Kilgore High School

Kilgore High School is a public high school located in the city of Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas, United States and classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is a part of the Kilgore Independent School District located in southwest Gregg County. In 2022, the school was given an Accountability Rating of 'B' by the Texas Education Agency.

Athletics
The Kilgore Bulldogs compete in the following sports:


 * Baseball (Boys)
 * Basketball (Boys & Girls)
 * Cross Country (Boys & Girls)
 * Football (Boys)
 * Golf (Boys & Girls)
 * Soccer (Boys & Girls)
 * Softball (Girls)
 * Tennis (Boys & Girls)
 * Track & Field (Boys & Girls)
 * Volleyball (Girls)

The football and soccer teams play their home games at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium, sharing the facility with the Kilgore College football team.

Table references: MaxPreps, Texas High School Football History, and Lone Star Football.

Athletic titles

 * Football
 * 2004 - 4A Division 2 State Champion
 * 2013 - 3A Division 1 State Runner-Up
 * Baseball
 * 2018 4A Regional Finalist
 * 2019 4A State Semi-Finalist
 * Boys Track
 * 1974 - 3A State Champion
 * Boys Soccer
 * 2018 - 4A-16 Conference Champion. Lost in third round of playoffs.
 * 2017 - 4A State Champion
 * 2016 - 4A Region 2 Champion and State Semi-Finalist. Lost to eventual 4A state champion Palestine in a 3-2 shootout.
 * 2015 - 4A Region 2 Champion and State Semi-Finalist. Lost to eventual 4A state champion San Elizario, 5-1.
 * 2014 - 4A-32 Conference Champion. Lost in third round of playoffs.
 * 2013 - 4A Region 2 Runner-Up (State Quarterfinalist)
 * 2012 - 4A Region 2 Runner-Up (State Quarterfinalist)
 * 2011 - 4A State Finalist. Lost to Boerne Champion 2-1 in state championship match.

Fine arts
Kilgore's high school band won the UIL Sweepstakes award in the 2011-2012 school year, and scored highly in the Area C marching contest in 2012.

Notable alumni

 * Bobby Cross (Class of 1948) - NFL and CFL professional football player
 * Larry Hickman (Class of 1954) - NFL and CFL professional football player
 * Buddy Humphrey (Class of 1954) - NFL professional football player
 * Eddie Jones (Class of 2006) - NFL professional football player
 * Bob Luman (Class of 1955) - Country/Rockabilly singer; member of Rockabilly Hall of Fame and Texas Country Music Hall of Fame
 * Vic Nyvall (Class of 1966) - NFL professional football player

Notable faculty
John Heffner is a Young Earth Creationist and many-time co-host to Carl Baugh television program Creation in the 21st Century who currently teaches Pre-calculus at Kilgore and chairs its math department. He has risen to notoriety recently as some popular skeptics have criticized his understanding of mathematical application to the real world as lacking, flawed, and overly cavalier,  in particular his use of the Malthusian growth model, which he uses to teach creationism to his audience.