Divide Independent School District is a public
school district based in the community of
Mountain Home
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in western
Kerr County
Kerr County is a County (United States), county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, its population was 52,598. Its county seat is Kerrville, Texas, Kerrville. The county wa ...
,
Texas,
United States.
In terms of students served, Divide ISD is the smallest district in Texas; the 2015 "graduation/promotion ceremony" featured a mere 11 students and the district had as few as eight students at the beginning of the 2014–2015 school year.
Divide ISD serves much of western Kerr County. Divide ISD is one of the few remaining schools called "
one room schoolhouse
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s" in the United States. Technically it is not a one-room schoolhouse according to a ''
Texas Monthly'' article by Katy Vine, as the original school building – still in use – does not hold the pre-Kindergarten classes. In the original building there are two classrooms since the district divided the original single room into two.
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Divide Independent School District consists of one school: Divide Elementary School, serving grades pre-Kindergarten through six. Students attend middle and high school in the neighboring ]Ingram Independent School District
Ingram Independent School District is a public school district based in Ingram, Texas, United States. The first school building opened in 1936. Ingram ISD has grown into a three campus district providing education for the citizens of Ingram (and ...
.
The school district is one of the best in the state of Texas and was rated " exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency.
History
Fred "Barney" Klein obtained the funds to establish the school to serve an area that became populated after the state government built the relevant section of Texas State Highway 41.[
The district was previously named the Divide Common School District but received its current name on July 1, 1989; on that day its ID number changed from #133‐012 to #133‐905. The district is not to be confused with the former Divide Independent School District which in 1985 became part of the Blackwell Consolidated Independent School District.
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District area
The district, about in size, lacks centers of commerce and business and consists of ranchland. about 200 people live in its area.
Demographics
The student body varies from period and period due to the nature of employment on ranches.[
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Transportation
the district uses a converted limousine purchased from a buyer in Dallas as a school bus.[
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See also
* Allamoore Independent School District - A former one room schoolhouse
* Juno Common School District - A former one room schoolhouse
* Non-high school district
References
{{Region 20 School Districts in Texas
School districts in Kerr County, Texas
Public elementary schools in Texas
School districts established in 1989
1909 establishments in Texas
One-room schoolhouses in the United States