The Alpine Independent School District is a school district based in Alpine , Texas , United States . The district operates one high school, Alpine High School .
8-592: Prior to 1996 Alpine High School served as the high school for students from Terlingua Common School District . Beginning in the 1960s, students were bussed to Alpine, with the bus ride being the longest in the United States. San Vicente Independent School District also sent its high school students to Alpine High. In 1996 Big Bend High School opened and the Terlingua area students no longer came to Alpine High. San Vicente ISD at that time began using Big Bend High. As of
16-462: Is located adjacent to the Study Butte census-designated place , and with a Terlingua postal address. The district, which also serves Lajitas , has one school — Big Bend High School , for grades K-12. Previously it was administratively divided between Big Bend High and Terlingua Elementary (Grades K–8 ). Previously the elementary school was called the "Terlingua Common School". As of 2007,
24-724: The San Vicente Independent School District , which serves residents from K through 8. San Vicente ISD is based in Panther Junction , and Big Bend High school accordingly serves Panther Junction as well. Prior to fall 1996 Alpine High School of the Alpine Independent School District served as the high school for students from Terlingua CSD, with the bus ride being the longest in the United States. In 1996 Big Bend High School opened. San Vicente began sending students to Big Bend High when it
32-618: The 2010-2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $ 380,110,000. The maintenance tax rate was $ 0.117 and the bond tax rate was $ 0.009 per $ 100 of appraised valuation. In 2011, the school district was rated " Recognized " by the Texas Education Agency . Thirty-five percent of districts in Texas in 2011 received the same rating. No state accountability ratings will be given to districts in 2012. A school district in Texas can receive one of four possible rankings from
40-515: The 2012 through 2014 school years, Alpine High School played football in UIL Class 2A Division II. The Alpine High School teams are known as the Fightn' Bucks and Lady Bucks. Terlingua Common School District Terlingua Common School District ( TCSD ) is a public school district based in unincorporated Brewster County , in the U.S. state of Texas . Its only school, Big Bend High School ,
48-546: The Texas Education Agency: Exemplary (the highest possible ranking), Recognized, Academically Acceptable, and Academically Unacceptable (the lowest possible ranking). Historical district TEA accountability ratings: Currently the district serves Alpine. Residents of the Sul Ross State University family housing units, Lobo Village 5 through 7, are zoned to Alpine ISD schools. Prior to 1996 for
56-552: The Texas State Energy Conservation Office awards Terlingua ISD money due to the colonias served by the district. In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable " by the Texas Education Agency . In 1996 Sam Howe Verhovek of The New York Times wrote that "The district is still extremely poor, though it is growing". Its service area includes Terlingua, Study Butte , and Lajitas . Big Bend High School also takes high-schoolers within
64-428: The high school level Alpine ISD served, in addition to Alpine, Lajitas , Panther Junction , and Terlingua . The San Vicente and Terlingua districts include Big Bend National Park . In the 2011-2012 school year the district operated three schools: Alpine High School offers boys' baseball, basketball, football, powerlifting, golf, and wrestling; and girls' basketball, softball, powerlifting, golf, and volleyball. For
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