Canadian Independent School District

Canadian Independent School District is a public school district based in Canadian, Texas, United States.

In addition to Hemphill County, where it serves Canadian and Glazier;[1] it includes a section of Lipscomb County, where it serves Higgins.[2]

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[3]

Ken King, a former president of the CISD, is now the Texas state representative from District 88, which encompasses a large swath of the Panhandle and the South Plains, including Canadian and Hemphill County. The current president and vice-president of the trustees are Larry Gatlin and Courtney Trollinger, respectively.

Canadian futures trader and hedge fund operator Salem Abraham is a former trustee and board president.

The Canadian Boys Football and Basketball teams won the State Championships during the 2014-2015 school year. They repeated that feat during the 2015-2016 school year. Canadian ISD is the very first school in UIL history to win Back to Back titles in both Football and Basketball in consecutive years.

  1. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hemphill County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-06-26. - Text list
  2. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lipscomb County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-06-26. - Text list: It refers to Higgins ISD, which consolidated into Canadian ISD on July 1, 2020
  3. ^ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.