Calallen High School

Calallen High School
Calallen High School
Address
	4001 Wildcat Dr.; Corpus Christi, Nueces, TX 78410; United States
Coordinates	27°51′26.3″N 97°38′8.8″W / 27.857306°N 97.635778°W
Information
School type	Public High school
Motto	"The Pride of Texas"
School district	Calallen ISD
Superintendent	Emily Lorenz
Principal	Yvonne Marquez-Neth
Teaching staff	90.49 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,180 (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio	13.04
Color(s)	Maroon, White
Song	Hail to Calallen
Fight song	Tiger Rag
Athletics conference	UIL 4A Division 1 Classification
Sports	Football, Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Track and Field, Tennis, Volleyball, Swimming, Soccer, Golf
Mascot	Willie the Wildcat
Nickname	Wildcats/Lady Cats
Website	Official Calallen HS Website

Calallen High School is a public high school serving grades 9–12. The school is located in the Calallen Independent School District in northwest Corpus Christi, Texas, United States.

Background

Calallen's name comes from Calvin Joseph (Cal) Allen (1859–1922), a prominent early rancher. Allen owned a 4,000-acre (16 km²) cattle ranch on which the Calallen Independent School District is now located. Allen donated land to the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Rail Line as right-of-way; in exchange, the railroad agreed to place a depot on Allen's property. Allen then subdivided the land adjacent to the depot and established a townsite there. The town was named Calvin until it was discovered that another community in Texas already had that name. Founded in 1910, Calallen was annexed by the city of Corpus Christi in 1970.^[2]

Notable alumni

Amy Acuff, U.S. Olympian and Playboy Model
John A. Brieden, former national commander of the American Legion
Tom DeLay, former U.S. Congressman and House Majority Leader
Jessie Pavelka, U.S. TV actor and model
Dustin Vaughan, quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens
Logan Verrett, baseball pitcher for the New York Mets
Rob Zastryzny, baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "CALALLEN H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
^ "Calallen Independent School District School Story". Calallen ISD. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Canada's Rob Zastryzny was nearly a Blue Jay". Toronto Sun. Retrieved January 31, 2016.

External links

Official website

[NCES-1] "CALALLEN H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 2, 2024.

[2] "Calallen Independent School District School Story". Calallen ISD. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[3] "Canada's Rob Zastryzny was nearly a Blue Jay". Toronto Sun. Retrieved January 31, 2016.

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v t e Education in Nueces County, Texas
Public high schools
Agua Dulce ISD	Agua Dulce High
Banquete ISD	Banquete High
Bishop ISD	Bishop High
Calallen ISD	Calallen High
Corpus Christi ISD	Mary Carroll Richard King Roy Miller Foy H. Moody W. B. Ray Veterans Memorial Collegiate
Flour Bluff ISD	Flour Bluff High
London ISD	London High
Port Aransas ISD	Port Aransas High
Robstown ISD	Robstown High
Tuloso-Midway ISD	Tuloso-Midway High
West Oso ISD	West Oso High
Private high schools
Religious high schools	Incarnate Word Academy St. John Paul II High School
Tertiary
Four year	Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Community college	Del Mar College
Some areas are within Aransas Pass ISD; its high school is not in Nueces County Driscoll ISD does not operate any high schools La Gloria Independent School District was initially of Nueces County when it was established in 1909, but moved to Jim Wells County with its new name as of 1911.