Lake Travis Independent School District is a public

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headquartered in

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, (

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).Annexation Map
" City of Lakeway. Retrieved on December 30, 2016. This annexation map, to the southeast, shows Lake Travis High/former Lake Travis Middle/LTISD admin. building as being outside of the Lakeway boundaries It was created on June 12, 1981, after school board members decided to split the

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in order to handle the growing population of the Lake Travis area. In 2011, the school district was rated " Exemplary" by the

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Geography

Lake Travis ISD covers approximately . Its boundaries are the Travis/ Hays county line on the south, the shores of

Lake Travis Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States. It is named in honor of William B. Travis. Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height cha ...

to the north, the

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to the west, and

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and

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to the east. Incorporated communities in the district include Bee Cave,

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, Lakeway, and The Hills. Hudson Bend, a

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, is also in the district. LTISD covers of land within the City of Austin, making up 0.4% of the city's territory.

Schools

High School (Grades 9-12)

Lake Travis High School Lake Travis High School is a public high school located in unincorporated Travis County, Texas, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Austin, near Lake Travis. The preparatory is accredited by the Texas Education Agency and rate ...

- ''

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Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

Hudson Bend Middle School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Lake Travis Middle School
(

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, ''Unincorporated area'')
Bee Cave Middle School

Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)

Bee Cave Elementary School
( Bee Cave)Bee Cave City Limits and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
City of Bee Cave. Retrieved on December 30, 2016.
Lake Pointe Elementary School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Lake Travis Elementary School
( Lakeway)
Lakeway Elementary School
(Lakeway)
Rough Hollow Elementary School
(Rough Hollow)
Serene Hills Elementary School
(Lakeway)
West Cypress Hills Elementary
(Spicewood, ''Unincorporated area'')

Bonds

Voters in Lake Travis have approved of over $321 million in bonds for the LT school district for the past ten years.Lake Travis ISD: History
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References

External links

Lake Travis ISD
{{Authority control School districts in Travis County, Texas Education in Austin, Texas School districts established in 1981 1981 establishments in Texas