Texarkana Independent School District is an urban

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serving in the Northeast corner of

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). It serves the majority of

Texarkana, Texas Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately from Dallas, Texarkana is a twin city with neighboring Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city's population was 36,193 at the 2020 census. ...

and the surrounding communities of Wake Village and Nash. It is the largest school district in Bowie County and the largest district served by the Region VIII Education Service Center. Texarkana ISD does not service

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side schools, who are managed by the

Texarkana Arkansas Schools The Texarkana Arkansas School District (TASD) is a U.S. school district founded in 1911 serving Texarkana, Arkansas. It is district No. 7, and is part of Miller County, Arkansas. TASD7 established itself as a magnet school system in 2005 at the e ...

under the

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State Government. It was established in 1889. Unique among other schools in its region, it accepts transfers from other Texas school districts tuition-free. In 2009, the school district was rated "

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" by the

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Schools

High schools

Texas High School Texas High School (THS) is a public high school in Texarkana, Texas, United States. It is part of the Texarkana Independent School District and is classified as a 5A school by the University Interscholastic League. In 2015, it was rated "Met St ...

Junior high schools

*Texas Middle School

Elementary schools

*Dunbar Intermediate Center *Theron Jones Early Literacy Center *Highland Park Elementary *Martha & Josh Morriss Mathematics & Engineering Elementary *Nash Elementary *Spring Lake Park Elementary *Wake Village Elementary (1985-86

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) Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
/ref> *Westlawn Elementary *Waggoner Creek Elementary

Alternative Schools

*Disciplinary Alternative School *OPTIONS Academic Alternative

References

External links

Texarkana Independent School District
Texarkana, Texas School districts in Bowie County, Texas