On May 6, 1916, local citizens voted 16-1 to incorporate Rosen Heights Independent School District.
Rosen Heights Independent School was founded in 1923 with 16 pupils in a vacant store donated by a Mr. Hodgkins.
The next year, the board of trustees asked the Texas State Legislature for assistance in providing additional room and equipment for the anticipated growth the airfield would bring.
Starting in February 1948, multiple attempts were made to pass a municipal bond election for $50,000 to build new classrooms, including a 170-183 loss in August 1949.
During 1948-1950, the school board and superintendent sent multiple letters to Carswell Air Force Base, congressmen, and the War Department, requesting that the base reroute their flight plans so as to not fly over the Lake Worth school building.
To mitigate this problem, Lake Worth Junior High School was built underground; this 1964 construction project included 18 rooms at a cost of $495,000.