Royal Independent School District
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Royal Independent School District is a public school district
School district
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 based in Pattison
Pattison, Texas
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, Texas
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 (USA
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).

In addition to Pattison, the district also serves the city of Brookshire
Brookshire, Texas
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 and the community of Sunnyside.

The district was established in January 1959 as the Pattison-Brookshire Consolidated Independent School District, when the citizens of the Brookshire and Pattison School Districts voted to consolidate. In February 1960, the Board of Trustees adopted the district's current name.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable
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" by the Texas Education Agency
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.

Schools

  • Royal High School (Brookshire; Grades 9-12)
  • Royal Middle School (Brookshire; Grades 6-8)
  • Royal Elementary School (Brookshire; Grades 1-5)
  • Royal Early Childhood Center (Pattison; Grades PK-K)


Royal ISD will be opening a new two-story high school and new early childhood center. The building will be completed by the 2009-2010 school year.
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