Garner Independent School District is a public
school district
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North America United States
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based in the community of
Garner
Garner may refer to:
Places United States
* Garner, Arkansas
* Garner, Iowa
* Garner, Missouri
* Garner, North Carolina
Other uses
* Garner (surname), a surname
* Granary, a grain store
* ''Tennessee v. Garner'', a United States Supreme Court cas ...
,
Texas
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(
USA
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). Until the year 2021, Garner was the only school district in
Parker County that taught prekindergarten through 8th grade, and students went to other districts to complete high school. The district had one school â Garner School â and about half of the school's students transferred to Garner from nearby school districts. Now Garner ISD features a full secondary program and will have its first high school graduates in the year of 2025.
In 2009, the school district was rated "
recognized" 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. .
Students
Academics
Students in Brock typically outperform local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 82% of students in Brock ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas.
Demographics
In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 178 students, ranging from pre-kindergarten through grade 8. As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 77.5% White, 19.7% Hispanic, 0.6% African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.0% American Indian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, and 1.7% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 46.6% of the student body.
References
External links
Garner ISD
{{Coord missing, Texas
School districts in Parker County, Texas