R. L. Turner High School

R. L. Turner High School
Location
1600 South Josey Lane Carrollton , Dallas County , Texas , 75006 United States
Coordinates	32°56′54″N96°53′30″W / 32.94828°N 96.8916°W / 32.94828; -96.8916
Information
School type	Public, Secondary
Motto	Character Counts!
Opened	1903
School district	Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District
Principal	Ivan Cedillo [1]
Staff	143.90 (FTE) [2]
Grades	9th through 12th
Enrollment	2,010 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	13.97 [2]
Colors	White, black and blue
Mascot	Lion
Website	turner.cfbisd.edu

R. L. Turner High School is a public high school located in Carrollton, Texas, (USA) in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. The school serves portions of Carrollton, Farmers Branch, and Addison. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. ^[6]

Athletics

The Turner Lions compete in the following sports: ^[7]

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross Country
• Football
• Golf
• Powerlifting
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming and Diving
• Tennis
• Track and Field
• Volleyball
• Wrestling

Soccer

The Turner soccer team won the District 18-AAAA Championship in 2009 and 2011.

Notable alumni

• George Dunham, radio personality
• Abraham George, Chairman Republican Party of Texas
• Henry Godinez, Noted Latino theater director and writer
• Bridget Hall, Top Model
• Bob Jackson, former professional football player
• Andrew Magee, PGA Tour member, has 4 tournament wins and is the only one on the PGA to have a hole-in-one on a par four
• Kenny Marchant, Representative for Texas's 24th congressional district
• Bill Montgomery, All District Quarterback and All-Southwest Conference quarterback at the University of Arkansas from 1968-1970
• Keith Moreland, famed Major League Baseball standout and University of Texas broadcaster (All-America in baseball and played football at UT), a former analyst on Chicago Cubs Radio Network.
• Judy Trammell, head choreographer for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
• Vanilla Ice, rapper famous for his hit song Ice Ice Baby. ^[8]

References

1. "Meet the Principal". R. L. Turner High School. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
2. "TURNER H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
3. "R.L. Turner High School Attendance Area Archived February 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine ." Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. Retrieved on July 14, 2016.
4. "Addison Zoning Map Archived July 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine ." City of Addison. Retrieved on July 14, 2016.
5. "Existing Land Use Archived March 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine ." City of Farmers Branch. Retrieved on July 14, 2016.
6. "2015 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency.
7. The Athletics Department
8. "Short Takes : Vanilla Ice's Facade Is Melting". Los Angeles Times . November 19, 1990. Retrieved October 1, 2022. Vanilla Ice [...] said he went to Turner in his junior and senior years.

• http://rlt.cfbisd.edu/news.php

External links

• Official website