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For an arial view of Navarro High School click here

The land for the first Navarro School was purchased in 1888 for the sum of $60 for 2-4/5 acres out of the M. Chrino two league grant from F. C. and Clara Weinert. _{[per
sale of land deed sold by F. C. Weinert & Clara Bading Weinert]} (Clara was Edwin E. Bading's aunt.) Henry Herrmann, Edgar von Boeckmann and W. M. Weinert as trustees signed the deed.

The school was named for José Antonio Navarro, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a large land owner in the community.

Some of the earliest names recorded for the area were associated with the schools. Names included in the 1888 Navarro School Board Minutes (right) which were written in German were von Boeckmann, Heinemeyer, Herrmann, F. Engelke, Schriewer, Glenewinkel, C. Specht, A. Glenewinkel, Bading. 1888 Navarro School Board Minutes, page 1
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Original 1888 one room Navarro School house. It was moved from the original location to the corner of Texas State Highway 123 and Friedens Church Road to avoid its destruction. (history above) The first teacher, E. M. Bittner, received $35 per month. School supplies were purchased in October and classes were held December, February, March, and April.	Navarro Agricultural High School as it appeard shortly after it was constructed. (history immediately below this table) Picture is a scanned image of a courtesy photo printed in the October 2, 1988 Seguin Gazette-Enterprise in the Navarro 100th birthday article.

In 1912, six acres of land on the corner of Friedens Chruch Road and Huber Road was purchased from L. H. Heinemeyer for the total sum of $5.00. Navarro was primarily an agricultural school at the time, that taught students proper farming methods. It was called the Navarro Agricultural High School. (see picture above right) The first class graduated in 1918 with ten graduates. The class members were Helmuth Alves, Marvin Bormann, Lydia Braunholz, Samuel Bretzke, Myrtle Greebon, Monroe Harborth, Eugene Heinemeyer, Oscar Schlichting, Helmuth Wittenborn, and Etelka Zipp._{Navarro Graduates
1918-1988 pamphlet}

Several smaller schools in the area consolidated with Navarro in 1918. They included the Specht School (Barbarossa), the Cordova School, and the Harborth School (Schmoekel), and two out of district schools, the San Geronimo School and the Galle School.

In 1954, new school buildings were constructed. They are the 300 and 400 wings of the present day Navarro High School which are now adjoined by the Central Office. Then in 1957, the Dietert School (Zorn) consolidated with Navarro.

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Aerial View of Navarro ISD from the southeast. Texas State Hwy 123 runs in front. Baseball field (left) is on the south side of the high school. The two original buildings are the long wings to the north of the baseball field (toward the far right of the photo) with the green area between them behind the adjoining section in the front. Navarro School Historical Marker
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Navarro ISD is now composed of 3 campuses, Elementary, Middle and High School.
All three continue to be named "Navarro."

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NISD Campus picture
Aerial View of Navarro ISD from the southeast. Texas State Hwy 123 runs in front. Baseball field (left) is on the south side of the high school. The two original buildings are the long wings to the north of the baseball field (toward the far right of the photo) with the green area between them behind the adjoining section in the front.	Navarro School Historical Marker (Click on picture for enlarged view)