Lackland Independent School District
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Lackland Independent School District is a public school district
School district
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 based in San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
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, Texas
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 (USA
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).

The district's boundaries are coterminous with Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
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, and it only draws students who reside within the installation. However, it answers to the Texas Education Agency
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, not the U.S. Department of Defense, and functions much like any other Texas school district. Additionally, children of Lackland military members residing off base do not have automatic rights to attend Lackland schools but can be accepted on a transfer basis.

Lackland ISD is one of three school districts in the state whose boundaries are coterminous with a military installation; the other two (also in the San Antonio area) are Randolph Field
Randolph Field Independent School District
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 and Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston Independent School District
Fort Sam Houston Independent School District is a public school district based in San Antonio, Texas .The district was formed in 1951 and opened for class in September 1952 for the purpose of serving the children of military personnel residing on Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis; previously, the...

.

In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized
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" by the Texas Education Agency
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.

Schools

  • Stacey Junior/Senior High School (Grades 7-12)
    • National Blue Ribbon School in 1994-96
  • Lackland Elementary (Grades PK-6)
    • National Blue Ribbon School in 1998-99

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