New Home Independent School District is a public

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based in New Home,

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). The district has one school that serves students in grades kindergarten through twelve.

History

By 2018, the district began to receive a population increase as the number of residents in the

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grew.

Academic achievement

In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable" by the

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Special programs

Athletics

Previously the town had a full eleven-man football roster, but switched to

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in 1982. New Home still qualified for Class 1A, the smallest bracket of the Texas public high school sports league

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(UIL), in February 2018, when it had 93 students. If a high school reached 104.9 students, it would be required to go to Class 2A and play full eleven-man football. In fall 2018 the district chose to revert to eleven-man football anyway due to a foreseen population increase. As of 2020, New Home is a member of Class 2A across all sports.

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