Texhoma Independent School District is a public
school district based in
Texhoma,
Texas (
USA
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).
Located in
Sherman County, the district extends into a small portion of
Hansford County.
The district operates one school serving grades K-4. Due to its isolated location on the border of the
Texas Panhandle and the
Oklahoma Panhandle
The Oklahoma Panhandle (formerly called No Man's Land, the Public Land Strip, the Neutral Strip, or Cimarron Territory) is a salient in the extreme northwestern region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, consisting of Cimarron County, Texas Count ...
, the district operates under an unusual arrangement wit
Texhoma Public Schools a public school district located in adjacent
Texhoma, Oklahoma
Texhoma is a town in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 856 at the 2020 census. Texhoma is a divided city with the Texas–Oklahoma state border separating the town from Texhoma, Texas. The name of the town is a portma ...
. All students residing in Texhoma ISD and Texhoma Public Schools, attend school in Texhoma ISD for grades K-4, then attend school in Texhoma Public Schools for grades 5-12. As such, graduating students can attend public universities in either Oklahoma or Texas and be eligible for in-state tuition in either state.
In 2014, the school district was rated "
met standard" by the
Texas Education Agency.
References
External links
Texhoma ISD
School districts in Sherman County, Texas
School districts in Hansford County, Texas
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