McCallum High School
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A. N. McCallum High School is a public high school in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

, Texas
Texas
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, United States
United States
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McCallum, the second oldest high school in the Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District is a school district that is based in the city of Austin, Texas, United States. It was established in 1881. Its current superintendent is...

, opened in 1953 to relieve growth in north and northwest Austin. Named after AISD's first high school superintendent, A.N. McCallum, the school strives to reflect the initiatives and achievements of its namesake.

In 1994, McCallum motioned to make its campus the home of AISD's Fine Arts Academy. Currently, the Fine Arts Academy is open to all students in AISD who wish to attend, given that they are accepted following an admissions process. The current fine arts strands are visual art, band, orchestra, choir, dance, classical guitar, technical theater, performance theater, and musical theater.

Feeder Patterns

McCallum feeder schools include Kealing Middle School
Kealing Middle School
Kealing Middle School is a Junior High School in Austin, Texas. Kealing is one of Austin Independent School District's seventeen Junior High Schools. Kealing is home to one of the three junior high magnet programs in Austin, which specializes in mathematics and sciences...

 and Lamar Middle School
Lamar Middle School (Austin, Texas)
Lamar Middle School is a middle school in north central Austin, Texas. Lamar is one of Austin Independent School District's seventeen middle schools.-History:...

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Notable alumni

  • Kristian House
    Kristian House
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    , Professional Cyclist - British National Champion in 2009
  • Robbie Beckett
    Robbie Beckett
    Robbie Beckett is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. In 1990, he was drafted in the first round by the San Diego Padres in the amateur draft out of McCallum High School in Austin, Texas...

    , Major League Baseball pitcher and 1st round draft of the San Diego Padres
    San Diego Padres
    The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. They play in the National League Western Division. Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times...

     in 1990
  • Matt Belisle
    Matt Belisle
    Matthew Thomas Belisle is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Colorado Rockies.-Early life:...

    , Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds
    Cincinnati Reds
    The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....

     (1998)
  • Gordon Bethune, Continental Airlines
    Continental Airlines
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     CEO (1958)
  • Geoff Ketchum
    Geoff Ketchum
    Geoff Ketchum currently runs the website Orangebloods.com. Additionally, Ketchum co-hosts a sports radio talk show on 104.9FM The Horn in Austin, Texas five days a week with Chad Hastings, and has written a book on the history of the University of Texas Longhorns football program titled A Die Hard...

    , radio talk show host, football pundit, and author
  • Tom Kite
    Tom Kite
    Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....

    , PGA golfer
  • Timothy Kopra, NASA
    NASA
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     astronaut (1981)
  • Austin Nichols
    Austin Nichols
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    , actor and star of the HBO series John from Cincinnati
    John from Cincinnati
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  • Wiley Wiggins
    Wiley Wiggins
    Wiley Ramsey Wiggins is an American film actor and blogger. A native of Austin, Texas, he is the nephew of Lanny Wiggins, who was a member of Janis Joplin's early band, The Waller Creek Boys....

    , actor and star of Dazed and Confused
    Dazed and Confused
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