[2] In addition to Premont, the district serves rural areas in southern Jim Wells[3] and southeastern Duval counties,[4] including the unincorporated communities of Cruz Calle and Rios.
[13] In the summer of 2011 TEA commissioner Robert Scott ordered the district closed,[2] and that it would consolidate with San Diego ISD.
The TEA allowed the district to stay open when the board of education agreed to a 14-point improvement plan.
As part of changes, the district began requiring students to wear school uniforms, added time to teacher planning and training, and aligned curriculum with more stringent Texas state standards.
[15] However the TEA reversed course after Premont ISD and it entered into a voluntary agreement regarding financial and educational performance.
As of Fall 2012 the American football team had not reached the playoffs within a decade and in the 2011 season it won one game.
The salary of a full-time elementary school music teacher for one year was equivalent to the annual cost of one American football season at Premont ISD.
[13] Superintendent Ernest Singleton suspended all athletics programs at Premont ISD in Spring 2012, arguing there was a need to focus on academics and reduce costs.
Several Texas communities, made aware of the cancellations, raised $400,000 for the school, which was used to improve the science laboratories.