Jasper was the third school built on the parcel of land shared with Gulledge Elementary School and
Robinson Middle School. Jasper was constructed in time for the 1996–1997 school year; however, the completion of the , two-story building was not finished until July 1999. The company estimates that the construction cost was US$17,000,000. Jasper was the newest of the five 9–10 high schools in the Plano Independent School District. Jasper opened with an enrollment of 1,172 students, and a functional capacity of approximately 1,758 students. During the 2003 Bond Election held on August 23, 2003, a $3,500,000 addition of eight temporary classrooms was approved by a vote of 3,643 for to 1,499 against, in order to combat overcrowding in the school, which had reached 1,980. This was part of a $33,550,000 bond proposal of PISD. On March 25, 2004, Big Sky Construction was chosen out of eight contractors to build an orchestra/band/
choir hall. The company's proposal of $1,999,900 was more than $30,000 less expensive than the next cheapest bid to the school district. It was completed in that same year for a price of $2,000,000. On November 28, 2005, the Plano Independent School District announced the beginning of an addition of a science wing to assist in increasing Jasper's functional capacity, as the population of the school had already exceeded 2,000 students. The addition was approved in a 2004 Facility Program Bond vote by the citizens of Plano. It was a project given to the Cadence McShane Companies, and was built along with new additions to
Williams High School. The addition to Jasper was completed in July 2006, costing the school district approximately $7,501,893. Also added under the contract was a fourth cafeteria line and a multipurpose room. The wooden gym floors were redone during this same time. On March 30, 2023, the Plano Independent School District announced the decision to align the feeder high schools with the senior high schools to increase cohesion and unity. This meant unifying the mascots, brands, and colors of Jasper High School with its feeder senior high school
Plano West Senior High School. As a result, the mascot changed from a jaguar to a wolf, and the colors changed from green, black, and white to blue, black, and white. District uniform changes were implemented starting in 2023−2024, with facility changes following over the next three years.
Namesake Jasper High School is named in honor of Plano banker and businessman Thomas Chilton "T.C." Jasper. Jasper was born on January 11, 1844, in
Middleburg, Kentucky. He served in the
Civil War in Company C, 6th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. After the war, he returned to
Kentucky and taught school. On January 8, 1874, T.C. married Mary Wilmoth Jones. The couple established a prosperous general store in nearby Mount Salem, Kentucky. Two of his children, Claude and Davie, were born there as well. In 1887, T.C. moved his family to
Plano, Texas, where his third child, Roy, was born. He quickly organized the Plano National Bank, investing out of his own pocket $40,000 of the $50,000 needed for new bank stock. The bank was chartered July 27, 1882, and T.C. served as cashier for 25 years before retiring in March 1913. In addition to owning business properties in and around Plano, T.C. Jasper was a co-founder of the Plano Cotton Oil Company (established in 1902 and dissolved in 1916). In 1904, T.C., along with seven other men, formed the "44 Club"; its members were
Confederate veterans and were all born in 1844. He served as
treasurer of the Texas Electric Railroad, was a
deacon in the First
Baptist Church, a Mason for 55 years (as well as a charter member of the Plano chapter), and an honorary member of the
Lions Club. T.C. died in 1924 at the age of 80, after 50 years of marriage. His wife, Mary, died in 1940.
Previous feeder schools Before 2009, Schimelpfenig Middle School students were zoned to go to Jasper. In 2009, Plano ISD voted that they could choose between
Plano Senior High School and
Plano West High School. In 2011, after a controversial debate on future overcrowding, the Plano ISD board voted that Schimelpfenig should be zoned to Plano Senior High, which meant they had to be zoned to Clark. Currently, Rice and Robinson feed to Jasper High School. ==Extracurricular activities==