Lone Star College System
Lone Star College (LSC) is a public community college system serving the northern portions of the Greater Houston, Texas, area. In 2017 it enrolled about 95,000 students. The headquarters of the Lone Star College System are located in The Woodlands and in unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas. History The voters of the Aldine, Spring, and Humble school districts created North Harris County College in 1972 and opened the college for classes in 1973. The district expanded in 1991 to cover neighboring Montgomery County and adopted the new name of North Harris Montgomery Community College District. As the district expanded to include areas outside north Harris and Montgomery Counties, the Board of Trustees decided the District's current name did not adequately define the service area, plus it was hard to remember and was quite lengthy. During the first semester of the 2007 - 2008 school year, trustees initiated a name-change process using an online voting system; among the ...
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Public College
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to another, largely depending on the specific education landscape. Africa Egypt In Egypt, Al-Azhar University was founded in 970 AD as a madrasa; it formally became a public university in 1961 and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the world. In the 20th century, Egypt opened many other public universities with government-subsidized tuition fees, including Cairo University in 1908, Alexandria University in 1912, Assiut University in 1928, Ain Shams University in 1957, Helwan University in 1959, Beni-Suef University in 1963, Zagazig University in 1974, Benha University in 1976, and Suez Canal University in 1989. Kenya In Kenya, the Ministry of E ...
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Conroe Independent School District
Conroe Independent School District (CISD) is a school district in Montgomery County, Texas. The district's headquarters are located in the Deane L. Sadler Administration/Technology Center in Conroe. The CISD area, which covers , is part of the Lone Star College System (formerly the North Harris Montgomery Community College District). In 2005, CISD enrolled displaced Louisianans from the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina who were residing in the Conroe ISD boundaries. CISD has its own police department of over 41 officers. As of 2007, CISD PD is run by Chief William Harness. For the 2018–2019 school year, the district received a score of 89 out of 100 from the Texas Education Agency. History The first school within Conroe ISD's current boundaries was built in 1886 and called, "Conroe Mill School." The building had one room and was open for five months each year. A school for African American students was started soon after inside a Baptist church. The school district wa ...
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Willis Independent School District
The Willis Independent School District is a public school district based in Willis, Texas, United States. Located in Montgomery County, the district extends into a portion of San Jacinto County. The cities of Willis and Panorama Village and a small northern portion of the city of Conroe are within WISD. For the 2018–2019 school year, the district received a B grade from the Texas Education Agency. History In 1881 the citizens of Willis, Texas contracted a college building. When final payments were made in 1884, the title was passed to Rev. and MRs. S. N. Barker, who opened Willis Male and Female College in September 1885. In 1890, the location was sold to F.P. Crow and C.H. Stovall, who operated the college for 4 years. In 1894 the college was briefly sold to Cyril M. Jansky and Marion Kiline before operations were returned to Crow. The college was officially closed in 1901 after being sold to the public schools of Willis County. Effective September 10, 1906, a publi ...
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Tomball Independent School District
Tomball Independent School District is a K-12 education school district serving Tomball, Texas, United States as well as the surrounding area. Tomball ISD encompasses 83 square miles in northwest Harris County and southwest Montgomery County, and is located approximately 30 miles from downtown Houston. As of 2022, the district has over 20,000 students at 22 campuses. Tomball ISD serves students in northern Harris County and southwestern Montgomery County, Texas, including the City of Tomball, Lakewood Grove, Northepointe, Village Creek, Creekside Park Village (a section of The Woodlands), and the communities of Hufsmith, Decker Prairie, Pinehurst, and Rose Hill. Tomball ISD is approximately 20 miles northwest of Houston's central business district and 15 miles southwest of the Woodlands. Tomball ISD is bounded by Waller ISD to the west, Magnolia ISD to the north, Conroe ISD to the east, Klein ISD to the southeast, and Cypress-Fairbanks ISD to the southwest. As the princip ...
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Tarkington Independent School District
Tarkington Independent School District is a public school district in north central Liberty County, Texas (USA). All 4 campuses are located on the same plot of land, with the High School facing County Road 2268, and the other three campus are along Farm to Market Road 163. The district covers ; and the schools are located seven miles (11 km) southeast of Cleveland and fifty miles northeast of Houston. The communities served include Dolen, Hightower, Rayburn, and Tarkington Prairie. The boundaries of the district are the Liberty/ San Jacinto county line to the north, the Trinity River to the east, Luce Bayou to the south, and Tarkington Bayou to the east. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. One of the district trustees is Dwayne Stovall. Schools *Tarkington High School (Class 3A; Grades 9-12) **In a nod to two Texas universities, the mascot is the Longhorn (the mascot of the University of Texas) and the sch ...
