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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CALALLEN H S administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,147
High
DISTRICT 624 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALALLEN ISD·NCES 481242000734
Calallen High School
4001 WILDCAT DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78410 · (361) 242-5626 · Nueces County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,147 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Texas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
518 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 304 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 309 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 282 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 252 | 22% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CALALLEN ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 59.0% | 14.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 30.0% | 36.0% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 68.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 33.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Calallen High School
Calallen High School's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calallen High School this school | 1,147 | 45.2% | 71.5% |
| Floresville High School FLORESVILLE | 1,254 | 47.7% | 51.2% |
| Andrews High School ANDREWS | 1,193 | 43.3% | 49.5% |
| Seminole High School SEMINOLE | 835 | 47.3% | 59.5% |
| Gregory-Portland High School PORTLAND | 1,511 | 41.4% | 58.1% |
| Bastrop High School BASTROP | 1,767 | 49.1% | 46.6% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Calallen High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #207 of 1,385 | #5 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #502 of 1,425 ▼ 18 | #5 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #402 of 1,425 ▲ 5 | #7 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #555 of 1,184 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,147 | #538 of 2,107 | #8 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #353 of 1,344 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #726 of 1,346 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #1,106 of 1,522 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #282 of 557 | #6 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,147
-84 (-7%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,170
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,147 | 91.5 | 12.5:1 | 45% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 1,177 | 89.6 | 13.1:1 | 48% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 1,180 | 90.5 | 13.0:1 | 51% (603) |
| 2020-21 | 1,231 | 88 | 14.0:1 | 46% (571) |
| 2017-18 | 1,256 | 81.5 | 15.4:1 | 49% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 1,213 | 78 | 15.6:1 | 33% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 1,197 | 84 | 14.3:1 | 33% (397) |
| 2000-01 | 1,456 | 93 | 15.7:1 | 17% (244) |
| 1990-91 | 1,170 | 71 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calallen High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,256 to 1,147); teachers up 12% (81.5 to 91.5).
About Calallen High School
Calallen High School is a mid-sized high school in Texas, located in CORPUS CHRISTI. Total enrollment is 1,147 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. That is 44% bigger than the average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
CALALLEN ISD (6 schools, 3,745 students) runs Calallen High School.
At Calallen High School, 63% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 33% White. Census estimates put Nueces County at about 63% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Calallen High School scores 49%.
Calallen High School reports a ratio of 12.5 students per teacher, from 91.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is 2.6 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Calallen High School, 45% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Nueces County is 22 points.
Among Texas public high schools, Calallen High School outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Calallen High School is +17.1 points, in the top 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 71.5%, and the predicted rate is 54.4%.
For Nueces County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $66,897, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 124 public schools in the county, enrolling about 59,619, Calallen High School among them.
Calallen West Intermediate School is about 0.3 miles from Calallen High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Calallen High School ranks 1st in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Calallen High School is City: Large.
Enrollment decreased 7% over 4 years, reaching 1,147 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 12.5:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Nueces County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,955
Census ACS
Median income
$66,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
59,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CALALLEN ISD
- Calallen Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Calallen East Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Calallen West Intermediate SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Calallen Wood River Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Wilma Magee Intermediate SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in CORPUS CHRISTI
- Sst Corpus ChristiCombined · 2,343 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,026 students
- Flour Bluff High SchoolHigh · 1,940 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- Ray High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of DesignHigh · 1,424 students
Nearby schools
- Calallen West Intermediate School0.3 mi · 426
- Wilma Magee Intermediate School0.5 mi · 419
- Calallen Middle School0.8 mi · 858
- Calallen Wood River Elementary School1.6 mi · 425
- Calallen East Elementary School2.1 mi · 470
- Tuloso-Midway High School4.2 mi · 1,079
Frequently asked questions
About Calallen High SchoolHow large is Calallen High School?
Calallen High School enrolls approximately 1,147 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Calallen High School serve?
Calallen High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Calallen High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Calallen High School is approximately 12.5:1 (92 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Calallen High School?
Student demographics at Calallen High School are roughly 33% White, 63% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Calallen High School in?
Calallen High School is part of CALALLEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.