Frost Independent School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Frost

Frost, Texas

Frost is a city in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 648 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Frost is located at ....

, Texas

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 (USA

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In addition to Frost, the district serves the town of Mertens

Mertens, Texas

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 in Hill County as well as rural areas in western Navarro County. A small portion of southern Ellis County

Ellis County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 111,360 people, 37,020 households, and 29,653 families residing in the county. The population density was 118 people per square mile . There were 39,071 housing units at an average density of 42 per square mile...

 also lies within the district.

Frost ISD has two campuses - Frost High (Grades 7-12) and Frost Elementary (Grades PK-6). The school mascot (appropriate for the school name) is the Polar Bear.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable

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" by the Texas Education Agency

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