EARLIEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN COUNTY MET IN LAND OFFICE, COURTHOUSE AND CHURCH 1890-1909. BAKER AND JUDKINS DISTRICTS ALSO HAD EARLY SCHOOL BUILDINGS. IN 1909 NEW SCHOOL BUILT AT 10TH & LEE. SPECIAL ACT OF LEGISLATURE IN 1921 CONSOLIDATED 7 COMMON SCHOOLS INTO ECTOR COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. OIL BOOM IN 1926 CREATED HS ADDITION TO 1909 SCHOOL IN 1927. PUPILS INCREASED 209 TO 700 IN 2 YEARS. NEW HS COMPLETED 1929 AT 10TH & SAM HOUSTON, SERVING TO 1947. USED AS ODESSA AND CROCKETT JHS TO 1982. SCHOOL ADMIN BUILDING USED 1948-PRESENT. BY 1986 DISTRICT ENROLLED OVER 26,000 STUDENTS ON 35 MODERN SCHOOL CAMPUSES.