Education

HIGHER EDUCATION

Texarkana College
2500 N. Robinson Road
Texarkana, TX 75501
(903) 838-4541

Texas A&M University at Texarkana
2600 N. Robinson Road
Texarkana, TX 75501
(903) 223-3000

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
AHEC-SW
300 E. 6th St.
Texarkana, AR 71854
(870) 779-6017

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Texarkana, Arkansas School District No. 7
3512 Grand Avenue
Texarkana, AR 71854
(870) 772-3371

Liberty-Eylau ISD
2901 Leopard Drive
Texarkana, TX 75501
(903) 832-1535

Pleasant Grove ISD
5605 Cooks Lane
Texarkana, TX 75503
(903) 831-4086

Texarkana, Texas ISD
4241 Summerhill Road
Texarkana, Texas 75503
(903) 794-3651

 PRIVATE SCHOOLS

American Christian Academy
519 Whitaker
Texarkana, Texas 75501
(903) 792-8842  or  1-800-379-9484
Grades 1-12

St. James Day School
5501 N. State Line Avenue
Texarkana, TX 75503
(903) 793-5554
Preschool-Grade 6

Trinity Christian School
3107 Trinity Blvd
Texarkana, AR 71854
(870) 779-1009
Grades K4-12  

Veritas School
1506 East 42nd Street
Texarkana, AR 71854
(870) 772-0646
Grades K-12

KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE ENROLLMENT

TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS

  Age Requirements
     Present birth certificate at registration
     Kindergarten - must be 5 years old on or before September 15
     First Grade - must be 6 years old on or before September 15
  Immunization Required
     DPT Series
     Polio Series
     Rebeola (measles or shot)
     Rubella
  Social Security Card Required
  For Information Contact:
     Texarkana, Arkansas School District
     3512 Grand
     Texarkana, AR 71854
     (870) 772-3371

TEXARKANA, TEXAS

  Age Requirements
     Present birth certificate at registration
     Kindergarten - must be 5 years old on or before September 1
     First Grade - must be 6 years old on or before September 1
  Immunization Required
     DPT Series
     Polio Series
     MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
     TB skin test for kindergarten
     Varicella (Chicken Pox) Vaccination

  For Information Contact:

      Liberty-Eylau ISD
     2901 Leopard Drive
     Texarkana, TX 75501
     (903) 832-1535

    Pleasant Grove ISD
     5605 Cooks Lane
     Texarkana, TX 75503
     (903) 831-4086

     Texarkana, Texas ISD
     4241 Summerhill Road
     Texarkana, Texas 75503
     (903) 794-3651

Texarkana, Texas Independent School District

Texas High School leads the Northeast Texas area in the number of winners in the National Merit Scholars Program.  Seventeen Finalists, two Semifinalists and 34 Commended Students have graduated from THS in the past 13 years. More than $825,000 in academic scholarships were awarded to 1995 graduates.

The highly qualified staff, 30% of whom have master's degrees, regularly win state and national awards and are invited to share their expertise on programs at the state, national and international levels. They are the key to the success of the 5260. students.

Liberty-Eylau Independent School District 

Liberty-Eylau Independent School District is located in the southwest section of Texarkana. The district is convenient to shopping areas, lakes, golf courses, and Perot Theatre. There are six campuses in the Liberty-Eylau ISD: Pre K-K Campus; Grades 1-2 Campus; Grades 3-5; Grades 6-8; and a high school campus for grades 9-12. The district also has an alternative school campus.

All campuses offer a diversified instructional program for all students including gifted and special students. Each campus offers computer assisted instruction to all students. Dual enrollment classes which offer a student an opportunity to earn both high school and college credit are offered at the high school. Adult education courses are offered at the alternative school.

Educational programs and policies are developed in a collaborative manner between parents, community patrons, business and industry, staff, and leaders of the churches in the community.

The district employs 258 professional staff members that are supported by 140 auxiliary staff members. All work together to offer a quality educational program to 2700 students.

Pleasant Grove Independent School District 
Pleasant Grove Independent School District is located in the northern part of the Texarkana area and consists of three campuses which house approximately 1940 students, grades Pre-K-12.  For the fourth year, all campuses in Pleasant Grove ISD have been selected to serve as Mentor Campuses by the Texas Education Agency.  As Mentor Campuses, each school shares its successful educational practices with other schools across the state.  As a district, the Pleasant Grove ISD has earned the highest rating of "exemplary" in the Accountability Rating System for Texas Public Schools.  The district has been rated exemplary for the last four years.  Student performance is well above the state average while expenditures per student are below the state average.  Approximately 85% of the graduating students attend college.  The 126 graduates in the Class of 1999 earned $1.6 million in scholarships.

The community actively supports the schools, and the Pleasant Grove Parent Teacher Association is among the largest in Texas. 

Texarkana, Arkansas School District

The district serves a student population of 4,635 students. Average class size in grades K-8 is 19.29. All grades have gifted/talented programs. Honors courses are taught in grades 9-12, and seniors are offered advanced placement courses in English, Calculus, and European History. A total of 152 courses are offered at Arkansas High School. In 1995 Arkansas High School seniors received $623,000 in scholarships, proof of the excellent education available in the Texarkana, Arkansas School District.

Texarkana College 
Founded in 1927, Texarkana College is today a fully accredited comprehensive community college serving approximately 3,875 academic-credit students and over 10,000 non-credit students. Texarkana College is situated on a beautifully landscaped 90-acre campus and features first class buildings and facilities. The college offers the first two years of the baccalaureate degree as well as numerous vocational/technical programs designed to meet the needs of the Four-States area.

Further, the college activity encourages relationships with business and industry, and works closely with the Chamber of Commerce to meet specific education and training needs of new and emerging business/industry.

The college is located on the Texas side of Texarkana and, through an interstate reciprocity agreement, neither Arkansas nor Oklahoma residents have to pay out-of-state tuition to attend.

Texas A&M University at Texarkana 
Texas A & M University at Texarkana is an upper level university which shares the campus of Texarkana College and provides citizens of the four-state region a convenient and economical opportunity to earn a four-year or graduate degree. Since its founding in 1971 as East Texas State University - Texarkana, the university has graduated more than 8,600 students with bachelor and/or master degrees in business, education and the arts and sciences.

With the easy accessibility of all classrooms, offices and student services located in one modern building, Texas A & M University-Texarkana students also have one year advantage or year round courses provided by mini-terms offered between semesters and in flexible times and formats. Students share a large library operated jointly with Texarkana College and have access to a full athletic facility and student center. Each semester, Texas A & M University - Texarkana enrolls about 1411 students whose average age is 32.8.

Texas A & M University-Texarkana's primary goal is to provide career-oriented programs for students living in Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas. One way they do this is offering a teacher preparation program, the Center for Professional Development and Technology.  Students in this program achieved the highest pass rate among state universities.

What to look forward to at Texas A&M University - Texarkana…In the works is new degree program in Engineering and Computer Science.

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