Lake Travis Independent School District is a public

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headquartered in

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, (

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).Annexation Map
" City of Lakeway. Retrieved on December 30, 2016. This annexation map, to the southeast, shows Lake Travis High/former Lake Travis Middle/LTISD admin. building as being outside of the Lakeway boundaries It was created on June 12, 1981 after school board members decided to split the

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in order to handle the growing population of the Lake Travis area. In 2011, the school district was rated " Exemplary" by the

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Geography

Lake Travis ISD covers approximately . Its boundaries are the Travis/ Hays county line on the south, the shores of

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to the north, the

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to the west, and

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and

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to the east. Incorporated communities in the district include Bee Cave, Briarcliff, Lakeway, and The Hills. Hudson Bend, a

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, is also in the district. LTISD covers of land within the City of Austin, making up 0.4% of the city's territory.

Schools

High School (Grades 9-12)

* Lake Travis High School - ''

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Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

Hudson Bend Middle School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Lake Travis Middle School
( Spicewood, ''Unincorporated area'')
Bee Cave Middle School

Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)

Bee Cave Elementary School
( Bee Cave)Bee Cave City Limits and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
City of Bee Cave. Retrieved on December 30, 2016.
Lake Pointe Elementary School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Lake Travis Elementary School
( Lakeway)
Lakeway Elementary School
(Lakeway)
Serene Hills Elementary School
(Lakeway)
West Cypress Hills Elementary
(Spicewood, ''Unincorporated area'')

Bonds

Voters in Lake Travis have approved of over $321 million in bonds for the LT school district for the past ten years.Lake Travis ISD: History
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References

External links

Lake Travis ISD
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