Education

Whether you are seven or seventy, Lufkin has ample opportunity for you to continue to expand your educational wants with one of the best community colleges in the state – Angelina College!

Angelina College
Angelina College, a two-year institution founded in 1966, has upgraded its educational facilities and is highly regarded for its health care, technical and industrial training programs. Many of the college’s students complete their education at Stephen F. Austin State University, only 20 miles away in neighboring Nacogdoches.

One of the fastest growing community colleges in the state, Angelina College continues to expand through new construction and new programs.

Two of the buildings funded through a $10.5 million bond election, the Workforce Development Center and the Community Services building, have been open for over for two years. A new Activity Center nears completion, and work has been completed on a Performing Arts Center in partnership with the Angelina County Arts Alliance.

Angelina College’s credit enrollment is now over the 4,000 mark. The college offers transfer and vocational classes and affordable cost. Community Services short courses are available for continuing education, providing job skills, and for recreation.

Located on 140-wooded acres on Highway 59 South in Lufkin, the college offers 2-year Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees, and certificates of completion.

Community Services Division at Angelina College
The Community Services Division provides Angelina College's economic development team for citizens, businesses, industries and organizations in East Texas.

The division offers non-credit classes to the general public. There are no entrance requirements for adults who wish to take a course. However, some prerequisites, including age and educational level, mandated by the State of Texas, are required for certain health occupation courses.

The community service division office publishes a schedule of offerings fall, spring and summer and does advertising and promotion of offerings. The division office prepares instructional materials and offers certificates of completion to students. The office also reserves and prepares college facilities for use by outside persons, groups and organizations.

Course Schedules and Registration
Schedules of course offerings are available a month prior to the beginning of each semester. The schedule can be picked up in the Community Services Building or be mailed upon request. A schedule is printed for fall, spring and summer. Registration for the Community Services classes is on a first-come, first-served basis, and many courses are limited in size. Students may register for any course in room 101 of the Community Services Building from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday or 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday. Students may also register by mail using the clip out coupon in the printed course schedule. Dates for registration at off-campus sites are published in the schedules.

Continuing Education Units (C.E.U.'s)
Angelina College awards continuing education units (C.E.U.'s) to individuals who have successfully completed educational activities for which academic credit is not awarded. The C.E.U., by nation-wide definition, is "ten contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education adult or extension experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction". The C.E.U. is a means of recording and accounting for the various continuing education activities that one accumulated over a period of years, in transcript form.

Faculty
Faculty members are selected upon the basis of competency and motivation from college faculty and from leading business and professional men and women in the community.

Tuition
Charges for non-credit courses vary with the length and requirements of the course. The average cost of a course is $45. Course charges range from $15 to $675, with cost determined by length of course, instructional costs, and materials and supplies used. Course fees are published in each semester's schedules.

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Lufkin ISD

Lufkin ISD
Public School Budget				$48,221,59
	Schools			Enrollment
Elementary	11			4,209
Intermediate
Middle/Jr. High	1			2,103
High Schools	1			2,489
Private*	4			727
Special/Head Start	1			238
*Elementary
Area Universities/Colleges
Angelina College, Lufkin			5,000+
Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches			12,000+
State Industrial Job Training:			Yes
Vocational Program:			Yes

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University

• Stephen F. Austin State University is conveniently located in Nacogdoches, Texas, (approximately 20 miles north of Lufkin). Established in 1923, SFA has grown from a small teachers college into a regional university with a reputation for academic excellence.

Local College/Vocational School

• Angelina College is located on U.S. Highway 59 South in Lufkin, and was established to fulfill an educational need of the community; thus, the college's philosophy defines its excellence in all aspects of the college program. The elected board subscribes to excellence in instruction, programs, and services provided to the taxing district and the service area.

Angelina County Secondary Schools

• Lufkin ISD is located in the City of Lufkin. As a learning community built on partnership and respect, they will prepare each student to become a responsible, productive citizen by providing a wealth of skills, knowledge, and experiences with a staff devoted to creating positive relationships in an atmosphere of safety, discipline, and concern.

• Central ISD is located in the northern portion of Angelina County. The district covers approximately 92 square miles nestled in a rural East Texas setting. Central ISD is the hub of the community of Pollok, Texas. Pollok is located six miles north of Lufkin, Texas, on U.S Highway 69 North.
   
• Huntington ISD is a 3-A rural district nestled within 226 square miles of Angelina County and provides educational facilities and resources to meet the needs of more than 1622 students on 5 campuses.
   
• Diboll ISD is located 10 miles south of Lufkin on U.S. Highway 59 South. There are over 1,700 students enrolled in this Class 3A school district. The district covers 71 square miles. Diboll, Texas is the center of the timber industry, with Temple-Inland offices and plants located here and pine trees being the main product of the area.
   
• Hudson ISD is located on U.S. Highway 94 West, approximately 6 miles off the loop in Lufkin.
   
• Zavalla ISD is located in the heart of East Texas in the small town of Zavalla. It is the southernmost city in Angelina County and is cradled amid a forest of giant pines, hardwoods, and streams and rivers. Zavalla is located ninety miles north of Beaumont and twenty-five miles south of Lufkin.

 

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