West Hardin County Consolidated Independent School District

West Hardin County Consolidated Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Saratoga, Texas, USA.

West Hardin County Consolidated Independent School District
Address
39227 Highway 105 Saratoga , Texas, 77585 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PK–12[1]
Schools	3[1]
NCES District ID	4845000[1]
Students and staff
Students	541 (2023–2024)[1]
Teachers	43.67 (on an FTE basis) (2023–2024)[1]
Staff	50.68 (on an FTE basis) (2023–2024)[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.39 (2023–2024)[1]
Other information
Website	www.westhardin.org

In addition to Saratoga, the district serves the cities of Batson, Thicket, and Votaw, as well as the unincorporated communities of Hoop and Holler and Outlaw Bend.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.^[2]

History

The district was formed in the early 1960s as a part of the merger between the Saratoga Independent School District (formed 1919^[3]) and the Batson Independent School District which was met with legal opposition after the vote to consolidate that was held in January 1961 was contested later that year with a drawn-out legal battle ensuing, in which the role of the county attorney was contested, as well as attempting to bring attention to alleged discrepancies in vote counts.^[4]

Schools

• West Hardin High School
• West Hardin Secondary (Grades 7-12)
• West Hardin Elementary (Grades PK-6)