Roscoe Independent School District
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Roscoe Independent School District is a public school district
School district
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 based in Roscoe
Roscoe, Texas
Roscoe is a town in Nolan County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,378 at the 2000 census, but has decreased to only 900.-Geography:Roscoe is located at ....

, Texas
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 (USA
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Located in Nolan County, small portions of the district extend into Fisher, Mitchell, and Scurry counties.

Roscoe ISD has two campuses - Roscoe Collegiate High School (Grades 7-12), and Roscoe Elementary School (Grades PK-6). In 2009 Roscoe Collegiate High School received the Texas Education Agency's Early College High School designation, making it the only rural school in Texas to be designated as such.

Paying tribute to the agricultural area which the district serves, the mascot is the Plowboy (girls teams are called the Plowgirls).

In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized
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" by the Texas Education Agency
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