Borger Independent School System

What Borger Independent School System does

Borger Independent School District (BISD) is a public K-12 school district organized under the Texas Education Code and serving approximately 2,500 students across six campuses within a 52-square-mile area of Hutchinson County in the Texas Panhandle. The district operates three elementary schools (Paul Belton, Gateway, and Crockett), one intermediate school (grades 5-6), one middle school (grades 7-8), and Borger High School (grades 9-12), supported by specialized programs including the PEAK gifted education program, Reading Recovery for early literacy intervention, Special Education services, athletics, fine arts, and the Borger-Spring Creek Bulldog Academy for ages six weeks to three years.

The district's technology infrastructure is built on standard educational platforms rather than proprietary systems: ParentSquare for district-wide parent communications, Ascender for student information and employee/parent/teacher portals, Follett Destiny for library management, and MySchoolBucks for online meal payments. Borger ISD self-identifies as a PK-14 district through its 2015 partnership with Frank Phillips College, which enables high school students to earn associate degrees before graduation via the Cohort Program (49 graduates to date) and offers extensive dual-credit and AP course opportunities.

As a non-profit government entity, Borger ISD generates revenue through local property taxes (2025-2026 rate of $1.02602), state education funding, and federal grants, with no tuition charged for core educational services. The district is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Trustees with monthly public meetings, is fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency and the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and serves as the sole public school provider for a community of approximately 16,000 residents.

Name

Borger Independent School System

Legal name

Borger Independent School District

Website

https://borgerisd.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Borger Independent School District is a public K-12 school district operating six campuses that serve approximately 2,500 students across 52 square miles of Hutchinson County in the Texas Panhandle, funded through local property taxes, state aid, and federal grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public K-12 Education

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Charter Schools (Single-Site) (EDAJACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Charter Career & Technical Education (CTE) Schools (EDAJACAK), K–12 Core Curriculum Small-Group Tutoring Centers (Math/ELA/Science/Social Studies) (EDANAHAA)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• School district services
• Early childhood education
• Special education programs
• Dual credit programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Borger

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, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: Funded through local property taxes, state education funding, and federal grants. Tax rate of $1.02602 for 2025-2026. Administers Voter Approval Tax Rate Election for additional maintenance and operations funding.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Borger Independent School District is a public school district that operates six PK-12 campuses across 52 square miles of Hutchinson County in the Texas Panhandle, providing free public education to approximately 2,500 students. The district delivers core academic instruction, gifted and special education, career and technical education, athletics, fine arts, transportation, child nutrition, library services, and before/after-school childcare. Through a partnership with Frank Phillips College, Borger ISD extends its offerings into a PK-14 model that allows high school students to earn associate degrees before graduation.

Product overview

Borger Independent School District is a public K-12 school district operating six campuses in Borger, Texas. The district provides educational services through its core school offerings: three elementary schools (Paul Belton, Gateway, and Crockett), one intermediate school (grades 5-6), one middle school (grades 7-8), and Borger High School (grades 9-12). Supporting its core academic programs, the district offers specialized educational products including the Borger-Spring Creek Bulldog Academy for infant-toddler childcare, the PEAK Program for gifted education, and Reading Recovery for early literacy intervention. The district also partners with Frank Phillips College to offer a Cohort Program enabling students to earn associate degrees concurrent with their high school diploma.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Paul Belton Elementary School

Quantifiable outcome

• Students consistently graduate with associate degrees at rates well above state average through the cohort program
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Frank Phillips CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Frank Phillips College partners with Borger High School to offer a cohort program allowing students to earn their associate degree before graduating high school. The program began in 2015 after over a year of planning, with the first cohort graduating in 2017. Students can attend FPC while still in high school and graduate with their associate degree through the Cohort Program at BHS. The district considers itself a PK-14th-grade district through this partnership. The district also offers extensive dual credit opportunities in partnership with Frank Phillips College.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Amarillo ISD: Larger urban public school district in the same Texas Panhandle region. While much bigger than Borger ISD, it competes for the same regional talent pool, the same higher-ed partnerships, and the same legislative attention in Austin.

Others

• Texas Education Agency: State regulator and primary source of public education funding for Borger ISD. State-level policy decisions on school finance, accountability ratings, and graduation requirements directly drive district strategy and operating economics.
• Texas Association of School Boards: Statewide association supporting Texas school boards with governance, policy, and training services. Borger ISD's Board of Trustees operates within TASB's governance framework, making it a key enabling/advisory institution for district leadership.
• Frank Phillips College: Local community college and Borger ISD's core strategic partner for the Cohort Program and dual credit offerings. Not a competitor but a key ecosystem participant whose capacity and program decisions directly shape Borger ISD's PK-14 value proposition.

Direct peers

• Canyon ISD: Texas Panhandle public school district of comparable character and regional economic context, sharing many of the same state funding dynamics and regional employer relationships as Borger ISD.
• Sweeny ISD: Small Texas public school district of comparable size where incoming Borger superintendent Daniel Fuller previously served as superintendent. Operates a similar K-12 footprint with traditional public funding, making it the closest structural analog to Borger ISD.
• Dumas ISD: Another Texas Panhandle public school district in the same regional education service center area as Borger ISD. Similar enrollment, similar community size, and similar rural/agricultural economic base.
• Pampa ISD: Neighboring Texas Panhandle public school district serving a similar small-city, refining-and-agriculture community. Comparable enrollment scale, rural geographic constraints, and reliance on local property tax base mirror Borger ISD's operating profile.

Emerging players

• IDEA Public Schools: Large Texas charter school network offering K-12 public education with a college-prep focus. Represents an alternative K-12 option that could draw families from Borger ISD's catchment area, particularly around the college-readiness and dual credit positioning Borger ISD emphasizes.
• KIPP Texas Public Schools: Major Texas charter network operating open-enrollment public schools with a college-prep mission. Comparable in serving K-12 public education needs, though focused on urban regions — represents the broader competitive threat from charter operators statewide.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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