Originally organized in 1920, the Nederland Independent School District has served the community for 100 years.
A new school was built in the 1930s at the location of the current Alternative campus to accommodate the influx of students.
[5] The precursors of the school district began as a series of single or two room schoolhouses formed to educate the children of the Dutch families that founded and moved into Nederland.
As the city population grew, there were additional schools built at the corner of 10th st and Chicago and also at the Dutch Reformed Church.
The District also maintains a separate Administration building with maintenance and bus facilities on that site, a Performing Arts Theater located on the High School campus and Bulldog Stadium, which is located on the campus of Central Middle School.
In 1999 a bond was approved by the voters to build a new performing arts center on the campus of Nederland High School.