Alvarado Independent School District Explained

Alvarado Independent School District
Region:ESC Region 11
Grades:Pre-K through 12
Superintendent:Kenneth Estes[1]
Students:3,516 (2010-11)[2]
Teachers:205.49 (2009-10) (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis)
Ratio:16.56 (2009-10)
Schools:8 (2009-10)
Conference:UIL Class 4A Football & Basketball[3]
Colors: Purple, Gold, White[4]
Mascot:Indians
Free Label:TEA District Accountability Rating for 2011-12
Free Text:Academically Acceptable[5]
Coordinates:32.4069°N -97.2208°W

The Alvarado Independent School District is a public school district based in Alvarado, Texas, United States. In addition to Alvarado, the district also serves the unincorporated community of Lillian. The district operates one high school, Alvarado High School.

History

The Lillian Independent School District consolidated into Alvarado ISD on July 1, 1986.[6]

Finances

As of the 2010–11 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $1,536,036,000. The maintenance tax rate was $0.104 and the bond tax rate was $0.028 per $100 of appraised valuation.

Academic achievement

In 2011, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. Forty-nine percent of districts in Texas in 2011 received the same rating.[7] No state accountability ratings will be given to districts in 2012.[8] 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 Academically Unacceptable (the lowest possible ranking).

Historical district TEA accountability ratings

Schools

In the 2011-2012 school year, the district had students in nine schools.

Regular instructional
Alternative instructional
JJAEP instructional
DAEP instructional

Special programs

Athletics

Alvarado High School participates in the boys sports of baseball, basketball, football, soccer, track, cross country, and wrestling. The school participates in the girls sports of basketball, soccer, softball, track, cross country, and volleyball. For the 2016 through 2017 school years, Alvarado High School will play football in UIL Class 4A.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Superintendent. 24 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Texas School Directory 2012. Texas Education Agency. 13 July 2012. 19 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219235251/http://mansfield.tea.state.tx.us/TEA.AskTED.TSD/TSDfiles/tsd2012/not_tagged/texas_school_directory_2011-12.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: UIL Alignments. University Interscholastic League. 11 August 2012.
  4. Web site: Alvarado High School. CBS Interactive. 11 August 2012.
  5. Web site: Texas Accountability System District Ratings for 2004 through 2011 . . 13 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120702090716/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/accthist_new.srch.html . 2 July 2012 .
  6. Web site: CONSOLIDATIONS, ANNEXATIONS AND NAME CHANGES FOR TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Texas Education Agency. 2018-09-10. 2019-10-30.
  7. Web site: Texas Accountability System Summary of Ratings for 2004 through 2011(as of November 2, 2011) District Ratings by Rating Category (including Charter Operators) . . 11 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120807004303/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/summaryxyrs.html . 7 August 2012 .
  8. Web site: Accountability Rating System for Texas Public Schools and Districts . . 11 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120824231856/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/ . 24 August 2012 .

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