Estacado Early College High School is a 4A

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high school serving grades 9 through 12 in

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, (

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). It is part of the

Lubbock Independent School District Lubbock Independent School District was established in 1907. Accredited by the Texas Education Agency, Lubbock ISD is the largest school district that serves the city of Lubbock, Texas (USA). The Lubbock Independent School District covers and ...

. Estacado is a

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, with programs in

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. As of August 2016, Estacado High School became Estacado Early College High School, due to the partnership with

Texas Tech University Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public university, public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship instit ...

. Students, starting in the ninth grade, will be able to earn up to 60 hours of college dual credit hours. The school was founded in 1967. Estacado's colors are blue and silver and its mascot is the Matador. The school is located in the northeast part of the city, between Mackenzie Park and Lubbock City Park.

History

The school, named after the primarily Quaker settlement Estacado near

, opened late in 1967. The first principal was Olan Rice in 1969. The school was designed to accommodate 1,600 students, and was one of the first high schools in Lubbock to serve ninth graders.Estacado High School
. ''Lubbock Centennial Historical Landmarks''. Retrieved April 13, 2011. A $3.8 million facility, it originally included a vocational wing made up of

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, and automobile body workshops, as well as

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and

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labs. To allow other

students to take advantage of these vocational classes, they were eventually moved to the Advanced Technology Center in central

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. The school implemented several magnet programs unique to its campus, beginning in the late 1990s. These included a medical program, an engineering program, and a criminal justice program which started in 2007.

Academics

Estacado has been named a persistently low-performing school by the

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.Gulick, Joe
"Estacado staff aims to improve"
''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''. June 23, 2010. Retrieved from Proquest April 15, 2011. The school began a Campus Improvement Plan in 2010 with three goals: increasing the daily attendance of the students, meeting state and national educational standards, and better preparing students for college.

Extracurricular activities

Estacado High School offers various extracurricular activities including

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, athletics,

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, and

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. The school's

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team made it to the state competition every year from 1997 to 2012. In 2009, Estacado was one of three high schools in the city to start a women's wrestling team.Cram, Travis
"Queens of the Mat"
. ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''. Feb 8, 2009. Retrieved from Lonestar Varsity April 15, 2011.Estacado High School girls wrestling team
''Vimeo''. Retrieved April 15, 2011.

Jerry Gray Go Center

In 2008, the

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awarded the school a $99,000 grant, along with

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and

, to encourage Estacado High students to go to college. Part of this money was used to create the Estacado High School Jerry Gray Go Center. Jerry Gray is an Estacado alumni and the current defensive back coach of the

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. The Jerry Gray Foundation now works with

to provide "matching corporate scholarships" to graduating Estacado students planning to attend

Texas Tech Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the flagship institution of the five- ...

. The foundation’s mission is to "motivate and empower young men and women with knowledge, financial resources, and the tools needed for achieving a higher education and for being successful in life." It provides guidance to students in different college-related areas including taking standardized testing, applying to schools, and completing financial aid paperwork.

Notable alumni

* A. J. Ramos (2005), baseball pitcher

References

External links

Official website
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