Grandfalls-Royalty High School is a

public high school State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...

located in Grandfalls,

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(

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) and classified as a 1A school by the UIL. It is part of the

Grandfalls-Royalty Independent School District Grandfalls-Royalty Independent School District is a public school district based in Grandfalls, Texas (USA). In addition to Grandfalls, the district also serves the unincorporated community of Royalty. Grandfalls-Royalty ISD has one school that ...

located in southeast Ward County. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by 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.

. In 2014, voters approved a $12,200,000 bond issue for constructing a new K-12 school to replace existing facilities.

Athletics

The Grandfalls-Royalty Cowboys compete in

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 (appr ...

, cross country,

six-man football Six-man football is a variant of gridiron football played with six players per team, instead of the standard 11 or 12. It is generally played by high schools in rural areas of the United States and Canada. History Six-man football was developed ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

, and

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 ...

. They won a state title in six-man football (6M/D2) in 2013.

Notable alumni

* Norm Cox, American player of gridiron football

References

External links

Grandfalls-Royalty Independent School District
Schools in Ward County, Texas Public high schools in Texas {{Texas-high-school-stub