Lovelady Independent School District Explained
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Address: | 11839 Texas State Highway 19 South |
City: | Lovelady |
State: | Texas |
Zipcode: | 75851 |
Country: | United States |
Type: | Public |
Grades: | PreK–12 |
Students: | 512 |
Teachers: | 49.41 (FTE) |
Staff: | 36.83 |
Ratio: | 10.36 |
Lovelady Independent School District is a public school district based in Lovelady, Texas (USA), located within Houston County.The district has two campuses - Lovelady Junior High/High School (Grades 7-12) and Lovelady Elementary/Middle School (Grades PK-8).
In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.[1]
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice J. Dale Wainwright Unit (previously Eastham Unit), which has employee housing,[2] is located within the Lovelady district.[3] [4]
On April 13, 2014, there was minor damage at the High School after a tornado ripped through the town.[5]
Lovelady ISD is one of the few districts in Texas that does not allow out of district transfers, with the exception of children of nonresident employees.[6]
Consolidations
Lovelady consolidated with Pearson Chapel, Weldon, Cutt, Austonio, and Creek Schools, all during World War II except Austionio, which was in 1964.
Notes and References
- 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 .
- Perkinson, Robert. . First Edition. Metropolitan Books, 2010. p. 45. . "Most of them lived in state-issued housing on the units, as he still does."
- "Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Houston County, TX. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-01-14. - Indicates school district boundaries. Compare to county map.
- Web site: 2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Houston County, TX. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-01-14. 26 (PDF p. 27/30). - Indicates the location of the Wainwright (then Eastham) Unit. Compare to school district map.
- Web site: Sheriff: Mobile home park, school damaged by possible tornado in Lovelady | khou.com Houston . 2014-04-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140415060052/http://www.khou.com/news/local/Sheriff-Trailer-park-school-suffer-damage-after-storm-strong-winds-hit-Lovelady-255105291.html . 2014-04-15 .
- Web site: ADMISSIONS: INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS - FDA(LOCAL) - Lovelady ISD. Long. Marvin. pol.tasb.org. en-US. 2018-05-13.