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| Canutillo High School | |
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6675 S Desert Blvd ,, 79835 | |
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| Type | Public,co-educationalhigh school |
| Motto | Home of the Mighty Eagles |
| Established | 1964 |
| School district | Canutillo Independent School District |
| Principal | Marrufo[1] |
| Teaching staff | 95.53 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,443 (2024–2025)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.11[2] |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colors | Orange andWhite |
| Athletics conference | 5A-D2 |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Website | chs |
Canutillo High School is a public high school inCanutillo, Texas. It is the only zoned comprehensive high school in theCanutillo Independent School District.
In addition toCanutillo, the district serves almost all ofVinton as well as the communities ofPrado Verde andWestway. A portion of the west side of El Paso also lies within the district.[3]
The original high school was built in the early 1960s as it was the only high school in Texas built on the other side of theRio Grande River. In the early first decade of the 21st century overcrowding was an issue at the aging facility. In 2003 a bond was passed to build the new High school alongInterstate 10 next to the campus of the El Paso Community College. In 2006 the new high school opened its doors to the Borderland community. The original high school is still in there, but converted to Canutillo Middle School in 2006.
The school mascot is an eagle. The school colors are the same as theUniversity of Texas at El Paso (orange, blue and white). When the school opened originally, the university donated jerseys.
In 1990, Canutillo High School first introducedSoccer to its student body (boys and girls). Soccer participation was so high, that in the early 2000s, Canutillo Soccer coaches and students petitioned school board and school administrators to create Junior Varsity teams. Not only did students convince administrators to create JV teams, but they also influenced the Middle School to create 7th and 8th grade programs. Canutillo High School administration heard the students loud and clear and added a soccer major-sports class program to its curriculum as well. Thirteen years later (2015/2016), the athletic director along with coaches and administrators took the program a step further with the wonderful addition of a High School Soccer Developmental program. This program allows students the opportunity to represent their school and it also improves their overall High School experience.
In 2012 the Varsity Girls team advanced to the 4th round of Texas UIL Playoffs, leaving their mark in the Regional playoffs. The Canutillo High School Varsity Girls Soccer program is the team sport, at Canutillo High School, with the most Texas UIL Playoff appearances in the school's history. The Varsity Girls Softball and the Varsity Football are second and third in appearances.
The Canutillo High School Varsity Boys Soccer program has advanced to the Texas UIL Elite 8 in two separate occasions, 2000 and 2008.
During the 2000 Soccer season, Canutillo finished 2nd in District play and was able to put together an impressive playoff run which included beating the 1999 Texas UIL 4A ChampionGranbury High 2–0. Leading up to the regional championship, the Canutillo Varsity Boys outscored their playoff opponents 10–2. Eventually losing their Regional Championship match (Elite 8) against theWichita Falls Ryder High School. Wichita Falls Ryder would become the UIL Texas State 4A Soccer Champion that same year.
During the 2008 Soccer season, Canutillo once again finished 2nd in District play and was able to advance deep into playoff territory outscoring their opponents 10–4. Canutillo was crowned Bi-District Champions by beating El Paso Chapin High School 5–2. They would then beat both AmarilloPalo Duro and AmarilloCaprock by the same final score of 2–1. Adding another Golden Trophy crowning them 4A UIL Region 1 Area Champions.Guyer High School's strong defense gave Canutillo problems, however, Canutillo was able to create chances and eventually scored for the lone goal of the game advancing to the Regional Championship (Elite 8). This would set up what would turn out to be one of the most hard fought and exciting High School games in El Paso high school history. Canutillo High Varsity Soccer vsDel Valle High School at the Regional Championship. A very physical game at a packed Del Valle Stadium. Both teams created Chances, but Del Valle would come out victorious 1–0. Canutillo had a chance to tie in the last minutes, but the efforts were fruitless. Del Valle High School would advance to the Texas UIL State Championship, and representEl Paso TX well. By becoming the 2008 4A UIL Texas Champions. This would mark the second time that Canutillo advanced to the Elite 8, and lose to the eventual state champions.
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