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Crane High School
Address
809 West 8th Street Crane, Crane County, Texas 79731 United States
Coordinates	31°23′39″N 102°21′15″W / 31.39417°N 102.35417°W / 31.39417; -102.35417
Information
School type	Public high school
Motto	Spread Far the Fame of the Golden Cranes!
School district	Crane Independent School District
Superintendent	David Lewis
Principal	Rachel Gerig
Assistant Principal	Ysmael Lujan
Teaching staff	29.02 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	331 (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio	11.41
Color(s)	Purple & gold
Athletics conference	UIL Class 3A
Mascot	Golden Crane/Ladybirds
Website	www.craneisd.com/o/crane-high-school
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Designated	2016
Reference no.	18392

Crane High School is a public high school located in Crane, Texas, United States. It is part of the Crane Independent School District which covers all of Crane County and is classified as a 3A school by the UIL. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Athletics

The Crane Golden Cranes and Ladybirds compete in the following sports:

• Baseball
• Basketball, boys and girls
• Cross country, boys and girls
• Football
• Golf, boys and girls
• Powerlifting, boys and girls
• Softball
• Tennis, boys and girls
• Track and field, boys and girls
• Volleyball

UIL State Titles

• Boys Track Team:
  • 2006 (2A)
• Girls Track Team:
  • 2004 (2A)
• Volleyball Team:
  • 1970 (1A)^, 1974(1A)^, and 1975(2A)
• Boys Tennis:
  • 1962 (2A doubles) - Jerry Box and John Hoestenback
  • 1968 (2A doubles) - Glenn Fletcher and Jackie Box
  • 1971 (2A doubles) - Don Adams and Jay Box
  • 1972 (2A doubles) - Don Adams and Jay Box
  • 1972 (2A singles) - John Johnson
  • 1973 (2A doubles) - Don Adams and John Johnson
• Girls Tennis:
  • 1973 (2A doubles) - Terri Anderegg and Lynette Lewis

^ Was spring sport

Crane Bethune (PVIL)

• Boys Basketball Team:
  • 1958(PVIL-B), 1961(PVIL-B), 1962(PVIL-B)

Academics

• UIL Academic Meet Champions:
  • 1992 (3A)
• UIL Editorial Writing:
  • 1984 (3A) - Wesley Moore
• UIL Feature Writing:
  • 1970 (2A) - Jill Rodgers
  • 1987 (3A) - Kristi Rey
• UIL News Writing:
  • 1972 (2A) - Cheryl Fox
  • 1982 (3A) - Tim Lowe
  • 1986 (3A) - Kristi Rey
• UIL Number Sense:
  • 1977 (2A) - David Bizzak
  • 1993 (3A Team) - Scott Huddleston, Ricky Solis, Peter Leupold
• UIL Persuasive Speaking:
  • 1967 (2A) - Thomas Morris
• UIL Poetry Interpretation:
  • 1978 (2A) - Dee Dee Smartt
  • 1979 (2A) - Dee Dee Smartt
• UIL Current Events:
  • 1992 (3A) - Keith Bullard
• UIL Cross-Examination Debate:
  • 1992 (3A) - Dusty Boyd and Thad Norvell

Crane Golden Crane Bands

• UIL State Marching Band Championship Contest:

The Crane HS Band has had 19 UIL State Marching Band Contest appearances, and is currently tied for sixth most appearances (Classes A-6A) in the State of Texas overall.

• UIL Marching Sweepstakes:

1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

• UIL Concert & Sight-Reading Sweepstakes:

1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

• UIL State Wind Ensemble Contest Champions
  • 1987-1988 – Scott Mason, Director
  • 1988-1989 – Scott Mason, Director
  • 1989-1990 – Jesse Lotspeich, Director
• TMEA Honor Band
  • Crane HS Band - Scott Mason – Class 3A – 1990
  • Crane MS Band - Daniel Todd – Class C – 1998
• ATSSB All-State Musicians:

As of 2023-2024, Crane HS Students have qualified 151 ATSSB All-State Bands Musicians. Crane HS currently has the most ATSSB All-State Bands Musicians since the founding in 1991.

References

1. ^ "CRANE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
2. "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-10.
3. The Athletics Department
4. "UIL Boys Track Archives". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
5. UIL Girls Track Archives Archived February 27, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
6. UIL Volleyball Archives Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
7. UIL Tennis Archives Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
8. UIL Tennis Archives Archived 2013-07-05 at archive.today
9. UIL Boys Basketball Archives
10. UIL Academic Meet Champions Archived February 25, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
11. "UIL Editorial Writing State Champions". Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
12. UIL Academic Archives Archived April 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
13. "UIL News Writing State Champions". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
14. "UIL Number Sense State Champions". Archived from the original on 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
15. "UIL Persuasive Speaking State Champions". Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
16. "UIL Poetry Interpretation State Champions". Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
17. UIL Academic Archives Archived May 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
18. UIL Academic Archives
19. {UIL Marching Band State Archives}
20. ^ {Crane High School Band Page | About CHS Band}
21. UIL Centennial Webpage Archived November 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
22. TMEA Archives Archived April 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Crane Independent School District
• Crane High School website

• Schools in Crane County, Texas
• Public high schools in Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks