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This is a list of school districts in Texas, sorted by Education Service Center (ESC) Region and then by County.. There are multiple classifications of school districts. Among them are independent school districts, common school districts, municipal school districts, rural high school districts, industrial training school districts, rehabilitation districts for the handicapped, and several ...
The headquarters of the Houston Independent School District, one of the largest school districts in the United States. An independent school district (ISD) is a type of school district in some US states for primary and secondary education that operates as an entity independent and separate from any municipality or county, and only under the oversight of the respective state government.
Independent school districts have a board of trustees that is independent of any other governing authority, with the exception of the Stafford Municipal School District. School district boundaries are not generally aligned with city or county boundaries; it is common for a school district to cover one or more counties or for a large city to be ...
During the 1890s, the state of Texas passed a number of laws allowing for more freedom to cities about creating schools, and the new laws lead to the creation of independent school districts. At the turn of the century, there were already 526 school districts in the state. [10]
Texas City Independent School District is a public school district based in Texas City, Texas. It serves most of Texas City and La Marque as well as a portion of Tiki Island. [2] In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [3]
Gordon Independent School District is a public school district based in Gordon, Texas (USA). Located in Palo Pinto County, the district serves the city of Mingus and extends into a small portion of northern Erath County. Gordon ISD was rated Exemplary by the Texas Education Agency in 2009 making it the only K-12 district in the county with the ...
Santa Maria ISD has three campuses - Santa Maria High School (grades 9-12), Santa Maria Middle (grades 5-8), and Tony Gonzalez Elementary (prekindergarten - grade 4). As of 2007, the Texas State Energy Conservation Office awards Santa Maria ISD money due to the colonias served by the district.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]The Texas Education Agency's college readiness performance data shows that only 3.1% (5 out of 152 students) of the graduates of the class of 2010 of the La Marque school district met TEA's average performance criterion on SAT or ACT college admission tests.