Calallen High School

Public school in Texas, United States

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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 30, 2021.
^ "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

City of Corpus Christi

Education

Schools	Corpus Christi ISD Mary Carroll HS Richard King HS Roy Miller HS Foy H. Moody HS W. B. Ray HS Veterans Memorial HS Calallen ISD Calallen HS Flour Bluff ISD flour Bluff HS Ingleside ISD London ISD Port Aransas ISD Riviera ISD Tuloso-Midway ISD Tuloso-Midway HS West Oso ISD West Oso HS
Colleges and universities	Del Mar College Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi

Military

Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
USS Corpus Christi (PF-44)
USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705)
USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1)

Parks and
recreation

Sports

Tourism

American Bank Center
Bayfest
Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge
La Palmera
Mirador de la Flor
Museums
Mustang Island
One Shoreline Plaza
Padre Island
South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
Sunrise Mall
Texas State Aquarium
USS Lexington (CV-16)

Transportation

Government

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.