Killeen High School is a

public high school A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-f ...

located in

Killeen, Texas Killeen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Bell County. According to the 2020 census, its population was 153,095, making it the 19th-most populous city in Texas and the largest of the three principal cities of Bell County. It is ...

and classified as a 6A school by the

University Interscholastic League The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, musical, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the largest organ ...

. It is one of six high schools in the

Killeen Independent School District Killeen Independent School District is a public school district based in Killeen, Texas, Killeen, Texas (United States, USA). In addition to Killeen, the district serves the cities of Harker Heights, Texas, Harker Heights and Nolanville, Texas, ...

, which is located in western Bell County. During 20222023, Killeen High School had an enrollment of 2,076 students and a student to teacher ratio of 16.25. The school received an overall rating of "C" from the

Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.

for the 20212022 school year.

Athletics

The Killeen Kangaroos compete in the following sports: *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

Bowling Bowling is a Throwing sports#Target sports, target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a bowling ball, ball toward Bowling pin, pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). Most references to ''bowling'' are ...

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense Physical exercise, physical activity. It can be performed to motivate s ...

* Cross Country *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

* Swimming and Diving *

Tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

Track and Field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

State titles

* Football – 1991 (5A/D1) * Boys Track – UIL Centennial Webpage
1978 (4A), 1979 (4A), 1980 (4A), 1981 (5A), 1991 (5A)

State finalists

* Football – 1954 (2A) * Volleyball – 1976 (4A) * Girls Water Polo – 1981, 1982, 1983 * Cheerleading – 2018 (6A) * Boys Swimming – 1979

Notable alumni

Mark Adickes Mark Stephen Adickes (born April 22, 1961) is an orthopedic surgeon and a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Kansas City Chiefs and Washington Redskins. Adickes was an All-American offensive ...

, former NFL player * Brandon Bernard, murderer * Don Hardeman, former NFL player *

Juaquin Iglesias Juaquin Iglesias (pronounced Hwah-KEEN; born August 22, 1987) is an American former professional gridiron football, football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played colle ...

, former NFL player * Anthony McDowell, former NFL player * David McMillan, former NFL player * Gerald McNeil, former NFL player * Pat McNeil, former NFL player * Chris Morgan, current NFL coach * Darrol Ray, former NFL player * TaShawn Thomas (born 1993), basketball player in the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

* Craig Watts, former NFL player and coach * Cory Jefferson, former NBA player

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