The first County School Superintendent, Sam Mann, was appointed by the Commissioners Court in 1909 and officiated over all schools in the county. The official minutes of the county school board meetings were recorded first in 1912.

In 1917 the first consolidation was brought about when the New Jerusalem district consolidated. A horse drawn wagon was used at this time to transport students to and from school.

" Warren - May 25, 1918 - At a special mass meeting held by the citizens on this 25th day of May in 1918 in the town of Warren - For the purpose of improving the conditions of the Warren Independent School District. There were eight people listed as present. That was also the time that the school board minutes were listed.

In 1919 the Warren Schools were given a school bond election in order to build a $7,500 four room brick building, and the district was then made independent by an act of the legislature and named Warren Rural High School District #24.

The Jerusalem school was sold in May 1920 for $300.00, and in June of 1920 the district had $412.96 in the bank. During the early years of the schools had to be closed due to the lack of funds.

Pineville district consolidated with Warren in 1925 and a Ford truck was used to transport the children from the two communities.

In 1931, the enrollment in the district was less than 150 scholastics, and in 1935 the enrollment was 277. A new $34,000 brick school plant was built in the West side of Highway 69 that year. In 1935 the district was composed of seven schools.

In 1936 an addition was made to the new building and a physical education and agriculture building was completed, making the approximate value of the plant $87,000. This same year Village Mills consolidated with Warren and Hicksbaugh began sending part of its students so that now the district enrollment was 370 in elementary school and 130 in high school.

In 1951 the district was made Warren Independent School District by popular vote. That same year $47,000 in additions and improvements was made.

In 1957 additions in the amount of $150,000 were made to the school plant which included the Red Oak School on FM 1943. Fred School District consolidated with Warren for the 57-58 school term.

Warren High School was integrated in 1965 and out district enrollment was 704. The elementary schools were integrated in 1966.

In 1970 a new high school complex was constructed one mile South of FM 1943 East of Warren. This consisted of the high school building, a new gym, agricultural shop, auto shop, auto mechanics shop, band hall, and football stadium. Also, a new elementary school building was constructed in Fred. The contract price for these buildings was $1,800,000.

The debt for the new construction was paid off in 1986, and the board elected to construct a new building to the house Warren Elementary in 1987. The funds for the new building would come out of surplus and target completion date would be spring, 1988.

As of September, 1998, Warren Independent School District had an enrollment of 1,102 students with 87 faculty members (161 total employees). The campuses include Fred Elementary, Warren Elementary, Warren Jr. High, and Warren High School.