Kermit Independent School District is a public
school district located in
Kermit,
Texas, United States that serves students in northeastern
Winkler County
Winkler County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,791. Its county seat is Kermit. The county was created in 1887 and organized in 1910. It is named for Clinton McKamy Winkler, a colonel in the ...
and encompasses . The City of
Kermit is located just under the southeast corner of
New Mexico at the intersection of Texas State Highways
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, and is approximately west of
Odessa
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. The enrollment of the district was 1,235 at the beginning of the 2010–2011 school year.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the
Texas Education Agency.
The district received national attention in January 2015 after a nine-year-old boy was controversially suspended because he "told a classmate he could make him disappear with a ring forged in fictional Middle Earth’s Mount Doom." The same boy had already been suspended on two previous occasions, which were also questioned by some in the public.
Schools
Kermit ISD has three campuses:
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Kermit High School
Kermit High School is the only public high school in Kermit, Texas and is under the administration of Kermit Independent School District located in Winkler County. (Grades 9-12)
*Kermit Junior High School (Grades 5-8)
*Kermit Elementary School (Grades Pre K-4)
References
External links
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{{Region 18 School Districts in Texas
School districts in Winkler County, Texas
1928 establishments in Texas
School districts established in 1928