If the effort had been successful, a proposed Northfolk Independent School District would be formed in July 1992.
[4][5] By the second semester of the 1993–1994 school year, the district had a decreasing number of students: 28 in 1991, 19 in 1992, and 13 in 1993.
The superintendent and district tax accessor and collector reported actual enrollment to be at 10 students through the 8th grade while high school students were attended McLean High School.
[7] Alanreed ISD maintained a balanced budget, it had no surplus due to the redistribution of funds by the county education district instituted by the state Robin Hood plan, which had collected nearly $175,000 but only given the ISD just above $56,000 despite the district being property-rich with oil and natural gas operations within its boundaries.
[6] Donley and Gray counties' commissioners courts decided which districts would absorb Alanreed ISD's former territory.