The city of El Paso was originally all within one school district , but after the brick school was built on the east side of the city in 1869 , upset people on the west side managed to split the district and form a second school district . The west side had a new , wooden school until Jefferson Park School was built on the same site in 1897 . The east-side school was named McKinley School shortly after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 . Both districts eventually had two-year high schools , and in 1892 both began four-year high school education . El Paso High School District 375 was formed in 1916 from the area of the east-side and west-side city districts and some rural areas , and originally continued holding classes in the east and west school buildings , but also held some classes in some downtown El Paso office buildings , until the El Paso High School building was finished in 1921
President William McKinley was assassinated
Assassination of William McKinley
El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11