Calallen High School
Public high school in Corpus Christi, Texas · Calallen ISD · Grades 9–12
Calallen High School serves 1,147 students in grades 9–12 in Corpus Christi (Nueces County). It is one of 6 schools in Calallen ISD. By enrollment it is the 541st largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 12.5 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 91.54 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Calallen ISD |
| County | Nueces County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 481242000734 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Calallen ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,147 | 3,745 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 12.5 | 13 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 45.2% | 52.9% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 37% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Calallen High School in context
Size
Calallen High School is the only high school in Calallen ISD. Its 1,147 students are 30.6% of the district's 3,745. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 9.1 miles away and have a median of 385 students, so Calallen High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 10 with 309 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 252, against an average of 287 per grade. This year grade 12 has 17% fewer students than grade 9 (252 against 304). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 63.3% of enrollment, about the same share as across Calallen ISD (66.1%). White students are next, at 33%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
45.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 52.9% across Calallen ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Calallen High School has 91.54 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,147 students would have about 81.9 teachers, so Calallen High School has 9.6 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other high school is Tuloso-Midway High School, 4.2 miles away in Tuloso-Midway ISD. There are 2 high schools within 5 miles and 4 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 63.3% |
| White | 33% |
| Black | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |
| Asian | 0.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% |
49% of students are girls and 51% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 304 |
| Grade 10 | 309 |
| Grade 11 | 282 |
| Grade 12 | 252 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
4001 Wildcat Dr., Corpus Christi, TX 78410
Phone: (361)242-5626
Website: calallen.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Calallen High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuloso-Midway High School | Tuloso-Midway ISD | 4.2 mi | 1,079 | 12.8 | 36.6% |
| Robstown Early College High School | Robstown ISD | 4.6 mi | 750 | 14.4 | 85.6% |
| Odem High School | Odem-Edroy ISD | 6.9 mi | 278 | 10.8 | 60.4% |
| Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center | Tuloso-Midway ISD | 8.2 mi | 32 | 7 | 93.8% |
| Banquete High School | Banquete ISD | 10.1 mi | 247 | 9.5 | 93.5% |
| West Oso High School | West Oso ISD | 12.4 mi | 491 | 12.5 | 94.7% |
| Harold T Branch Academy for Career & Technical Education | Corpus Christi ISD | 13.5 mi | 248 | 18.8 | 62.1% |
| Roy Miller H S and Metro School of Design | Corpus Christi ISD | 13.7 mi | 1,424 | 16.3 | 89.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Calallen ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calallen East Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–2 | 470 |
| Calallen Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 858 |
| Calallen West Intermediate School | Elementary | 3–5 | 426 |
| Calallen Wood River Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–2 | 425 |
| Wilma Magee Intermediate School | Elementary | 3–5 | 419 |