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| Captain John L. Chapin High School | |
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7000 Dyer Street El Paso, Texas 79904 | |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Home of the Huskies |
| Established | Fall 1999 |
| Principal | (Vacant) |
| Staff | 119.03 (FTE)[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,830 (2019-20)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.37[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Navy blue, white and Columbia blue |
| Athletics conference | 1-5A |
| Nickname | Huskies |
| Website | [1] |
Chapin High School is a public high school in El Paso, Texas. Chapin is located at the intersection of Dyer Street and Ellerthorpe Avenue. This land is reserved for the United States Government and is a part of the El Paso Independent School District. It is the only high school in the continental United States that is on government property but not owned by the government.[2] The school enrolls over 1,800 students in grades 9 to 12. Nearly half of the students are military dependents from nearby Fort Bliss. The school also accepts students from throughout the city of El Paso as part of its pre-engineering magnet program.
- ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - CHAPIN H S (481830008776)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ Only four secondary schools are run by DoD in the continental US. -- Elisabeth Bumiller (25 December 2012) "With a Parent Off Again at War, a Holiday of Pride and Isolation", The New York Times, pp A1, A12. Of the over two dozen high schools operated by the US Department of Defense Education Activity (dodea), only 4 high schools in the Continental US are operated by the DODEA; all 4 are east of the Mississippi River. accessdate=2012-12-25