Knox City-O'Brien Consolidated Independent School District is a public
school district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public Primary school, primary or Secondary school, secondary schools or both in various countries. It is not to be confused with an attendance zone, which is within a school dis ...
based in
Knox City, Texas
Knox City is a town in Knox County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,065 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Knox City is in southern Knox County, at the intersection of State Highways 6 and 222. SH 6 runs north to Benjamin, the county se ...
, United States. In addition to Knox City, the district also serves the city of
O'Brien. Located in southwestern
Knox County, a portion of the district lies in northwestern
Haskell County.
In 2009, the school district was rated "
academically acceptable" by the
Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States. .
Schools
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Knox City High School (grades 9–12)
**1983 Class A state football champions
[Dave Campbell's Texas Football, 2008 edition, page 362]
*O'Brien Middle (grades 5–8)
**previously O'Brien High School, which was the 1972 Texas state champion in
six-man football
Six-man football is a variant of gridiron football played with six players per team, instead of the standard eleven. It is generally played by high schools in rural areas of the United States and Canada.
History
Six-man football was developed in ...
, the first title ever awarded in this classification
*Knox City Elementary (prekindergarten-grade 4)
Special programs
Athletics
Knox City High School plays six-man football.
See also
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List of school districts in Texas
This is a list of school districts in Texas, sorted by Education Service Center (ESC) Region and then by County.
There are multiple classifications of school districts. Among them are independent school districts, common school districts, muni ...
References
External links
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School districts in Knox County, Texas
School districts in Haskell County, Texas
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