{{Short description|Public school in Texas, United States}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2013}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Calallen High School | image = Calallen HS Logo of September 2012.png | address = 4001 Wildcat Dr. | city = Corpus Christi | state = TX | county = Nueces | zipcode = 78410 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|27|51|26.3|N|97|38|8.8|W|display=inline,title}} | motto = "The Pride of Texas" | type = Public | schooltype = High school | grades = 9-12 | ratio = 13.14<ref name=NCES/> | teaching_staff = 89.60 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | enrollment = 1,177 (2023-2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4812420&ID=481242000734|title=CALALLEN H S|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 26, 2024}}</ref> | superintendent = Emily Lorenz | principal = Yvonne Marquez-Neth | district = Calallen ISD | colors = Maroon, White {{color box|maroon}}{{color box|white}} | sports = Football, Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Track and Field, Tennis, Volleyball, Swimming, Soccer, Golf | nickname = Wildcats/Lady Cats | song = Hail to Calallen | fight_song = Tiger Rag | athletic_conference = UIL 4A Division 1 Classification | mascot = Willie the Wildcat | website = [https://www.calallen.org/highschool 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 {{convert|4000|acre|km2|adj=on}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Calallen Independent School District School Story|url=https://www.calallen.org/domain/88|work=Calallen ISD|access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref>
==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<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/08/canadas-rob-zastryzny-was-nearly-a-blue-jay|title=Canada's Rob Zastryzny was nearly a Blue Jay|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref>
==References== <references />
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.calallen.org/highschool}}
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