Divide Independent School District is a public

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based in the community of Mountain Home in western Kerr County,

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. In terms of students served, Divide ISD is the smallest district in Texas; the 2015 "graduation/promotion ceremony" featured a mere 11 students and the district had as few as eight students at the beginning of the 2014–2015 school year. Divide ISD serves much of western Kerr County. Divide ISD is one of the few remaining schools called " one room schoolhouses" in the United States. Technically it is not a one-room schoolhouse according to a ''

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'' article by Katy Vine, as the original school building – still in use – does not hold the pre-Kindergarten classes. In the original building there are two classrooms since the district divided the original single room into two. Divide Independent School District consists of one school: Divide Elementary School, serving grades pre-Kindergarten through six. Students attend middle and high school in the neighboring Ingram Independent School District. The school district is one of the best in the state of

and was rated " exemplary" by the

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History

Fred "Barney" Klein obtained the funds to establish the school to serve an area that became populated after the state government built the relevant section of Texas State Highway 41. The district was previously named the Divide Common School District but received its current name on July 1, 1989; on that day its ID number changed from #133‐012 to #133‐905. The district is not to be confused with the former Divide Independent School District which in 1985 became part of the Blackwell Consolidated Independent School District.

District area

The district, about in size, lacks centers of commerce and business and consists of ranchland. about 200 people live in its area.

Demographics

The student body varies from period and period due to the nature of employment on ranches.

Transportation

the district uses a converted limousine purchased from a buyer in

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as a school bus.

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{{Region 20 School Districts in Texas School districts in Kerr County, Texas Public elementary schools in Texas School districts established in 1989 1909 establishments in Texas One-room schoolhouses in the United States

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