Fort Davis Independent School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in the community of Fort Davis

Fort Davis, Texas

Fort Davis is a census-designated place in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,050 at the 2000 census and 1,041 according to a 2007 estimate. It is the county seat of Jeff Davis County...

 in unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 Jeff Davis County

Jeff Davis County, Texas

Jeff Davis County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named for Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. In 2000, its population was 2,207, and 2,258 by 2009...

, Texas

Texas

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 (USA

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Fort Davis, like other Texas communities, formerly had racially-segregated schools, with the "white" school on the site of the present-day Fort Davis High School. The "Mexican school" was located at the current site of Dirks-Anderson Elementary School in Fort Davis.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable

Texas Education Agency accountability ratings system

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" by the Texas Education Agency

Texas Education Agency

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Schools

• Fort Davis High School
  Fort Davis High School
  Fort Davis High School is a small public high school in Fort Davis, an unincorporated community in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The school is operated by the Fort Davis Independent School District...
  
  (Grades 7-12)
• Dirks-Anderson Elementary (Grades PK-6)
• High Frontier School (Serves the students enrolled in the High Frontier Treatment Center)