Floyd Municipal Schools

Located towards the northwest corner of Roosevelt County, the community of Floyd exists as one of many rural communities in the plains of Llano Estacado. It was not named until the Post Office and school were built in 1903 (Woodul, Roosevelt County Pioneers: Their Schools and Post Offices, 2000). Those early students attended school in a 1-room schoolhouse, and another 2-room building following in 1915. In 1919, the citizens of the Floyd community asked the recently appointed Roosevelt County Board of Education to consolidate several of the surrounding schools with the Floyd School. Their decision resulted in the Floyd Rural Consolidated School District (Woodul, 25). Once the schools were consolidated, it became apparent that a bigger school building would be needed, and in 1921, the citizens of the Floyd School District voted on a $36,000 bond to build a new school building (Woodul, 25). The new school building was built in 1922; however, the first graduating class (1922) of the consolidated school district graduated before the building was complete. Between 1923 and 1924, the students were moved into the new building, and the class of 1924 would be the first to graduate in the new school building (Woodul, 26). The Floyd Consolidated School District building would remain in use until 1976, when a fire broke out during a basketball game. The school was lost and the students finished the year in portables. In the years to come, a new educational complex would be built to include a new gymnasium, middle school, and library. As of today, over 100 years later, the Floyd Municipal School District continues to offer an excellent experience in education from Pre-K - 12.