{{Short description|School district in Texas, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Marathon School | image = MarathonSchoolTX2.JPG | caption = Marathon School | type = Public | schooltype = high school | district = Marathon Independent School District | grades = PK-12 | superintendent = Guadalupe Singh | assistant_principals = | enrollment = 59 (2023-2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4828980&ID=482898003272|title=MARATHON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=May 31, 2025}}</ref> | teaching_staff = 11.62 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 5.08<ref name=NCES/> | colors = {{Color box|maroon|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} Maroon & White | athletic_conference = UIL Class A | mascot = Mustangs | address = 109 NE 5th Street | city = Marathon | state = Texas | zipcode = 79842 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|30.210280|-103.244020|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | website = [http://www.marathonisd.net/ Marathon ISD website] }} thumb|Marathon School '''Marathon Independent School District''' is a school district based in Marathon, a census-designated place in Brewster County, Texas, United States.
Marathon ISD serves Marathon and a few surrounding areas of northeastern Brewster County. The district has one K-12 school,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://txschools.gov/schools/022902001/overview|title=MARATHON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST | Overview | Explore Texas Schools}}</ref> with two buildings: a secondary school building and an elementary school building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marathonisd.net/about|title=About|publisher=Marathon Independent School District|accessdate=2022-02-11}}</ref>
It is classified as a 1A school by the UIL. Typically due to its isolation, Marathon generally has the lowest high school enrollment in the state. Marathon's secondary division serves grades 7-12. For the 2024-2025 school year, the school was given a "C" by the Texas Education Agency.<ref>{{cite web |title=TEA |url=https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&_debug=0&ccyy=2025&lev=C&id=022902001&prgopt=reports%2Fsrc%2Fsrc.sas |publisher=Texas Education Agency |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref>
==History== As of 2007, the Texas State Energy Conservation Office awards Marathon ISD money due to the colonias served by the district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/colonias.htm |title=Texas Colonias |website=www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330071201/http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/colonias.htm |archive-date=30 March 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html |title=2009 Accountability Rating System |publisher=Texas Education Agency |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025190535/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html |archivedate=2015-10-25 }}</ref>
==Athletics== The Marathon Mustangs compete in the following sports - <ref>[http://www.theathleticsdepartment.com/schools/Marathon/ The Athletics Department]</ref>
*Basketball *Cross Country *Golf *Tennis *Track and Field
===State titles=== *Football –<ref name="UIL Centennial Website">[http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/football.php UIL Centennial Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201202226/http://uil100.org/archives/athletics/football.php |date=2012-12-01 }}</ref> **1974(6M), 1976(6M) (Both teams were undefeated).
====State Finalist==== *Football –<ref name="UIL Centennial Website"/> **1973(6M), 1975(6M), 1977(6M)
Marathon was also undefeated in 1969 and 1970.<ref>[http://lonestarfootball.net/team.asp?T=96 Lone Star Football Network]</ref>
==See also== Other high schools in Brewster County: * Alpine High School * Big Bend High School
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.marathonisd.net/ Marathon ISD website] *{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://marathon.esc18.net/|title=Marathon Independent School District ESC 18 site}} *{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48043_brewster/DC20SD_C48043.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Brewster County, TX|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-06-22}} - Has boundary of the district - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st48_tx/c48043_brewster/DC10SD_C48043_001.pdf 2010 Map] {{Education in Brewster County, Texas}} {{Region 18 School Districts in Texas}}
Category:School districts in Brewster County, Texas Category:Public K–12 schools in Texas