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High Island Independent School District
Address
2113 6th Street
High Island
, Texas, 77623
United States
Coordinates29°33′46″N 94°23′27″W / 29.5628°N 94.3909°W / 29.5628; -94.3909
District information
TypePublic
GradesPK–12[1]
Schools1[1]
NCES District ID4823160[1]
Students and staff
Students159 (2023–2024)[1]
Teachers14.41 (on an FTE basis) (2023–2024)[1]
Staff13.70 (on an FTE basis) (2023–2024)[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.03 (2023–2024)[1]
Other information
Websitewww.highislandisd.com Edit this at Wikidata

High Island Independent School District is a public school district based in unincorporated Galveston County, Texas, United States.

HIISD serves the communities of Caplen, High Island, and Gilchrist on the Bolivar Peninsula.

History

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Circa 2003 some Bolivar Peninsula residents in the Galveston Independent School District (GISD) portion who were dissatisfied with the Crenshaw School, the then-two-campus GISD K-8 school on the peninsula, sent their children to High Island schools.[2] Crenshaw was rebuilt as a single campus in 2005.[3]

The school district lost approximately 15% of its students in 2008 due to homes and residences destroyed by Hurricane Ike In the fall of 2009, the district reported an enrollment of 186 students.[4]

As of the 2023–2024 school year, the district's student population was 159 students, with a student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 11:3.[5]

Academic achievement

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In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[6]

Schools

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Special programs

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Athletics

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High Island High School plays six-man football.

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for HIGH ISLAND ISD". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Carter. "Board sets aside money for work on new school" (). The Galveston County Daily News. February 27, 2003. Retrieved on January 5, 2015. "The existing school — made up of two campuses about a half-mile apart — have been a sore spot for many residents who felt the district was shortchanging the peninsula. The peninsula generates about $3 million revenue from local property taxes and state contributions to the district. Some residents responded through the years by sending their kids to the neighboring High Island Independent School District."
  3. ↑ "About or School". Crenshaw School. Archived from the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ Rhiannon Meyers. "Most Superintendents in Area Decline Pay Raises". Galveston Daily News. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  5. ↑ "District Detail for High Island ISD". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  6. ↑ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015.


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