Cisco Independent School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Cisco

Cisco, Texas

Cisco is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,851 at the 2000 census.-History:Conrad Hilton started the Hilton Hotel chain with a single hotel bought in Cisco. Hilton came to Cisco to buy a bank, but the bank cost too much; so he purchased the Mobley Hotel in 1919...

, Texas

Texas

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 (USA

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Located in Eastland County

Eastland County, Texas

*Carbon*Cisco*Desdemona, a ghost town*Eastland*Gorman*Mangum*Olden*Ranger*Rising Star*Romney-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Eastland County, Texas*Santa Claus Bank Robbery-External links:** at the University of Texas*...

, a very small portion of the district extends into Callahan County

Callahan County, Texas

*Baird*Belle Plain*Callahan City*Clyde*Cottonwood*Cross Plains*Eula*Putnam-See also:*National Register of Historic Places listings in Callahan County, Texas-External links:* at the University of Texas*...

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Cisco Junior College

Cisco Junior College

Cisco College is a community college in Cisco, Texas, located in Eastland County between Fort Worth and Abilene, where Highways 183, 206, and 6 intersect Interstate 20. The campus in Cisco rests atop a hill one mile north of the town and presents a beautiful view of the surrounding country...

 was originally part of the district until 1956, when it became a stand-alone entity.

Rupert N. Richardson

Rupert N. Richardson

Rupert Norval Richardson, Sr. , was an American historian and a former president of Baptist-affiliated Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas...

, a Texas historian

Historian

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 who was later the president of Hardin-Simmons University

Hardin-Simmons University

Hardin–Simmons University is a private Baptist university located in Abilene, Texas, United States.-History:Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist College in 1891 by the Sweetwater Baptist Association and a group of cattlemen and pastors who sought to bring Christian higher...

 in Abilene

Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

, was principal at Cisco High School from 1915-1916.

In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized

Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system

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" by the Texas Education Agency

Texas Education Agency

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Schools

• Cisco High (Grades 9-12)
• Cisco Junior High (Grades 6-8)
• Cisco Elementary (Grades PK-5)