Established 1864 District ID 4844730 Teachers 566.8 Motto "Excellence in Education" Staff 1162.8 | Governing agency Texas Education Agency Website www.wisd.org Number of students 8,107 Founded 1864 Superintendent Jeremy K. Glenn | |
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Type Public, Independent school district Grades Prekindergarden - 12th grade | ||
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 approximately 8,000 students structured in thirteen campuses: 7 elementary school campuses, 2 junior high campuses, 3 high school campuses and 1 alternative learning campus. WISD offers several CTSO's to its students including FFA, Skills USA and TSA.
Contents
- Map of Waxahachie Independent School District TX USA
- High Schools
- Junior High Schools
- Elementary Schools
- Facilities
- Academics
- Demographics
- References
Map of Waxahachie Independent School District, TX, USA
In 2012-13 and 2013–14, the school district and all campuses received the highest Texas Education Agency accountability rating of "Met Standard." In 2014, the NAMM Foundation awarded the district a Best Communities for Music Education designation, one of only 376 districts to receive the prestigious award.
High Schools
Junior High Schools
Elementary Schools
Facilities
Academics
Students in Waxahachie typically outperform 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 Lake Worth 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 pre-kindergarten 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.