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In previous eras Galveston ISD house or residential area was assigned to an elementary school and a middle school. In Port Bolivar, the houses and residential areas are zoned to a K-8 center. All high school students in Galveston ISD were zoned to attend Ball High School. [6] Galveston College serves the catchment area of Galveston ISD. [7]
Circa 2003 some Bolivar Peninsula residents in the Galveston Independent School District (GISD) portion who were dissatisfied with the Crenshaw School, the then-two-campus GISD K-8 school on the peninsula, sent their children to High Island schools. [1] Crenshaw was rebuilt as a single campus in 2005. [2]
High Island School or High Island High School is a public school serving students grades PK–12 located in the High Island community of Galveston County, Texas, United States. It is the only school in the High Island Independent School District. [4] Approximately 30 miles from the City of Galveston, it is zoned within the Bolivar Peninsula.
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This meant an exodus of children from the Galveston ISD and into other school districts. If Hurricane Katrina evacuees and out-of-district students are excluded, Galveston ISD lost 12% of its students between the 2002-2003 school year and the 2006-2007 school year; Ball High School is affected as it is the only public high school in Galveston. [5]
Central High School was a senior high school for African-American students in Galveston, Texas.It was a part of the Galveston Independent School District (GISD).. Lorraine Smith Tigner, quoted in the Galveston County Daily News, stated that Central, established as the Central School in 1885, was the first Texas school for black people.
The western portion of the Bolivar Peninsula, including the unincorporated communities of Port Bolivar [27] and Crystal Beach, [28] are within the Galveston Independent School District. That portion is served by the Pre-K-8 Crenshaw Elementary and Middle School, located on the peninsula, and Ball High School (9-12), located on the island of ...