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Spring Independent School District
Spring Independent School District is a school district based in the Gordon M. Anderson Leadership Center in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. It is located in north Harris County. The district serves over 32,100 pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade students in a diverse and growing district located north of downtown Houston in a suburban area of Harris County that spans . The district's ethnic breakdown is 38.9 percent African American, 37.6 percent Hispanic, 18.6 percent white, 4.6 percent Asian and Pacific Islander and 0.2 percent Native American. Spring ISD serves a small portion of Houston, and portions of unincorporated Harris County including the community of Spring. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. History Spring ISD formed in 1935 from the combination of the Harrell Common School District and the Spring Common School District.
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Splendora Independent School District
Splendora Independent School District (SISD) is a public school district based in Splendora, Texas (USA). In addition to Splendora, the district also serves the city of Patton Village. A small portion of the city of Cleveland also is within the district. For the 2018–2019 school year, the district received a B grade from the Texas Education Agency. Academics For each school year, the Texas Education Agency rates school district performance using an A–F grading system based on statistical data. For 2018–2019, the district received a score of 83 out of 100, resulting in a B grade. The district received a similar score of 81 the previous year. Splendora ISD has developed a partnership with Lone Star College–Kingwood Lone Star College-Kingwood, until 2007 Kingwood College (KC), is a community college in the Kingwood section of Houston, Texas, United States. Lone Star College-Kingwood is a part of the Lone Star College System. The college offers many academ ... to crea ...
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New Waverly Independent School District
New Waverly Independent School District is a public school district based in New Waverly, Texas (USA). A small portion of New Waverly ISD also goes into the city limits of Huntsville. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the 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.

New Caney Independent School District
New Caney Independent School District (NCISD) is a public school district based in New Caney—an unincorporated area of southeastern Montgomery County, Texas (USA) within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. NCISD serves the cities of Roman Forest and Woodbranch, as well as much of Porter Heights, and much of the minuscule Montgomery County portion of Houston. NCISD also serves the unincorporated communities of Porter and New Caney. For the 2018–2019 school year, the district received a score of 85 out of 100 from the Texas Education Agency. History A common school district in the New Caney area was established in 1938. The district was converted into an independent school district on January 12, 1957. Schools ;High schools (9-12) * New Caney High School * Porter High School * Infinity Early College High School Infinity is that which is boundless, endless, or larger than any natural number. It is often denoted by the infinity symbol ...
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Montgomery Independent School District
Montgomery Independent School District is a public school district based in Montgomery, Texas. The district's attendance zone includes the city of Montgomery and the surrounding unincorporated area of Montgomery County. For the 2018–2019 school year, the district received an A grade from the Texas Education Agency. Schools * Montgomery High (Grades 9-12) *Lake Creek High School (Grades 9-12) *Montgomery Junior High (Grades 6-8) *Oak Hills Junior High (Grades 6-8) *Keenan Elementary (Grade K-5) *Lincoln Elementary School (Grade K-5) *Lone Star Elementary (Grades K-5) *Madeley Ranch Elementary (Grades K-5) *Montgomery Elementary (Grades K-5) *Stewart Creek Elementary (Grades K-5) The district also participates in the Montgomery County JJAEP alternative education program, which is operated by Montgomery County in partnership with Conroe Independent School District Conroe Independent School District (CISD) is a school district in Montgomery County, Texas. The district's hea ...
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Magnolia Independent School District
Magnolia Independent School District is a public school district based in Magnolia, Texas, United States. In addition to Magnolia, the district also serves the town of Stagecoach and the community of Pinehurst. For the 2018–19 school year, the district received a score of 87 out of 100 from the Texas Education Agency. History The four earliest schools in the Magnolia area began between 1886–1889 and were known as the "Methodist school," the "Grange School," the "Baptist school," and the "Steger School." These schools were combined in 1893 under the Grange School name. In the early 1900s, Common School District #6 was created to oversee the education of students in the area. A new building was constructed to serve as the area school, opening its doors in January 1912. The building was burnt in a September 1926 fire, but was rebuilt in 1927. A new brick structure was built to replace the previous school, opening in 1936. Owing to segregation, African American high school stude ...
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Klein Independent School District
Klein Independent School District (Klein ISD) is a school district that covers in Harris County, Texas, United States. It became an independent school district in 1938. Almost all of the territory is unincorporated; a small portion of Houston is within the district. In the 2020–2021 school year, Klein ISD had 52,824 students. Klein ISD is part of the taxation base for the Lone Star College System. , Jenny McGown is Superintendent of Schools. The district has 33 elementary schools (including a Pre-K designated school), ten intermediate schools, and five high schools. For the 2018–2019 school year, the district received a score of 89 out of 100 from the Texas Education Agency. History Rural High School District No. 1 was formed in July 1928 as a result of the consolidation of five common school districts, including French School, the schools of Hildebrandt, Oak Grove, Willow Creek, Kothman, Harrel, Fuchs, and the Kohrville School for black children. The district became Klei ...
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