Fort Davis Junior-Senior High School

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Fort Davis Junior-Senior High School
Location
Fort Davis Junior-Senior High School
400 Webster Ave

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79734-1339

United States
Coordinates 30°35′14″N103°53′55″W / 30.5871°N 103.8986°W / 30.5871; -103.8986
Information
School type Public high school
School district Fort Davis Independent School District
PrincipalSelena Martin [1]
Grades6-12
Enrollment263 (2023-2024) [2]
Color(s)   Green & Gold
Athletics conference UIL Class A
MascotIndian
YearbookThe Indian
Website Fort Davis High School website

Fort Davis Junior-Senior High School is a public high school located in the unincorporated community of Fort Davis, in central Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The school is operated by the Fort Davis Independent School District and classified as a 1A school by the UIL. In 2013, the school was rated "Improvement Required" by the Texas Education Agency. [3]

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Segregated schools

Fort Davis, like other Texas communities, formerly had racially segregated schools, [4] with the "White" school on the site of the present-day Fort Davis High School. The "Mexican school" was located at the current site of Dirks-Anderson Elementary School in Fort Davis.

Athletics

Entrance to Bart Coan Field Bart Coan Field.jpg
Entrance to Bart Coan Field

The Fort Davis Indians compete in the following sports [5]

Cross Country, Volleyball, 6-Man Football, Basketball, Golf, Tennis, Track & Baseball

State titles

References

  1. "Staff Fort Davis ISD". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  2. "FT DAVIS SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  3. "2013 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013.
  4. National Park Service - Fort Davis Administrative History - Chapter Two: Closing a Fort, Preserving a Memory: Private Power and Public Initiative in Fort Davis, 1890-1941 Discusses racially segregated schools in Fort Davis.
  5. The Athletics Department
  6. UIL Volleyball Archives Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine