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Kennedale Independent School District

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Type
  
Public

Governing agency
  
Texas Education Agency

Students
  
3,134

Superintendent
  
Gary Dugger

District ID
  
4825500

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Motto
  
Committed to Excellence

Kennedale Independent School District is a public school district based in Kennedale, Texas (USA).

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Map of Kennedale Independent School District, TX, USA

In addition to Kennedale, the district serves small portions of Arlington and Fort Worth.

In 2009 and 2010, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.

Motto

Kennedale ISD's motto is "Committed to Excellence"

Schools

Kennedale ISD has five schools - four in Kennedale and one (R.F. Patterson Elementary) in Arlington.

  • Kennedale High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Kennedale Junior High (Grades 7-8)
  • James A. Arthur Intermediate (Grades 5-6)
  • James F. Delaney Elementary (Grades PK-4)
  • R.F. Patterson Elementary (Grades K-4)
  • Academics

    Students in Kennedale typically perform close to local region and state-wide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 80% of students in Kennedale ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas. The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1413, and the average ACT score was 22.1.

    Demographics

    In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 3,134 students, ranging from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 228 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 1%.

    As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 48.7% White, 22.0% Hispanic, 20.7% African American, 4.0% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, and 3.8% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 39.9% of the student body.

    References

    Kennedale Independent School District Wikipedia