"Academically Unacceptable" rating for a fifth consecutive year in 2009, the TEA announced on March 10, 2010 that it had revoked the accreditation of Kendleton ISD due to continued substandard academic performance. After receiving Justice Department approval in May 2010, the district was annexed into the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District and ceased operations effective July 1, 2010. Operations Circa 1995 the annual cost per student incurred by the district was $9,237; around that time the average per-student cost in Houston-area school districts was $4,000-$5,000. In 1996 Melanie Markley of the Houston Chronicle wrote that the cost was relatively high due to the small enrollment numbers, as having few students reduces the cost-effectiveness of educating them. See also La Marque Independent School District, a majority black school district in Galveston County closed by the TEA in 2016 and annexed into Texas City ISD North Forest Independent School District, a majority black school district in northeast Houston closed by the TEA in 2013 Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District, a majority black school district in southern Dallas and Dallas County closed by the TEA in 2006 Non-high school district References External links Map of Fort Bend County showing area school districts prior to KISD consolidation - Texas Education Agency - Web version - Shows Kendleton ISD within Fort Bend County. School districts in Fort Bend County, Texas Former school districts in Texas 2010 disestablishments in Texas School districts disestablished in 2010 1890 establishments in Texas School districts established in 1890