The Kinkaid School history

By 1910, the school had outgrown the Kinkaids’ one-story house, so a second floor was added.

Kinkaid also added its upper school program beginning in the late 1920s.

The growing student body and the need for direction in school affairs led to the appointment of the first Board of Trustees in 1924.

Moving to the new campus allowed for an expanded club system as well as an athletics program for both boys and girls. It also provided the infrastructure for an Upper School curriculum, with the first high school graduating class matriculating in 1938.

Kinkaid was the headmistress of the School from its founding until 1951.

Since 1957 and through the present day, the School has been situated on a 40-acre (160,000 m) site in the city of Piney Point Village, an enclave of Houston, at the junction of 201 Kinkaid School Drive and San Felipe.

Beginning in 1970, Kinkaid adopted what was known as an "open enrollment" policy.

Cooper left to co-found The John Cooper School in Woodlands in 1972.

Glenn Ballard hit the ground running during the summer of 1979, before school opened.

He earned such a strong reputation at Kinkaid that he was invited in 1988 to become Headmaster of Durham Academy in Durham, North Carolina.

Glenn Ballard’s retirement in 1996 signaled the end of yet another era of outstanding leadership at The Kinkaid School.

In 2011, the School purchased a 25-acre tract adjacent to the current campus to allow for future growth.

Doctor Andrew D. Martire began his service to Kinkaid in the summer of 2013.

In 2014, Andy Martire oversaw a $25 million campaign to build a four-story parking garage and dining and learning center.

Construction for both projects began in 2015.

The parking garage opened in the spring of 2016, nearly doubling campus parking to 1,000 spots relieving parking issues the School dealt with for many years.