What Zapata County I.S.D. does

Zapata County Independent School District (ZCISD) is a Texas public K-12 school district and political subdivision of the State of Texas, operating six campuses within Zapata County: one high school (Zapata High School), one middle school, and four elementary schools. The district serves the resident school-age population of Zapata County, a rural border community on the Texas-Mexico border with a population of approximately 14,000, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic. As a public school district, ZCISD does not charge tuition; its operating model is funded through a combination of state Foundation School Program allocations, federal categorical grants (including Title I and GEAR UP), and local property taxes administered under the Texas school finance system.

The district's service offering spans pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, with explicit programmatic emphasis on bilingual/ESL education, migrant student support, and college-readiness advising under the federal GEAR UP cohort. ZCISD has adopted the Texas District of Innovation framework, granting a five-year local-control exemption from select provisions of the Texas Education Code to enable customized curriculum, calendar, and staffing decisions. The district operates a standard commercial K-12 technology stack rather than proprietary systems: PowerSchool Unified Classroom for student information and gradebook operations, ParentSquare for unified district-to-home communications across email/text/app/voice, and the Anonymous Alerts platform for two-way anonymous student-to-administration reporting. Career and technical education pathways, dual-credit course offerings, and special education services supplement the core instructional program.

Strategically, ZCISD's recent activity has been concentrated in operational modernization and regulatory positioning rather than expansion: technology stack consolidation, adoption of the Anonymous Alerts safety tool, GEAR UP program participation, and the District of Innovation designation. Governance is provided by an elected board of trustees, and executive leadership is held by the superintendent. The district competes for students only with private and homeschool alternatives within its geographic catchment, as no adjacent public school district overlaps its territory.

Name

Zapata County I.S.D.

Legal name

Zapata County Independent School District

Website

https://zcisd.org

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Zapata County Independent School District (ZCISD) is a Texas public K-12 district operating six schools (one high school, one middle school, four elementary) that serves the resident school-age population of rural Zapata County on the Texas-Mexico border. It is funded through state foundation aid, federal grants, and local property taxes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Support Services (611710)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB), Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC), Public Special Education Schools & Programs (EDAJAAAH)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• School district services
• Primary education
• Secondary education
• Public school administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Zapata

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Zapata County I.S.D. is a public school district providing free K-12 educational services to students residing within its geographic boundaries in Zapata County, Texas. It delivers standard public education programs, student instruction, and ancillary student support services typical of a Texas independent school district.

Product overview

Zapata County Independent School District is a public K-12 school district providing educational services through a network of six schools: Zapata High School (grades 9-12), Zapata Middle School (grades 6-8), and four elementary schools (A.L. Benavides, Zapata North, Zapata South, and Fidel & Andrea R. Villarreal serving Pre-K through 5th grade). The district operates on a unified platform architecture comprising school websites, administrative systems (PEIMS for state reporting, PowerSchool for student information, Ascender for teacher portals), parent communication tools (ParentSquare), and operational services including health services, child nutrition, safety and security, and federal programs. The educational portfolio includes core academic instruction, special education, bilingual/ESL programs, college and career readiness (including TSI testing and GEAR UP), extracurricular activities (athletics, band, mariachi, theater, UIL academics), and JROTC. Administrative services cover PEIMS data management, curriculum and assessment, technology infrastructure, and compliance with state and federal education regulations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40 athletic district titles since 2019
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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App detail

Integration12 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• United Independent School District: Large public K-12 district headquartered in Laredo, Texas, serving a border Hispanic community. Comparable Texas public school district with similar bilingual/ESL and migrant-education program needs.
• Laredo Independent School District: Public K-12 district serving the Laredo/Webb County border region of Texas. Comparable as a Texas public school district operating in a predominantly Hispanic, bilingual border community along the U.S.–Mexico border.
• Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District: Public K-12 district in Hidalgo County, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. Comparable Texas public school district serving a border Hispanic community with similar bilingual and college-readiness program structures.
• Roma Independent School District: Public K-12 district in Starr County serving a small border community. Comparable in scale and demographic profile to Zapata County ISD — predominantly Hispanic, bilingual, rural border district.
• Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District: Public K-12 district in Cameron County, Texas, serving a border community in the Rio Grande Valley. Comparable Texas public school district with similar demographic and bilingual-program profile.
• Hidalgo Independent School District: Public K-12 district in Hidalgo County, Texas, serving a small border community. Comparable as a small, predominantly Hispanic Texas public border district of similar scale.
• Jim Hogg County Independent School District: Public K-12 district serving a small rural Texas county on the border. Comparable as a small, rural, border Texas school district of similar operating scale to Zapata County ISD.
• Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District: Public K-12 district in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas serving a predominantly Hispanic, bilingual community. Comparable as a Texas public border district with overlapping migrant and ESL program requirements.
• Mission Consolidated Independent School District: Public K-12 district in Hidalgo County, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. Comparable as a border-region Texas public school district operating with similar bilingual and migrant-education program mandates.
• Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District: Public K-12 district in Starr County on the Texas–Mexico border. Comparable as a rural, majority-Hispanic Texas border school district with overlapping bilingual, migrant, and college-readiness program needs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/zcisd

Compliance3 records

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