In 1913, patrons of the Euless, Tarrant, and Evatt elementary schools successfully petitioned the Tarrant County Commissioners Court to merge their districts and create the Euless Common School District. Voters elected John D. Huffman, Thomas P. Huffman, and Dr. Luther F. Rhodes as trustees and approved a $7,000 bond issue for a two-story brick schoolhouse, which opened for the 1914-15 school year. The building also served as a community center, hosting farm and home demonstration programs, farmers’ meetings, club work for boys and girls, and a variety of social, cultural, political, and patriotic events. In 1925, Euless voters unanimously incorporated as an Independent School District and elected a seven-member board of trustees. Joseph T. House became the first superintendent and also taught alongside four classroom teachers. In 1932, high school drama, speech, and literary clubs organized, and electricity on the campus provided proper lighting and a dependable water supply from a new well. In the 1940s, citizens of adjoining districts met several times to discuss merging and building a central facility with a broader high school curriculum. Population growth tied to the nearby Bell Helicopter Manufacturing Plant and Fort Worth Municipal Airport led residents in January 1955 to merge the Euless and Hurst districts, and after Bedford voters initially rejected consolidation, they joined in 1958 to create the present Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. The 1914 Euless School served until the 1955 consolidation, was razed in 1970, and South Euless Elementary School now occupies the site.