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Waxahachie Independent School District

School district in Texas, United States

Summary

School district in Texas, United States

Field	Value
name	Waxahachie Independent School District
motto	"A district where innovation thrives and growth is limitless"
location	Waxahachie, Texas
country	United States of America
coordinates
type	Public, independent school district
established	1864
grades	Prekindergarden - 12th grade
superintendent	Dr. Jerry Hollingsworth
governing_agency	Texas Education Agency
us_nces_district_id
students	10,095
teachers	566.8
staff	1,162.8
website

The Waxahachie Independent School District is a public school district located in Waxahachie, Texas, a suburban community serving as the county seat for Ellis County, which adjoins Dallas County to the north. Waxahachie ISD is a district of about 8,500 students structured in 17 campuses: 10 elementary school campuses, three junior high campuses, three high school campuses, and one alternative-learning campus.

In 2012-13 and 2013–14, the school district and all campuses received the highest Texas Education Agency accountability rating of "Met Standard." The district's fine arts programs are frequently state recognized in visual arts, band, choir, dance and theatre arts. WISD has been a consistent award winner and is designated as a NAMM Foundation Best Communities for Music Education designation, one of only 376 districts to receive the prestigious award.

The district includes almost all of Waxahachie and parts of Ennis, Midlothian and Pecan Hill.

Schools and facilities

High schools

Waxahachie High School (grades 9-12)
Waxahachie Global High School (grades 9-12) - Opened on August 27, 2007, it is an Early College and a Texas-STEM school emphasizing instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in a small learning-community environment.
Waxahachie High School of Choice (grades 9-12)
Waxahachie Challenge Academy

Junior high schools (grades 6-8)

Coleman Junior High
Finley Junior High
Howard Junior High

Elementary schools (kindergarten - grade 5)

Clift Elementary
Dunaway Elementary
Felty Elementary
Marvin Biomedical Academy
Northside Elementary
Ray Elementary
Shackelford Elementary
Simpson Elementary
Wedgeworth Elementary
Wilemon STEAM Academy

Prekindergarten

Turner Prekindergarten Academy
Marvin Elementary
Northside Elementary

Facilities

Lumpkins Stadium
Richards Park

Students

Academics

Subject	Waxahachie ISD	Region 10	State of Texas
Reading	79%	74%	73%
Mathematics	83%	77%	76%
Writing	75%	71%	69%
Science	81%	80%	79%
Soc. Studies	77%	80%	77%
All Tests	80%	76%	75%

Students in Waxahachie typically outperform local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 80% of students in Waxahachie ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 76% in Region 10 and 75% in the state of Texas. The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1476, and the average ACT score was 22.6.

Demographics

In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 8,107 students, ranging from early childhood education and prekindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 545 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was 2.2%.

As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 49.7% White, 34.8% Hispanic, 11.8% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.4% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 2.7% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 47.1% of the student body.

References

"2015-16 Texas Academic Performance Report, WAXAHACHIE ISD". Texas Education Agency.
(February 2022)
ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2014/index.html
(21 March 2022). "2022 Best Communities for Music Education Districts".
"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ellis County, TX". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].

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