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Granite Shoals
Lake Granite Shoals was created after the completion of the Alvin Wirtz Dam in 1950. This created a 6375 acre water surface and about sixty miles of shoreline.
Eventually the lake was renamed Lake LBJ. Residents of the planned community fall into two groups: (1) young, permanent residential couples and families and (2) the retired or semi-retired folks looking for entertainment and second home living.
The City of Granite Shoals has approximately eight miles of waterfront and planned areas of over 13.6 square miles.
Granite Shoals, being a planned community, has 19 parks for family use and boat-ramps for fishing and recreational use.
This area offers a wide variety of properties, and pride ranges. Including manufactured housing, site built, and waterfront homes.
The Marble Falls School District
is a progressive growning school district. The district encompasses a very large area (268 Square Miles) and serves the communities of Marble Falls, Meadowlakes, Granite Shoals, Highland Haven, Cottonwood, Fairland, Smithwick, Horseshoe Bay South, and Spicewood.
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The mission of MFISD as the learning center of this community is to shape future generations to be productive citizens through the pursuit of excellence and equity in education."
MFISD is a 4-A disdtrct and has an enrollment exceeding 3,800 students. The district has four elementary schools, all of which have pre-kindergarten through 5th grades:
Colt Elementary
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Marble Falls Elementary
;
Highland Lakes Elementary
; and our newest campus,
Spicewood Elementary
. Attendance zones for the elementary schools may be accessed on the district website under "public info." The district has three secondary campuses:
Marble Falls Middle School
(grades 6-8);
Falls Career High School
(a non-traditional alternative high school); and
Marble Falls High School
(grades 9-12).
Faith Academy
is a private school in the Marble Falls area. Faith Academy is a University-model system. The University-model education (UMS) takes the best aspects of traditional, full-time public and private schools, as well as home schools, and molds them into one model. UMS uses a university-style schedule adapted to the elementary, junior, and senior high levels. Professional teachers teaching in their areas of expertise conduct central classroom instruction. Elementary students attend classes on Tuesday and Thursday while secondary students go to school on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.Students spend alternate days at home where parents continue their instruction or monitor student progress. Teachers provide parents with detailed instructions for days spent at home.
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