Conroe Independent School District (CISD) is a school district based in the Deane L. Sadler Administration/Technology Center in Conroe, Texas.
CISD serves the cities of Conroe, Oak Ridge North, and Shenandoah, and the towns of Cut and Shoot and Woodloch. It also serves unincorporated communities in Montgomery County, including almost all of The Woodlands (extreme south and west parts of The Woodlands are located in the Tomball ISD and Magnolia ISD respectively), the settlement of Tamina, the community of River Plantation, and a portion of the Porter Heights CDP.
As of August 2009, the district has 48,700 students in 60 campuses (29 elementary schools, 9 intermediate schools, 7 junior high schools, 6 high schools, and two academies). The CISD area, which covers 348 square miles (900 km2), is part of the Lone Star College System (formerly the North Harris Montgomery Community College District). The ethnic breakdown of the school district is 63% White, 26.1% Hispanic, 6.7% African American, 3.8% Other. The completion rate is 98.2%. In total, the school district employs over 5,900 employees. (3,320 professional teaching staff, 2,080 paraprofessional and auxiliary staff, 579 administrators). The average enrollment growth is 1,570 per year.
In 2005, CISD enrolled displaced Louisianans from the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina who were residing in the Conroe ISD boundaries.
CISD has its own police department of over 40 Officers. As of 2007, CISD PD is run by Chief William Harness.
In 2011, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.
In 1886 the Conroe Public School’s first classes were opened in a one-room school constructed of rough lumber near the present community of Beach. It was called Conroe Mill School and was open each year for a five-month term. The first African American school was located in Central Baptist Church at Medeley Quarters. The Conroe Independent School District was created by the Commissioners Court of Montgomery County, Texas, July 12, 1892, by consolidating the twelve Common School Districts surrounding Conroe. This area covered 25 square miles (65 km2). The 39th Legislature of the State of Texas in 1925 mandated the enlargement of the District by keeping intact the already defined 25 square miles (65 km2) and adding numerous other surrounding school areas bringing the district to 333 square miles (860 km2). On June 22, 1992, the annexation of 7,781 acres (31 km2) of Magnolia Independent School District increased Conroe ISD to the current size of 348.09 square miles (902 km2).
Prior to the 1925 consolidation, few rural children were able to attend high school. The first graduating class of Conroe High School, one male and three females, received their diplomas in 1902. The number of CISD graduates for the 2008-2009 school year was over 3,000 students from six high schools. In 2010, the school district was rated exemplary (see www.conroeisd.net/pdf/reportcard/current/129.pdf)
Conroe High School and Conroe High School 9th Grade Campus (Conroe)
Academy of Science & Health Professions
Oak Ridge High School and Oak Ridge High School 9th Grade Campus (Uninc. Montgomery County)
The Woodlands High School and The Woodlands High School 9th Grade Campus (The Woodlands, Uninc. Montgomery County)
The Woodlands College Park High School (The Woodlands, Uninc. Montgomery County)
Academy of Science & Technology
Caney Creek High School (Uninc. Montgomery County)
Hauke Academic Alternative High School - Crockett Building
Neal Knox Junior High School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
McCullough Junior High School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Moorhead Junior High School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
John V. Peet Junior High School (Conroe)
Booker T. Washington Junior High School (Conroe)
National Blue Ribbon School in 1992-93
York Junior High School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Gerald D. Irons Sr. Junior High School (Uninc. Montgomery County)
Joel L. Deretchin K-6 School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Jean E. Stewart K-6 School (Conroe)
Coulson Tough K-6 School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Oree Bozman Intermediate school (Conroe)
Collins Intermediate School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Cryar Intermediate School (Conroe)
Grangerland Intermediate School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
George P. Mitchell Intermediate School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Travis Intermediate School (Conroe)
Dolly Vogel Intermediate School (Oak Ridge North)
W. O. Wilkerson Intermediate School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Tom Cox Intermediate School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Anderson Elementary School (Conroe)
Neil Armstrong Elementary School (Conroe)
Stephen F. Austin Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Birnham Woods Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Sue Park Broadway Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Don A. Buckalew Elementary School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Barbara Pierce Bush Elementary School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Gerald J. Creighton, Jr. Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
David Elementary School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
National Blue Ribbon School in 2000-01
A. Davis Ford Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Roger L. Galatas Elementary School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Giesinger Elementary School (Conroe)
Glen Loch Elementary School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Sam K. Hailey Elementary School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Emmit E. Houser Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Sam Houston Elementary School (Conroe)
George C. Kaufman III Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Lamar Elementary School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Ben Milam Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Oak Ridge Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Charlie L Patterson Elementary School (Conroe)
Colin Powell Elementary School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
O. A. Reaves Elementary School (Conroe)
B. B. Rice Elementary School (Conroe)
Sally K. Ride Elementary School (The Woodlands, Unincorporated Montgomery County)
J. W. Runyan Elementary School (Conroe)
San Jacinto Elementary School (Unincorporated Montgomery County)
Wilkinson Elementary School (Conroe)
