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Kermit High School is the only public high school in Kermit, Texas and is under the administration of Kermit Independent School District located in Winkler County. It is located at the corner of G.E. "Tommy" Thompson Boulevard (School Street) and North Avenue D in Kermit, Texas. At the end of 2009-2010 school year the school had an enrollment of 345 students attending grades nine through twelve. The preliminary estimate for the 2010 - 2011 school year is an enrollment of 410. The existing school building is in its last year of operation and classes will begin in new facilities in the fall of 2011. The school's mascot is the Yellowjacket.

Kermit High School was established in 1928 as a public secondary school that offered classes in most fields of study. This first school had seven staff members and an enrollment of 115. The school intially only fielded two sports teams, girls basketball coached by Superintendent B.F. Meek, and a football team coached by R. M. Cook. However, the football team did not actually compete until 1931 due to lack of essential materials. Shorty afterward in 1932, the school added tennis to its sports program. In 1934, Mr. Tommy Thompson came to Kermit as prinical and coach along with many other staff members. Tommy Thompson would leter serve as Superintendent from 1944 to 1976 with much success and accomplishment. Today, Kermit High School is organized into amlost 20 departments/units, with a strong emphasis on science, math, social studies, and language arts. It is also well recognized for its extra-curricular organizations such as athletics and sports, band, choir, theater, and an active student counicil.

Student athletics, both organized and intramural, are an important part of student and alumni life at Kermit schools. The school's interscolastic competitive sports teams and the seventeen UIL state championships won in many different sports have helped keep Kermit High School recognized state-wide. Kermit High fields eight men's and eight women's teams that compete in UIL District 4 Class AA athletics and football UIL District 2 Division I Class AA. Kermit High is a member of Coference AA in the University Interscholastic League.