former NFL nose tackle Michael Batiste - former NFL offensive lineman Reggie Begelton - Former CFL and Current NFL Receiver James Brown - former quarterback for the Texas Longhorns Jay Bruce - MLB outfielder Darrell Colbert – former NFL and WLAF wide receiver Earl Dotson - former NFL offensive tackle Ryan Grant - former NFL wide receiver Christine Michael - former NFL running back Frank Middleton - former NFL offensive lineman Dan Moore - NFL player Taylor Reed - CFL linebacker Omar Sneed - former basketball player Jason Tyner - former MLB outfielder Mickey Washington - former NFL cornerback References External links West Brook High School West Brook High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index) West Brook High School (old site)