Barbers Hill Independent School District
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Barbers Hill Independent School District is a public school district
School district
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 based in Mont Belvieu
Mont Belvieu, Texas
Mont Belvieu is a city in Chambers and Liberty Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is just north of Interstate 10 along State Highway 146. The population was 2,324 at the 2000 Census, increasing 65% to 3,835 in the 2010 Census.-Geography:...

, Texas
Texas
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 (USA
United States
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) and is an exurban district encompassing 192.3 square miles (498.1 km²) in western Chambers County, Texas, strategically located at the intersection of Interstate 10 and State Highway 146
Texas State Highway 146
State Highway 146, or SH 146, is a north–south highway in southeastern Texas beginning in Livingston, starting at US 59 and proceeds south to Liberty, where it meets US 90...

. Its borders consist of the Trinity River
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 on the east to Harris County
Harris County, Texas
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...

 line on the west; from Trinity Bay
Trinity Bay (Texas)
Trinity Bay is the northeast portion of Galveston Bay, bordered by Chambers and Harris counties in Texas, United States. The bay, approximately long, heads at the mouth of the Trinity River...

 on the south to Liberty County
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 line on the North. This large area contains four distinct communities: Mont Belvieu, Old River-Winfree, Cove
Cove
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, and Beach City
Beach City, Texas
Beach City is a city in Chambers County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,645 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Beach City is located at ....

. The district has experienced a fast annual growth rate, recently reaching 9.5% and has approximately 3400 students.

In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized
Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system
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" by the Texas Education Agency
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.

Elementary Schools

  • Barbers Hill Elementary (3-4)
  • Barbers Hill Primary (1-2)
  • Barbers Hill Kindergarten Center
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