Mirando City Independent School District was a school district

School district

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 located in unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 Webb County

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, Texas

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, United States

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. The district consisted of one school named Mirando Elementary School, located in the Mirando City

Mirando City, Texas

Mirando City is a census-designated place in Webb County, Texas, United States. The population was 493 at the 2000 census. The town gets its name from Nicolás Mirando, a Spanish land grantee. The population of Mirando City was highest in 1929, at an estimated 1500...

 community.

Mirando ISD was established in March 1923. Prior to 1994 Webb CISD served only Bruni and Oilton. MCISD served the community of Mirando City from 1923 to 2005. Prior to 1994 all Mirando City children attended Mirando City ISD schools. After spring 1994, Mirando High School closed. Therefore, from Fall 1994 to July 1, 2005, WCISD served high schoolers from Mirando City while Mirando Elementary School in the Mirando City ISD served students from kindergarten

Kindergarten

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 through 8th grade. On May 9, 2005 the Texas Education Agency

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 ordered the closure of Mirando City ISD. The district closed on July 1, 2005, and all students were rezoned to Webb CISD schools.

Demographics

In the 2002-2003 school year MCISD had 49 students in one school. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

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 stated that the district was "very small."

External links

• Progress Report - Mirando City Independent School District Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
  Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
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