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Webb Consolidated Independent School District

public school in Bruni, Texas, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionDec 30, 2025
Entity authorityQ2919186 ↗
Source-derived summary

Webb Consolidated Independent School District (WCISD) is a school district based in Bruni, a community in unincorporated Webb County, Texas, United States.

WCISD serves the unincorporated communities of Bruni, Aguilares, Mirando City, and Oilton.

In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.

History

Prior to 1994 Webb CISD served only Bruni and Oilton. Mirando City Independent School District served the community of Mirando City from 1923 to 2005. Prior to 1994 all Mirando City children attended Mirando City ISD schools. After spring 1994, Mirando High School closed. Therefore, from Fall 1994 to July 1, 2005, WCISD served high schoolers from Mirando City while Mirando Elementary School in the Mirando City ISD served students from kindergarten through 8th grade. On May 9, 2005 the Texas Education Agency ordered the closure of Mirando City ISD. The district closed on July 1, 2005, and all students were rezoned to Webb CISD schools.

School uniforms

The district requires its students to wear school uniforms (yellow polos with khaki pants, blue jeans or shorts in middle school and blue polos and khaki pants, blue jeans, or shorts in elementary and high school).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Webb Consolidated Independent School District” as public school in Bruni, Texas, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Webb, Consolidated and Independent.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 1994, 1923, 2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Webb, Consolidated and Independent providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 30, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2919186. VIAF identifies the subject as 149131637. The Library of Congress control number is n2004112810. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009, 1994, 1923 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Webb Consolidated Independent School District” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.