Irving Independent School District
| Irving Independent School District | |
|---|---|
| Type and location | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | Pre-K through 12 |
| Established | 1909 |
| Country | United States  |
| Location | Irving, Texas |
| District Info | |
| Superintendent | Dr. Dana T. Bedden |
| Budget | $250 million general fund |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 34,851 (2011-2012) |
| Athletic Conference | 5A |
| Other information | |
| Website | Irving Independent School District |
Irving Independent School District is a school district based in Irving, Texas (USA). The district, which covers 48.5 square miles (126 km2), serves most of the city of Irving, except for Valley Ranch and a portion of Las Colinas. The district also serves small portions of Grand Prairie and Dallas.
Irving ISD is made up of 81% low-income families, including 9,500 high school students. It is also a majority-minority district. The student population represents more than fifty-six countries speaking over Ninety-five languages.
All Irving ISD high school students are issued a laptop computer. In addition students at DeZavala Middle School, which is a part of a grant program, get laptops.[citation needed]
The United States Department of Education designated MacArthur High School as a National Blue Ribbon School in May 2002. Good Elementary School was designated a National Blue Ribbon School in May 2001 and Lamar Middle School was designated a National Blue Ribbon School in May 2000. Good was also one of 12 schools in the U.S. and the only school in Texas to receive special recognition in technology in 2001.
The IISD Library Media Program received national recognition in 2000 and 1991 when it received the National School Library Media Program of the Year Award (Large District Category) by the American Association of School Librarians.
In 2010, the final year of TEA academic ratings, the school district was rating academically acceptable. While the school district has a high percentage of free and reduced lunch students, language minority students, all schools have consitantly been ranked either exemplary, recognized or academically acceptable. "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[1]
In 2010 and 2011, the school district received a 5-star rating from the Texas Comptroller for its fiscal management and academic progress. Irving ISD was one of approximately 43 school districts out of over 1200 in Texas to receive the rating in 2010. During the 2011 school year, Irving was one of only 23 school districts out of over 1200 to repeat the 5-star rating.
IISD graduates in the Class of 2010 earned approximately $22 million in scholarship offers. Eleven seniors were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program, and many others received local, regional, state and national honors in academics, fine arts, and athletics.
The 2011-2012 school year launched the opening of the new state of the art Lady Bird Johnson Middle School (Lady Bird MS). Lady Bird MS opened as the largest net-zero middle school in the country. The school is powered by solar panels, wind turbines, etc. and produces as much energy as it uses while serving a student population of approximately 1000 students.
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[edit] Demographics
- African American 12.06%
- American Indian 0.47%
- Asian 3.57%
- Hispanic 70.84%
- White 11.66%
During the 2011-2012 school year, the district had a peak enrollment of 34,851. The district enrollment has risen since 2007 when the it faced a decrease in student population as result of the City of Irving performing a code enforcement crackdown on several low rent apartments, causing many low income families to leave the district. In addition, then Superintendeent Jack Singley said that some illegal immigrants may have feared deportation, so they and their families left the district.[2]
[edit] School uniforms
All Irving ISD elementary and middle school students are required to wear school uniforms.
The uniforms consists of a polo shirt and appropriate school pants (navy blue pants, khakis, etc.).
The shirt colors accepted are:
- Light Blue
- White
- Forest Green
- Navy Blue
- Attending campus school color
[edit] Schools
[edit] Secondary schools
[edit] High schools
- Irving High School
- MacArthur High School
- Nimitz High School
- Jack E. Singley Academy (formerly The Academy of Irving ISD)
- Caldwell Preparatory Center
[edit] Middle schools
- Austin Middle School
- Bowie Middle School
- Crockett Middle School
- DeZavala Middle School
- Houston Middle School
- Lamar Middle School
- Travis Middle School
- Lady Bird Johnson Middle
[edit] Primary schools
- Barton Elementary School
- Brandenburg Elementary School
- Britain Elementary School
- Brown Elementary School
- Davis Elementary School
- Elliott Elementary School
- Farine Elementary School
- Gilbert Elementary School
- Good Elementary School
- 2000-01 National Blue Ribbon School [3]
- John Haley Elementary School
- Thomas Haley Elementary School
- Hanes Elementary School
- Johnston Elementary School
- Keyes Elementary School
- Lee Elementary School
- Lively Elementary School
- Schulze Elementary School
- Stipes Elementary School
- Townley Elementary School
- Townsell Elementary School
[edit] Early childhood centers
- Clifton Early Childhood Center
- Kinkeade Early Childhood Center
- Pierce Early Childhood Center
[edit] Learning centers
- Elementary Development Center
- Ratterree Career Development Center
- Secondary Reassignment Center
- Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory Center (Formerly Union Bower Center for Learning)
- Wheeler Transitional and Development Center
[edit] References
- ^ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html.
- ^ Hupp, Staci and Katherine Leal Unmuth. "Irving, Richardson schools face sliding enrollment, hard choices." The Dallas Morning News. Sunday December 9, 2007. Retrieved on November 19, 2011.
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
[edit] External links
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