Austin Independent School District Explained

Austin Independent School District
Address:4000 S. I-H 35 Frontage Rd
Zipcode:78704
Country:US
Established:[1]
Region:ESC Region 13[2]
Superintendent:Matias Segura[3]
Accreditation:accredited (2018–19)[4]
Schools:125[5]
Budget:$1.7 B (FY2019)[6]
Students:74,871
Teachers:5,484.07 (FTE) (2019–20)
Ratio:24:1 (2019–20)
Conference:District 26 6A,
District 24 5A[7]

Austin Independent School District (AISD) is a school district based in the city of Austin, Texas, United States. Established in 1881,[1] the district serves most of the City of Austin, the neighboring municipalities of Sunset Valley and San Leanna, and unincorporated areas in Travis County (including Manchaca). The district operates 116 schools including 78 elementary schools, 19 middle schools, and 17 high schools.[8], AISD covers 54.1% of the City of Austin by area and serves 73.5% of its residents.[9]

Academic achievement

In 2018-19, the school district was rated a B by the Texas Education Agency (TEA.)[10] No state accountability ratings were given to districts for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years. Prior to the 2011-12 school year, school districts in Texas could 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). For the 2012-13 school year, the TEA moved to a Pass/Fail system. In 2017, the TEA adopted an A-F accountability system.[11]

Historical district TEA accountability ratings!School Year!Rating
2021-22B
2020-21Not Rated: Declared State of Disaster
2019-20Not Rated: Declared State of Disaster
2018-19B
2017-18B
2016-17Met Standard
2015-16Met Standard
2014-15Met Standard
2013-14Met Standard
2012-13Met Standard
2011-12Not Rated
2010-11Academically Acceptable
2009-10Academically Acceptable
2008-09Academically Acceptable
2007-08Academically Acceptable
2006-07Academically Acceptable
2005-06Academically Acceptable
2004-05Academically Acceptable
2003-04Academically Acceptable

Finances

Like other Texas public school districts, AISD is funded through a combination of local property taxes, general state revenues (such as occupation taxes, Texas Lottery profits, and returns from the Permanent School Fund), and federal education funds.[12] The district also funds some facilities construction and improvements through the issuance of debt by bond elections; AISD's most recent bond elections have been held in 2013, 2017, and 2022.[13]

Board of Trustees

Members are elected in nonpartisan elections and serve four year terms. Positions 1-7 are elected in single-member districts, while positions 8 and 9 are elected at-large.[14]

PlaceNameTermElectedTerm Up
1Candace Hunter1st20222026
2Ofelia Zapata1st20202024
3Kevin Foster1st20202024
4Katherine Whitley Chu1st20222026
5Lynn Boswell1st20202024
6Andrew Gonzales1st20222026
7David Kauffman1st20222026
8Noelita Lugo1st20202024
9Arati Singh2nd20182026

List of superintendents

Demographics

In the 1970s white flight to Westlake and other suburbs of Austin that were majority white began. In 1970 the student body of AISD was 65% non-Hispanic (Anglo) white.[15] In the late 1970s the student body was 57% non-Hispanic white, 26% Hispanic and Latino, and 15% African-American.[16] Until 1978 AISD categorized Hispanics and Latinos as "white" so they could integrate them with African-Americans while leaving non-Hispanic whites out of integration. That year it was forced to integrate Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites.[17] In 2000 the student body of AISD was 37% non-Hispanic white.[15] The Hispanic student population peaked in 2011, at 52,398 students.[18] As of the 2016-17 school year, there are 48,386 Hispanic students, 22,761 non-Hispanic white students, and 6,578 African-American students.

