[1] In addition to most of Mission, the district serves most of Alton and part of Palmhurst, as well as a portion of West Sharyland census-designated place.
[3] In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
After impact with the truck, the school bus left the roadway and plunged into a caliche pit filled with water.
Alton Memorial Junior High School was named after this tragedy to remember the lost twenty-one students.
Victor Benavidez, the district's director of assessment, said "If we really wanted to play the game and exempt 5 percent more, then we could easily be exemplary.