El Campo Independent School District

El Campo's first permanent school building was a simple wooden structure built near this site about 1891. El Campo Independent School District was organized in 1895. Early schools were financed through local taxes, individual subscriptions, tuition, class fees, and bank loans. In its early history the district leased a Methodist Episcopal church building, restaurant, store, and Swedish school building as temporary classrooms. A brick schoolhouse, erected at this site in 1902, was razed in 1922 and replaced later that year with larger school facilities. By 1952 ten rural schools moved from the 1922 structure to a new facility opened during the fall of 1953. In 1961 the Crescent Independent School District merged with the district to form El Campo Consolidated Independent School District. Integration of schools in El Campo was achieved by 1968. Since the late 1950s the district has continued to construct new facilities and remodel a number of older facilities. By 1994 El Campo Independent School District's high school, middle school, and three elementary schools served an enrollment of more than 3500 students of varied ethnic and racial backgrounds. (1995)

El Campo Independent School District is a historical marker in El Campo, Wharton County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 44 historical markers documented in Wharton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 128 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.1932, -96.2750 near El Campo. The nearest cataloged historic site is El Campo Library Building (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Parish, Krueger, Culp, and First National Bank of El Campo.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5481001411. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.