Temple High School (Texas)

Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. As of 2020, the city has a population of 82,073 according to the U.S. census, and is one of the two principal cities in Bell County.Located near the county seat of Belton, Temple lies in the region referred to as Central Texas and is a principal city in the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan area, which as of 2015 had a population of 450,051. Located off Interstate 35, Temple is 65 miles north of Austin, 34 miles south of Waco and 27 miles east of Killeen. The primary economic drivers are the extensive medical community (mostly due to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple) and goods distribution based on its central location between the Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Houston metropolitan areas, and proximity to larger neighbors Austin and Waco.

Temple Independent School District is a public school district based in Temple, Texas, United States. Temple schools began instruction June 12, 1883. It is the largest employer in Temple, with 1300 employees.

Temple is a train station in Temple, Texas, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station was originally built as an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot. East of the station on another railroad line through Temple, a former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad depot can be found, as the nexus for trains bound for Waco, San Antonio and Houston.

St. Mary's Catholic School or SMCS is a Roman Catholic co-educational school, PreK-8, located in Temple, Texas.

Wheatley Alternative Education Center is a secondary alternative school located in Temple, Texas, in the Temple Independent School District. The school serves all of TISD, including the city of Temple and Bell County. In 2015, the school remained unrated by the Texas Education Agency.Wheatley Alternative Education Center is an alternative school and does not have school team sports; however, it does offer physical education, also known as PE.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple is a 636-bed multi-specialty teaching hospital located in Temple, Texas. The facility was founded in 1897, when Dr. Arthur C. Scott and Dr. Raleigh R. White Jr. opened the Temple Sanitarium in Temple, Texas. The group practice consists of over 800 physicians and scientists. The primary clinical teaching campus of Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Baylor Scott & White – Temple is ranked as one of the top 100 hospitals and one of the top 15 teaching hospitals in the United States by Thomson Reuters. Baylor Scott & White – Temple has 31 accredited residency and fellowship programs, including programs in emergency medicine, radiology and offers a well-established and respected chaplain resident program. In 2013, Scott & White merged with Baylor Health Care System to form Baylor Scott & White Health. In October 2018, Baylor Scott & White Health and Memorial Hermann announced their plan to merge.

Temple College is a public community college in Temple, Texas, with regional branch campuses at other locations in Central Texas.

Temple Mall is a regional shopping mall and trade area located in Temple, Texas. It contains four major department store anchors, and a total of 57 tenants comprising a total of approximately 555,400 square feet of gross leasable area. The anchor stores are Dillard's. Junior anchors are Planet Fitness and Premiere Cinemas. There are 3 vacant anchor store that were once Dillard's,JCPenney,and Steve & Barry's. Premiere Cinemas last day of operation was December 25th, 2022. Temple Mall is one of two regional malls in Bell County, with the other being Killeen Mall, in nearby Killeen, Texas. The Sears anchor store closed and was replaced in 1995 by Foley's. Foley's became Macy's in 2006. Macy's closed in 2016 and Dillard's closed their store across the mall and relocated to the former Macy's space in 2017.On December 17, 2020, it was announced that JCPenney would closing in March 2021 as part of a plan to close 15 stores nationwide. After JCPenney closes, Dillard's will be the only traditional anchor store left. Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased the mall in late October 2021.

Holy Trinity Catholic High School or HTCHS is a private high school in Temple, Texas. Holy Trinity Catholic High School is a private, co-educational college-preparatory school. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin.

KTEM (1400 AM), branded as "Newsradio 1400", is a radio station serving the Killeen-Temple, Texas, area with a News/Talk/Sports format. KTEM is under ownership of Townsquare Media, through licensee Townsquare Media Killeen-Temple License, LLC. Its studios and transmitter are located separately in Temple.

Draughon–Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (IATA: TPL, ICAO: KTPL, FAA LID: TPL) is six miles northwest of Temple, in Bell County, Texas. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Pendleton is an unincorporated community in Bell County, Texas, United States. Pendleton has a post office with the ZIP code 76564. The community was the birthplace of acclaimed blues musician Blind Willie Johnson and Green Bay Packers Pro Football Hall of Famer Bobby Dillon. Pendleton is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.