Midland Independent School District is a public
school district
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North America United States
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in
Midland,
Texas
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. Midland ISD contains 40 campuses, two 6A high schools, 24 elementary schools, and two early education centers.
It includes the portions of Midland and
Odessa
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...
in
Midland County.
Led by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephenie D. Howard, over 26,000 students are spread out amongst the various campuses.
In 2014-2015, the school district was rated "
academically acceptable
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Schools
Secondary schools
High schools
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Legacy High School (10-12) and Legacy Freshman High School (9)
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Midland High School (10-12) and Midland Freshman High School (9)
* Early College High School at Midland College (9-12) (magnet school)
* Viola M. Coleman High School (9-12) (Alternative school)
Freshman High Schools
* Legacy Freshman High School
* Midland Freshman
Junior high schools
* George & Gladys Abell Junior High School
* Alamo Junior High School
* Charles Walter Goddard Junior High School
* San Jacinto Junior High School
* Young Women's Leadership Academy
Elementary schools
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James Bonham
James Butler Bonham (February 20, 1807 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. He was a second cousin of William B. Travis and was a messenger of the Battle of the A ...
Elementary School
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David Burnet Elementary School
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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
Elementary School
** The school opened in 1989. it has 460 students.
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George Washington Carver Elementary School (for students tested as Gifted & Talented)
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David Crockett
David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of ...
Elementary School
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Lorenzo DeZavala Elementary School
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champ ...
Elementary School
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James Walker Fannin
James Walker Fannin Jr. (1804 or 1805 – March 27, 1836) was an American military figure and slave trader in the Texas Army and leader during the Texas Revolution (1835-1836) against Mexico. After being outnumbered and surrendering to Mexi ...
Elementary School
* Fasken Elementary School
* Barney R. Greathouse Elementary School
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James Henderson Elementary School
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Sam Houston
Samuel Houston (, ; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played an important role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two i ...
Elementary School
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Anson Jones
Anson Jones (January 20, 1798 – January 09, 1858) was a doctor, businessman, member of Congress, and the fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas.
Early life
Jones was born on January 20, 1798, in Great Barrington, Massach ...
Elementary School
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Mirabeau Lamar
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 – December 25, 1859) was an attorney born in Georgia,
who became a Texas politician, poet, diplomat, and soldier. He was a leading Texas political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was elec ...
Elementary School
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Jane Long Elementary School
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Benjamin Milam
Benjamin Rush "Ben" Milam (October 20, 1788 – December 7, 1835) was an American colonist of Mexican Texas and a military leader and hero of the Texas Revolution. A native of what is now Kentucky, Milam fought beside American interests during t ...
Elementary School
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Quanah Parker
Quanah Parker (Comanche ''kwana'', "smell, odor") ( – February 23, 1911) was a war leader of the Kwahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche Nation. He was likely born into the Nokoni ("Wanderers") band of Tabby-nocca and grew up among the Kwah ...
Elementary School
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Thomas Rusk
Thomas Jefferson Rusk (December 5, 1803July 29, 1857) was an early political and military leader of the Republic of Texas, serving as its first Secretary of War as well as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto. He was later a US politician and ...
Elementary School
* Santa Rita Elementary School
* Ruth Cowden Scharbauer Elementary School
* South Elementary School
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William Travis
William Barret "Buck" Travis (August 1, 1809 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American lawyer and soldier. At the age of 26, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Texas Army. He died at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. T ...
Elementary School
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Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American c ...
Elementary School
* Barbara B Yarbrough Elementary School
Elementary Magnet Schools
* James Bowie Fine Arts Academy
* Elisha Pease Communications/Technology Elementary Magnet School
* George Washington Math & Science Institute
Early Childhood Schools
* Ralph Bunche Early Childhood
Defunct Schools
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George Washington Carver Junior-Senior High School
* William Cowden Junior High School
* West Early Childhood
See also
*
List of school districts in Texas
This is a list of school districts in Texas, sorted by Region and County.
Geographical school districts in Texas are (with one exception, the Stafford Municipal School District) completely independent from city or county jurisdiction.
Texas sch ...
References
External links
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Education in Midland County, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Midland, Texas
School districts in Texas