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Designated model Official Core Knowledge Visitation Site, one of 42 such sites in the United States. Texas Business & Education Coalition (TBEC) Honor Roll school in 2007 and 2008. Rated "Exemplary" by TEA in 2008. Suzuki Strings School of Choice. The most diverse elementary school in Texas in 2017, as per Niche. [13] [12] [23] [24]
Richardson Independent School District (RISD or Richardson ISD) is an independent school district in northern Dallas County, Texas, based in Richardson.The 46-square-mile (120 km 2) district serves the Dallas County portions of Richardson; [a] the Lake Highlands, Northwood Hills, and Prestonwood neighborhoods of Dallas; and small portions of Garland.
Beginning with the 2008–2009 school year, Alvin Independent School District was realigned the following way: Sister schools (Alvin Primary School/Alvin Elementary School; Stevenson Primary School/Walt Disney Elementary School; and Mark Twain Primary School/Longfellow Elementary School) became grades PK-2 and 3–5.
In the summer of 2005, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) ordered the Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District closed for the 2005–2006 school year due to financial stress and reported mismanagement. After negotiations, Dallas ISD agreed to accept the students for the 2005–2006 school year.
In the 2015–2016 school year, the school district had a total of 22,780 students, ranging from early childhood education and pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 1,469 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9–12 was less than 1%. [4]
The district is one of the largest in Texas and the nation. In 1995, Frisco ISD had four schools. Since then, the district has added 71 new schools, opening two to six campuses annually. No public school district in the country grew faster from 1990–91 to 2010–11, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. [6]
Forty-nine percent of districts in Texas in 2011 received the same rating. [6] No state accountability ratings will be given to districts in 2012. [ 7 ] A school district in Texas can receive one of four possible rankings from the Texas Education Agency: Exemplary (the highest possible ranking), Recognized, Academically Acceptable, and ...
After spring 2008, Alamo Elementary School would be converted into a multi-purpose center. Starting in the 2008-2009 school year, Galveston ISD would operate four PreK-4 elementary schools and two K-4 elementary schools. Weis Middle School would become a 5-6 school. Central Middle School would become a 7-8 school.