 The original Beaumont Independent School District, with Beaumont High School as its senior high school, was founded in 1883 and included the neighborhoods of downtown and the port area, and in 1948 absorbed the smaller French ISD on the north side, with French High School.It also operated a high school for black students, Charlton-Pollard High School.In 1975, as part of court-ordered desegregation of the district, this merged with Beaumont High School to form Beaumont-Charlton-Pollard High School.