Borden High School

What Borden High School does

Borden County Independent School District (operating as Borden High School at the secondary level) is a public PK-12 school district headquartered at 240 West Kincaid Avenue in Gail, Texas. It serves almost all of Borden County and a small portion of Howard County under the oversight of the Texas Education Agency, with a school board led by President Randy Hensley and Superintendent Jimmy Thomas. The district operates a single campus offering pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade instruction, full UIL athletic programs (football, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, track, tennis, golf, cross country), and special education services delivered in part through the Bi-County Shared Services Arrangement with a neighboring district. Three bus routes (Lamesa, Post, Snyder) provide student transportation across the rural service area.

The district's technology stack centers on the ParentSquare-powered district website as the community-facing hub, with the Ascender (AscenderTX) Student Information System managing attendance, grades, discipline, immunizations, and transcripts, and Follett Destiny handling library operations. ParentSquare powers parent-school communications, text-message alerts, and mass notifications. Instructional delivery is supported by a broad licensed EdTech portfolio accessed through Clever SSO and Google Classroom, including DreamBox, Lexia Core5, IXL, Accelerated Reader, Discovery Education, Stemscopes, BrainPOP, Epic!, Apex Learning, Prodigy, Reading Plus, Reflex Math, and Studies Weekly. Athletics and event broadcasting run on Hudl, and staff professional development and compliance training are managed through Eduphoria! and VectorSolutions SafeSchools. Special education is augmented by the Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) partnership with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center for student mental health services.

The revenue model is that of a Texas public school district: funding flows from local property taxes, state foundation school program appropriations, and federal education funding, with no tuition charged to district-resident families. The only direct fee signal in the input is $5 per person for cafeteria meals sold to public visitors. The district holds no patents, has no subsidiaries, and is governed by an elected seven-member board. As a government state entity, Borden County ISD is not a commercially investable enterprise; its operating posture is steady-state service delivery rather than growth-oriented enterprise expansion.

Name

Borden High School

Legal name

Borden County Independent School District

Website

https://bcisd.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Borden County Independent School District is a public PK-12 school district in Gail, Texas, serving students across Borden County through a single campus with comprehensive academics, UIL athletics, special education, and a licensed EdTech platform stack.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialized Inclusive / Co-Taught Special Education Programs (EDAKAAAK)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Rural school district
• PK-12 instruction
• Student information systems
• UIL athletics

Headquarters

HQ city

Gail

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Borden County Independent School District provides tuition-free public PK-12 education to students residing in Borden County and a portion of Howard County, Texas, through a single campus in Gail. The district supplements classroom instruction with bus transportation, food services, special education through the Bi-County SSA partnership, counseling, school nursing, dyslexia services, library resources, career and technical education, and UIL athletic and academic extracurricular programs.

Product overview

Borden County Independent School District operates a public K-12 education system in Gail, Texas, serving students across elementary, middle, and high school levels. The district's digital infrastructure consists of the ParentSquare-powered district website as its primary communication hub, the ASCENDER Student Information System for managing student records (attendance, grades, discipline, immunizations), and ParentSquare for parent-school engagement. The district has integrated a comprehensive suite of educational technology platforms for instruction and assessment including Google Classroom and Clever SSO for learning management, Accelerated Reader and Lexia for literacy, IXL and DreamBox for mathematics, Discovery Education and Stemscopes for science curriculum, and various supplemental platforms (BrainPOP, Epic!, Prodigy, Apex Learning) for differentiated instruction. Athletics programs are supported by Hudl for scheduling and streaming, while library services utilize Follett Destiny. Staff professional development is managed through Eduphoria! with compliance training via VectorSolutions SafeSchools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PK-12 Public Education Program

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration25 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered support and core.

• Sp edtex (Special Education Information Center)supportOthersSPEDTex provides resources and interactive features for increasing family awareness of disabilities and special education processes, with the goal of improving partnerships between schools and families. Contact: 1-855-773-3839.
• Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT)supportOthersTCHATT provides telemedicine mental health services to students through the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, offering counseling and therapy resources for students.
• Bi-County SSA (Shared Services Arrangement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBi-County SSA provides special education services including a director, speech therapist, and administrative support shared between Borden County ISD and another district. Staff includes Mrs. Becky Nix (Director), Mrs. Vivian McMeans (Speech Therapist), and Mrs. Carol Dyess (Secretary).
• Region 17 Education Service CentersupportOthersRegion 17 ESC hosts the district's job postings and provides educational support services. Job openings are posted on the Region 17 Education Service Center website.
• Texas School Safety CentersupportOthersThe Texas School Safety Center develops safety resources including bullying checklists and provides guidance used by the district for safety and crisis prevention programs.
• HudlsupportTechnology or IntegrationHudl provides live streaming services for Borden County ISD athletic events and maintains the district's high school sports page on their platform.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• O'Donnell Independent School District: Tiny rural West Texas K-12 public school district serving a comparable single-county footprint; closest direct analog to Borden County ISD in scale, governance, and UIL classification.
• Meadow Independent School District: Terry County, Texas K-12 public school district serving a similarly small rural community; comparable in curricular breadth, transportation model, and UIL athletic offerings.
• New Home Independent School District: Small Lynn County, Texas public K-12 district with similar enrollment scale, rural service area, and dependence on shared services for specialized staff.
• Loop Independent School District: Small single-campus K-12 public school district in the Texas South Plains with a similar enrollment band and similar reliance on UIL athletics and shared special-ed arrangements.
• Southland Independent School District: Garza County, Texas K-12 public school district with comparable enrollment scale and rural West Texas operating profile, including reliance on shared services and small administrative teams.
• Ropes Independent School District: Small rural Texas K-12 public school district with a comparable enrollment footprint and similar reliance on multi-route transportation and county-level funding dynamics.
• Whiteface Consolidated Independent School District: Single-county rural West Texas K-12 district operating on a similar small-district model with UIL athletics, shared special education, and a central campus serving the entire community.
• Dawson Independent School District: Small rural Texas K-12 public school district with an analogous small-district operating model, comparable UIL participation, and a similar funding-and-demographic risk profile.
• Klondike Independent School District: Tiny Dawson County-area West Texas K-12 district operating on a near-identical small-campus, shared-services model; useful comp for evaluating enrollment-driven funding sensitivity.
• Wellman-Union Consolidated Independent School District: Rural West Texas K-12 public school district of comparable size, operating with a small administrative staff and serving a low-population county — a near structural twin to Borden County ISD.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/borden-high-school

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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