Woden Independent School District is a public school district based in the unincorporated community of Woden, Texas (USA). A small portion of the district falls into the city of Nacogdoches. It also includes the community of Etoile. Woden ISD has three campuses all of which are at the same location: Woden High School (Grades 9-12) Woden Junior High School (Grades 6-8) Woden Elementary School (Grades PK-5) Woden High School also serves students from the neighboring Etoile Independent School District. In March 2022 the two districts announced plans to consolidate, with Woden being the surviving district. The consolidation was effective July 1, 2022. Etoile School closed with all operations moved to Woden. The anticipated increase of students at the elementary level is 70-80, which would mean the elementary would have a 20% increase in the number of students. In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency. History In 1836 the families of William Jacobs, Thomas Alders, James Jacobs, George Brown and Elijah Chisum Sr., came from Madison County, Tennessee, and settled in southeastern Nacogdoches County. In 1837 a log building in the center of the surrounding settlers' homes was built to serve as both the school and the church. This became known as Jacobs Chapel School and Jacobs Chapel Methodist Church. Miss Catherine Alders, "Aunt Katie", was the teacher. An 1854 scholastic census showed Jacobs Chapel to be the only school in the 12th district with 33 students. In the 1860s school was taught in the home of Eli Holly Hobbs at the intersections of Woden Road and Melrose Road. In 1877 the Pine Grove School was established. This was near the present site of Fairview Methodist Church on Highway 21 east. Mrs. Melissa White, wife of Dr. Richard Penn White, was the teacher. In 1879, Mrs. White became the teacher at the Parrish School on the Old Woden Road. This school had 30 students. By the 1890s Jacobs Chapel School was no longer in operation; the students now attended Dodd School in the home of Mrs. Anna Dodd. Also in the 1890s the Simpson Campground and Carrizo Schools were founded. Neither of them lasted long, and when they ceased to function as schools, the students attended Old Woden or the Dodd School. In the mid-1890s the Nacogdoches-Southeastern railroad was built through Chisum land at Woden. Land on each side of the rail line was divided