Garrison Junior High School

What Garrison Junior High School does

Garrison Junior High School is the middle school campus (grades 6-8) of Garrison Independent School District (Garrison ISD), a public school district organized as a political subdivision of the State of Texas under the Texas Education Code and regulated by the Texas Education Agency. The district, founded in 1898 and headquartered at 459 N. US HWY 59, Garrison, Texas, operates three campuses — Garrison Elementary (PK-5), Garrison Middle School (6-8), and Garrison High School (9-12) — collectively serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in a rural East Texas community.

The campus delivers standard public education, supplemented by athletics, an Agricultural (AG) department, band, and special programs including Gifted & Talented, Special Education, Dyslexia services, Response To Intervention, Section 504, and Career & Technology education. Operational infrastructure runs on the ASCENDER student information system (with dedicated portals for teachers, students, parents, and employees), a Thrillshare-hosted district website, native iOS and Android applications, and bus transportation coordinated through BTD.org. The district maintains a public-facing presence on Facebook, X (Twitter), and Instagram under the Fighting Bulldogs mascot brand.

As a public entity, Garrison Junior High School does not generate commercial revenue; funding flows from state foundation program allocations, local property taxes, and federal grants (including reported ESSER III expenditures). It is not investor-owned, has no subsidiaries in the corporate sense (the other campuses are operational units rather than corporate affiliates), and carries no equity, debt instruments, or M&A activity. Governance rests with an elected Board of Trustees under state oversight.

Name

Garrison Junior High School

Legal name

Garrison Independent School District

Website

https://garrisonisd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1898

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Garrison Junior High School is the grades 6-8 campus of Garrison ISD, a public K-12 district in rural Garrison, Texas, serving middle school students with athletics, AG, band, and special education programs under Texas Education Agency oversight.

Ownership category

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NAICS

Educational Services (61), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Magnet & Specialty Schools (STEM/Arts/IB/CTE) (EDAJAAAF)

Keywords

• Public education services
• K-12 instruction
• Middle school education
• Student athletics programs
• Special education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Garrison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Garrison Junior High School is a public middle school (Grades 6-8) within Garrison Independent School District (Garrison ISD) in Garrison, Texas, providing free core academic instruction to middle school students. The school supplements academics with extracurricular programs including athletics, the AG (Agricultural) department, band, and special programs such as Gifted & Talented, Special Education, Dyslexia services, Career & Technology, and Section 504 support. Garrison ISD also provides district-wide services including school bus transportation, breakfast/lunch meal programs, and student/parent portals via the ASCENDER system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Middle School Education (Grades 6-8)
• Athletics Program
• AG (Agricultural) Department
• School Band Program

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tenaha Independent School District: Tenaha ISD is a rural East Texas PK-12 public school district serving a comparable small community with similar academic, athletic, and extracurricular programs. It functions on the same governance, funding, and operational model as Garrison ISD, making it a structural peer for benchmarking.
• Tatum Independent School District: Tatum ISD is a small rural East Texas public school district operating PK-12 campuses with comparable athletics, AG, band, and special education offerings. It mirrors Garrison ISD's operating model as a single-district public school system anchored in a small town with similar funding structure under the Texas Education Agency.
• Woden Independent School District: Woden ISD is another small public school district in East Texas serving a similarly small rural community across PK-12, offering the same horizontal mix of general academics, athletics, and extracurriculars. It is directly comparable to Garrison ISD in size, geography, and program breadth, both serving as small rural East Texas public school districts.
• Apple Springs Independent School District: Apple Springs ISD is a small rural East Texas public school district that operates PK-12 campuses serving a similarly sized student population. It is directly comparable to Garrison ISD in scale, operating model, and program scope as a small Texas public school district under TEA oversight.
• Joaquin Independent School District: Joaquin ISD is a neighboring rural East Texas public school district offering PK-12 instruction including athletics, band, and CTE programs with comparable student population scale. Comparable to Garrison ISD in operating model, regulatory environment, and community profile.

Others

• Texas Education Agency: The Texas Education Agency is the state regulatory body overseeing all Texas public school districts including Garrison ISD. While not a competitor, TEA's policy framework (state standards, accountability ratings, funding formula) directly determines Garrison ISD's operating constraints and peer comparisons.

Emerging players

• Hallsville Independent School District: Hallsville ISD is a larger East Texas public school district serving a broader community with similar PK-12 program offerings. While it is not a direct 1:1 competitor geographically, it represents an alternative district that Garrison-area families could transfer to under Texas open-enrollment rules, making it a relevant funnel competitor.

Broad incumbents

• K12 Inc. K12 Inc. (Stride) is a large nationwide online learning operator serving K-12 students across the U.S. It overlaps with Garrison Middle School's K-12 educational delivery mission at much larger scale, providing a benchmark for technology-enabled K-12 instruction even though Garrison is a traditional brick-and-mortar public school.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Garrison_ISD
• Facebookfacebook.com/garrisonisd
• Instagraminstagram.com/garrisonisdbulldogs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/garrison-junior-high-school

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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