Fort Stockton Independent School District Explained

Address:	101 West Division Street
City:	Fort Stockton
State:	Texas
Zipcode:	79735
Type:	Public
Grades:	PreK–12
Students:	2,310 (2020–2021)
Teachers:	182.64
Staff:	196.62
Ratio:	12.65:1

Fort Stockton Independent School District is a public school district based in Fort Stockton, Texas, United States. The superintendent of schools is Dr. Gabriel Zamora.

History

The Fort Stockton Independent School District was created in 1917 by the Texas Legislature by HB 59, Special Sessions Acts of 1917, and was organized on October 12, 1917.

The construction of the former Fort Stockton High School, on Oklahoma Street, which initiated the legislation, was completed and the school was initiated in February 1917 with C. V. Compton^[1] as superintendent.^[2]

Superintendents

Superintendents of schools in the Fort Stockton Independent School District have been:

• C. V. Compton (1917–1922)
• J. W. Head (1922–1925)
• G. W. Page (1926–1927)
• H. H. Crain (1927–1929)
• V. A. Byrd (1929–1931)
• J. F. Reeves (1931–1942)
• M. E. Fincher (1942–1947)
• E. W. (Ike) Smith (1947–1953)
• James G. Huckaby (1953–1974)
• Otto W. Langlois (1974–1976)
• Jon Miller Ryan (1976–?)
• Ralph Traynham (2009–2021)
• Gabriel Zamora (2021–present)

Academics

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.^[3]

Schools

• Fort Stockton High School (grades 9–12)
• Fort Stockton Middle School (grades 6–8)
• Fort Stockton Intermediate (grades 4–5)
• Alamo Elementary (grades PPCD, PCD, kindergarten—grade 3)
• Apache Elementary (prekindergarten—grade 3)

External links

• • Fort Stockton ISD (Archive)

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIRST -- Superintendent of McCamey Schools, McCamey TX Image.
2. ’’Fort Stockton School History’’, 1982
3. Web site: 2009 Accountability Rating System. Texas Education Agency. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151025190535/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html. 2015-10-25.