Silsbee High School

The school and the school district have been criticized for expelling a cheerleader from the school's cheerleading squad because of her refusal to cheer for a basketball player who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her. The charges were dropped down to assault a year later and the player was given probation. School officials also encouraged the victim to "keep a low profile" and avoid the school cafeteria.^{[citation needed]}

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in November 2010 that the victim — who is identified only as H.S. — had no right to refuse to applaud her attacker, because as a cheerleader in uniform, she was an agent of the school. The Fifth Circuit dismissed her case as "frivolous" and sanctioned the girl, ordering her family to pay the school district's $35,000–45,000 legal fees.^[2][3][4] A later judgment ruled that one of the claims was not frivolous and ordered the amount owed recalculated based on this finding.^[5] The Supreme Court declined to review the case.^{[citation needed]}

• Kalon Barnes,^[6] professional football cornerback who is a free agent
• Curtis Buckley - played cornerback for four seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, three seasons for the San Francisco 49ers, and one season for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins
• William Graham - played safety for six seasons for the Detroit Lions
• H. Palmer Hall - poet, author, editor and librarian who taught two years at Silsbee
• Mark Henry - Olympic weightlifter and professional wrestler
• James Hunter - played seven seasons as a defensive back for the Detroit Lions
• Chloe Jones, adult actress and model
• Brandi McCain - basketball player, played one season with the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks