History
Originally the facilities of the Colorado Common School District Number 36 were at the intersection of U.S. Highway 183 and Texas State Highway 71. In 1952 the City of Austin annexed about one third of the district territory, including Montopolis and the property of the Austin Country Club. Since the school buildings were located on that property, and the property was being severed from the school district, the district needed to find a new location for its schools. I. W. Popham Elementary School opened across from Bergstrom Air Force Base; when Bergstrom was in operation, the district served the children living on the base. At the time the district taught grades one through eight, with high schoolers attending the Austin Independent School District.
In September 1954 the school district annexed the Dry Creek School District. The district annexed Pilot Knob Acres in August 1956 and Pilot Knob in November of the same year. During that year, Del Valle Junior-Senior High School, serving grades seven through ten, opened. Grade 11 appeared in 1957, and grade 12 appeared in 1958. In 1958 the sports stadium, Cardinal Field, opened. A building program passed in the 1959-1960 school year lead to the opening of a junior high school. The Elroy Common School District merged into the Colorado district in 1961, forming the largest common school district in the state. A field house opened in 1962. In April 1963 the school district changed its name to the Del Valle Independent #910. In September 1966 the district annexed the Creedmoor Common School District #41. In May 1967 the Hornsby-Dunlap Common School District was annexed.
In the 1971-1972 school year, Smith Elementary School opened. In 1972 a new middle school opened on the site of the Del Valle High School campus. In the 1981-1982 school year Hillcrest Elementary was built and opened. Baty opened as a result of a bond program in 1984.
Because the City of Austin wanted to build Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in an area that housed Del Valle's high school and three elementary schools, voters approved a $38.1 million bond to build the schools in a new location. Baty Elementary, Hillcrest Elementary, Popham Elementary, and Del Valle High School moved.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
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