High Island Independent School District
High Island Independent School District is a public school district based in unincorporated Galveston County, Texas, United States.
HIISD serves the communities of Caplen, High [Island, Texas|High Island], and Gilchrist on the Bolivar Peninsula.
History
Circa 2003 some Bolivar Peninsula residents in the Galveston [Independent School District] portion who were dissatisfied with the Crenshaw School, the then-two-campus GISD K-8 school on the peninsula, sent their children to High Island schools. Crenshaw was rebuilt as a single campus in 2005.The school district lost approximately 15% of its students in 2008 due to homes and residences destroyed by Hurricane Ike In the fall of 2009, the district reported an enrollment of 186 students.
As of the 2023–2024 school year, the district's student population has seen a decrease to 159 students, reflecting ongoing demographic shifts in the Bolivar Peninsula area. Despite these changes, the district maintains a low student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 11:03, emphasizing a personalized educational environment.