Ranger Independent School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Ranger

Ranger, Texas

Ranger is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,584 at the 2000 census. Ranger College, a community college, is the second largest employer in the community....

, Texas

Texas

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 (USA

United States

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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 small portion of the district extends into Stephens County

Stephens County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 9,674 people, 3,661 households, and 2,591 families residing in the county. The population density was 11 people per square mile . There were 4,893 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile...

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Ranger ISD has three campuses - Ranger High (Grades 9-12), Ranger Middle (Grades 6-8), and Ranger Elementary (Grades PK-5).

Ranger College

Ranger College

Ranger College is a community college located in Ranger, Texas, a small town west of Fort Worth, Texas. The college's website asserts that it "is one of the oldest public two-year colleges in continuous operation in the state of Texas." In conjunction with its main campus in Ranger, the college...

 was part of the district until 1950, when it became a separate community college

Community college

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 entity.

Walter Prescott Webb

Walter Prescott Webb

Walter Prescott Webb was a 20th century U.S. historian and author noted for his groundbreaking historical work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he launched the project that produced the Handbook of Texas...

 (1888-1963), historian

Historian

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 of the American West and author of the classic The Great Plains (1931), graduated from Ranger High School about 1905.

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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