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Culberson County-Allamoore Independent School District
Culberson County-Allamoore Independent School District is a public school district based in Van Horn, Texas (USA). The district serves all of Culberson County, and eastern portions of Hudspeth County. As of the 2021-2022 school year, the district had 360 students. The district was created on July 1, 1995 by the consolidation of the Culberson County and Allamore independent school districts. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.
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*Van Horn High School (Texas), Van Horn High School (Grades 9-12)

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Culberson may refer to: Places * Culberson County, Texas * Culberson, North Carolina People with the surname * Aubert C. Dunn, Aubert Culberson Dunn (1896–1987), American politician and U.S. Representative from Mississippi * Charles Allen Culberson (1855–1925), American politician, Governor of Texas and U.S. Senator * Charlie Culberson (born 1989), American baseball player * Chicita F. Culberson (born 1931), American lichenologist * David B. Culberson (1830–1900), American politician and U.S. Representative from Texas * Eric Culberson (born 1966), American musician * John Culberson (born 1956), American politician and U.S. Representative from Texas * Leon Culberson (1919–1989), American baseball player * Quinton Culberson (born 1985), American football player * Sarah Culberson (born 1976), American philanthropist and Mende princess * Winfield Dunn, Winfield Culberson Dunn (born 1927), American politician and Governor of Tennessee * William Louis Culberson (1929–2003), Amer ...
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A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, which usually operate several schools, and the largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio, or a combination of any of ...
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Van Horn, Texas
Van Horn is a town in and the seat of Culberson County, Texas, United States. According to the 2010 census, Van Horn had a population of 2,063, down from 2,435 at the 2000 census. The 2020 census results detailed a decline in population to 1,941. Van Horn's official newspaper is ''The Van Horn Advocate''. The town is the westernmost incorporated community in the United States that uses the Central Time Zone. Geography Van Horn is located in southwestern Culberson County at (31.042489, –104.832928). Interstate 10 passes through the town, leading east to Fort Stockton and northwest to El Paso. Van Horn is the western terminus of U.S. Route 90; from Van Horn it leads southeast to Marfa. Texas State Highway 54 leads north from Van Horn to Pine Springs and the Guadalupe Mountains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Threemile Peak, elevation , rises to the northwest overlooking the town. Climate History Anglo-Texan settle ...
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Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both List of U.S. states and territories by area, area (after Alaska) and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most pop ...
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Culberson County, Texas
Culberson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,188. The county seat is Van Horn. Culberson County was founded in 1911 and organized the next year. It is named for David B. Culberson, a lawyer and Confederate soldier in the American Civil War. Culberson County is primarily in the Central Time Zone, but northwestern Culberson County, including Guadalupe Mountains National Park, is in the Mountain Time Zone, making it one of only a few U.S. counties officially split into two time zones. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. History Native Americans Prehistoric Clovis culture peoples in Culberson County lived in the rock shelters and caves nestled near water supplies. These people left behind artifacts and pictographs as evidence of their presence. With its treacherous topography, the area remained untouched by white explorations for centuries. Jumano Indians led the Ant ...
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Hudspeth County, Texas
Hudspeth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,202. Its county seat is Sierra Blanca, and the largest community is Fort Hancock. The county is named for Claude Benton Hudspeth, a state senator and United States Representative from El Paso. It is northeast of the Mexico–U.S. border. Hudspeth County is included in the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. Hudspeth is one of two Texas counties to entirely observe Mountain Time, along with neighboring El Paso, while Culberson County partly observes it (in the northwest region, as the rest of the county observes Central Time). History Prehistoric Jornada Mogollón peoples Texas Beyond History were practicing agriculture in the Rio Grande floodplain ''circa'' 900–1350 AD. These people left behind artifacts and pictographs as evidence of their presence. Texas Beyond History The Ro ...
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Allamoore Independent School District
The Allamoore Independent School District was a public school district based in the community of Allamoore, Texas, United States. The approximately district was known as the Allamoore Consolidated Independent District prior to 1992. History The one room schoolhouse was built circa 1910. In previous eras the school had two teachers and in later eras there was only one teacher who also did all administrative functions. Enrollment was determined by a fluctuating number of employees in area ranches. In portions of the 1950s and 1960s the district hired a teacher to be at the school, but there were no students to teach. Clippingfrom Newspapers.com. In 1988, Allamoore's total enrollment was eight students, which made it one of the smallest school districts in the state of Texas. In 1990 that figure was down to three, cousins of one another, with one of the students being the daughter of the teacher. By 1995 the student population was still three. On July 1, 1995, Allamoore ISD cons ...
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Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.Welcome to the Texas Education Agency
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The agency is headquartered in the William B. Travis State Office Building in . , formerly a member of the

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Texas Education Agency Accountability Ratings System
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ... in the United States.Welcome to the Texas Education Agency
" ''Texas Education Agency''. Accessed December 13, 2015. "Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin, Texas, 78701"
The agency is headquartered in the William B. Travis State Office Building in downtown Austin. Mike Morath, formerly a member of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, was appointed commissioner of education by Texas Gov. ...
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Van Horn High School (Texas)
Van Horn High School is a public high school located in Van Horn, Texas ( USA) and classified as a 1A school by the UIL. It is part of the Culberson County-Allamoore Independent School District located in southwest Culberson County and serves students countywide. In 2015, the school was rated " Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. Athletics The Van Horn Eagles compete in the following sports: *Baseball *Basketball * Cross Country *Six-man football *Golf *Softball *Tennis *Track and Field *Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ... Eagle Field In 2014, Van Horn High School replaced their old grass football field with a new stadium that included a Matrix Synthetic Turf system and an Epic Tracks V300 400 meter track. The construction also included a ne ...
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School Districts In Culberson County, Texas
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be availabl ...
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