The district has one school that serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve.
In 2010, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.
Gathings College had a sharp decline in enrollment after the Civil War because of the general turmoil resulting throughout the entire South during the reconstruction era.
The two-story red brick school that so many ex students are familiar with still had the original college coal bin and part of the auditorium in it when it cease to be used in 1966.
In the early 1960s the town and school had declined to the point that a motion was made on May 29, 1961, to consolidate with Itasca ISD.
Kiblinger suggested tabling the motion and holding a town meeting first to determine what the citizens wanted.