Kendleton Independent School District

4 opened on the original land grant of Elizabeth Powell, consisting of three area schools built by local African Methodist Episcopal churches.

In 1923 Mitchell persuaded the Rosenwald Foundation into funding the construction of a new school facility with six classrooms, an auditorium, and a library.

[3] In the early 1990s the State of Texas forced the members of the school board of Kendleton ISD out of their positions.

[7] In 1994, the district was operating by itself and had gained a "favorable" rating from the Texas Education Agency (TEA); it had been doing so for the first time in 12 years.

In 1996 Melanie Markley of the Houston Chronicle wrote that the cost was relatively high due to the small enrollment numbers, as having few students reduces the cost-effectiveness of educating them.