Tommy Thompson would later serve as Superintendent of the district from 1948 to 1975 with much success, accomplishment, and an excellent reputation with statewide recognition as an outstanding administrator.

[9] Today, Kermit High School is organized into 20 departments/units, with a strong emphasis on science, math, social studies, and language arts.

It is also well recognized for its extra-curricular organizations such as athletics and sports, band, choir, theater, and an active student council.

During the early to mid-1920s, the enrollment of the school dropped rapidly due to a major drought that forced many people to leave Kermit and Winkler County and settle elsewhere.

During this time, the population dropped so rapidly that by early 1926, there was only three residences and the court house that remained occupied in Kermit .

After a few more students started answering roll call in 1927, a rickety-board school house was erected, which was occupied by Miss Helen Frame as the teacher.

This structure was located on Campbell Street directly south and on the same lot as the existing Kermit ISD archives building.

In 1937, additions enlarging the first Kermit High School building were completed to comply with growing demands for classroom space.

The need was due to the discovery of oil in Winkler County in Henrick Field near Wink, Texas a decade earlier in 1927.

The new athletic field was completed on September 23, 1937 on a plot of land J.B. Walton gave to the school district.

The school also had the following "two-unit" classes: Algebra, Spanish, Instrumental Music, and Secretarial Training.

That year, the school expected to add units in the following: Home Economics, Shop, Mechanical Drawing, and Journalism.

[20] During the oil boom days, Kermit High School displayed some of her greatest successes: being a nationally recognized school[16] playing in the Football State Championship (Conference A) in 1950[21] under the leadership of Head Coach, Neal Dillman; winning 15 UIL state championships in many different fields of competition; having nationally recognized band programs under the direction of G.T.

These new additions were necessary to meet growing demand for classroom space resulting from the masses of people moving to Kermit in the 1960s due to the massive oil boom that was underway during that time period.

[24] This new addition included the extension of the middle hall through the south side of the building, a new computer lab, the existing front office, a new classroom, and the new upstairs library.

In addition to the building extensions, the ceilings were lowered in order to install new heating and air conditioning systems.

[6] Included in the 2006 bond issue is the construction of a new Kermit High School building which was completed in September 2011.

The new Kermit High School building and renovations include: 116,000 square feet (10,800 m2) total of new space; a practice gym; a new, state-of-the-art competition gym; new, modern classrooms; renovations to the existing auditorium and band hall; and lastly, the construction of a fine arts center was to be added to the existing band hall and auditorium and these final additions would remain separate from the rest of the new high school building.

The existing school building, except the existing auditorium and band hall, was to be demolished during the summer of 2011 but the demolition was postponed indefinitely after the Kermit ISD Board of Trustees decided that there was not enough funding left in the bond to demolish the building.

After the demolition of the old school building, the construction of new parking lots, additions to the existing band hall and auditorium, and landscaping work are to be completed.

Band and Choir competitions are in the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Conference AAA Region 6, (Region-VI)[27] and One-Act Play competitions are in the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Conference AAA, District 4.