Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District

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Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District is a public school district based in Roscoe, Texas, United States. The name was formerly Roscoe Independent School District, but it officially changed to its current name on October 22, 2012."[http://tea.texas.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=51539610130 Consolidations, annexations and name changes for TExas public schools]." Texas Education Agency. Updated August 1, 2016. Retrieved on February 23, 2017.

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

Roscoe Collegiate ISD has three campuses -

(grades 1-5)

  • Roscoe Early Childhood Center (grades PK 3, PK 4, and Kindergarten)

Paying tribute to the agricultural area which the district serves, the mascot is the Roscoe Plowboy.

Leadership in early college programs

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. Beginning with an associates degree program assisted with revenue from wind energy, RCISD developed a P-20 program (preschool to PhD){{cite web |title=About Roscoe Collegiate ISD |url=https://www.roscoe.esc14.net/ |website=About Roscoe Collegiate ISD |publisher=Roscoe |accessdate=19 February 2020}} capability in cooperation with colleges and universities in the area, notably Western Texas College in Snyder and Texas State Technical College between Roscoe and Sweetwater, and additional partnerships with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, 4H, and the Texas Tech T-STEM Center.

In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.{{cite web|url = http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html|title = 2009 Accountability Rating System|publisher = Texas Education Agency|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151025190535/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html|archivedate = 2015-10-25}}

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