Canyon Independent School District

Canyon Independent School District is a school district that serves the Canyon and Amarillo area in Randall County of the Texas Panhandle.

The district covers a large area, which encompasses 732 square miles.

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

[3] According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Canyon Independent School District serves a community of 60,755 people with a Median Household Income of $74,886.

Superintendent Darryl Flusche announced that the Bible had been removed from the shelves of the school library to avoid transgressing a state statute protecting students from sexually explicit or vulgar content.

The new Canyon High School opened in August 2004.