Texarkana Independent School District is an urban school district

School district

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 serving 34 square miles (88.1 km²) in the Northeast corner of Texas

Texas

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 (USA

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). It serves the majority of Texarkana, Texas

Texarkana, Texas

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 and the surrounding communities of Wake Village

Wake Village, Texas

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 and Nash

Nash, Texas

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,169 people, 891 households, and 603 families residing in the city. The population density was 768.4 people per square mile . There were 1,003 housing units at an average density of 355.3/sq mi...

. It is the largest school district in Bowie County

Bowie County, Texas

Bowie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Texarkana, Texas - Texarkana, Arkansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 89,306. Its legal county seat is Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston...

 and the largest district served by the Region VIII Education Service Center. Texarkana ISD does not service Texarkana, Arkansas

Texarkana, Arkansas

As of the census of 2000, there were 26,448 people, 10,384 households, and 7,040 families residing in the city. The population density was 830.5 people per square mile . There were 11,721 housing units at an average density of 368.1 per square mile...

 side schools, who are managed by the Texarkana Arkansas Schools

Texarkana Arkansas Schools

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 under the Arkansas

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 State Government. It was established in 1889. Unique among other schools in its region, it accepts transfers from other Texas school districts tuition-free.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable

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" by the Texas Education Agency

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Elementary schools

• Dunbar Intermediate Center
• Fifteenth Street Early Literacy Center *Highland Park Elementary
• Martha & Josh Morriss Mathematics & Engineering Elementary
• Nash Elementary
• Spring Lake Park Elementary
• Wake Village Elementary
  • 1985-86 National Blue Ribbon School
• Westlawn Elementary