On November 18, 2019 the AISD board of Trustees voted 6-3 in favor of a plan closing four elementary schools. This vote was criticized by many, including AISD Chief Equity Officer, Dr. Hawley who stated that the "map that you have of the closures is a map of what 21st century racism looks like. ... Our process for selecting schools was flawed. It was inequitable." The six Trustees who voted to close the schools were Cindy Anderson, Amber Elenz, Geronimo Rodriguez, Jayme Mathias, Yasmin Wagner and Kristen Ashy.[19]

Demographics 2020-21[20] 2015-16[21] 2010-11[22] 2005-06[23]
African-American 6.6%7.8%9.5%13.5%
Asian 4.5%3.8%3.3%2.9%
Hispanic 55.0%58.8%60.3%55.4%
Native American 0.1%0.2%0.3%0.2%
Pacific Islander 0.1%0.1%0.1%—
Two or more races 3.8%2.7%2.2%—
White, non-Hispanic 30.1%26.6%24.3%27.9%

High schools

The following high schools cover grades 9 to 12, unless otherwise noted.

Zoned high schools

!High School!Established!Enrollment (2023-24)!Namesake!Mascot
Akins Early College High School2000[24] [25] 2,542William Charles AkinsEagles
Anderson High School1973[26] [27] 2,167Laurine Cecil AndersonTrojans
Austin High School1881[28] [29] 2,296Stephen Fuller AustinMaroons
Bowie High School1988[30] [31] 2,899James BowieBulldogs
Crockett Early College High School1968[32] 1,575Davy CrockettCougars
Eastside Early College High School (2021-present)[33] Eastside Memorial Early College High School (2008-2021)2008[34] [35] 689East AustinPanthers
LBJ Early College High School1974[36] 763Lyndon Baines JohnsonJaguars
McCallum High School1953[37] 1,861Arthur Newell McCallumKnights
Navarro Early College High School (2019-present)[38] Lanier Early College High School (1961-2019)1961[39] [40] 1,714Juan Pantoja Navarro (2019-present)Sidney Clopton Lanier (1961-2019)Vikings
Northeast Early College High School (2019-present)[41] Reagan Early College High School (1965-2019)1965[42] 989Northeast Austin (2019-present)John Henninger Reagan (1965-2019)Raiders
Travis Early College High School19531,157William Barret TravisRebels

Unzoned high schools

The Ann Richards School, Garza Independence High School, and LASA have independent campuses, but International High School shares a campus with Northeast Early College High School.

!High School!Established!Grades!Enrollment (2023-24)!Namesake!Mascot
Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders2007[43] [44] 6-12907Dorothy Ann RichardsStars
Garza Independence High School1998[45] 10-12188Gonzalo GarzaGriffins
International High School20039-10210——
Liberal Arts & Science Academy (LASA)2007[46] [47] 9-121,518—Raptors

Other high school programs

The Graduation Preparatory Academies at Navarro and Travis Early College High Schools are officially listed as separate schools from their home campuses, but they are housed within the same building and share many programs.

!Host Campus!Other programs
McCallum High SchoolMcCallum Fine Arts Academy
Navarro Early College High SchoolGraduation Preparatory Academy at Navarro ECHS
Travis Early College High SchoolGraduation Preparatory AcademyTravis Institute of Hospitality & Culinary Arts

Middle schools

Zoned middle schools

!Middle School!Established!Grades!Enrollment (2023-24)!Namesake!Mascot
Bailey Middle School19936-8785Gordon Arthur BaileyBears
Bedichek Middle School1972[48] 6-8638Roy BedichekBobcats
Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy (2014-present)Pearce Middle School (1958-2014)1958[49] 6-8346Bertha Sadler Means (2014-present)James Edwin Pearce (1958-2014)Dragons
Burnet Middle School19616-8799David Gouverneur BurnetSailors
Covington Middle School1986[50] 6-8599Verna Young Covington &Weldon Joseph CovingtonColts
Dobie Middle School19736-8544James Frank DobieRoadrunners
Gorzycki Middle School20096-81,329Diane Elaine GorzyckiTigers
Gus Garcia Young Men's Leadership Academy (2014-present)Gus Garcia Middle School (2007-2014)20076-8253Gustavo Luis GarciaDragons
Kealing Middle School19306-81,247Hightower Theodore KealingHornets
Lamar Middle School19556-81,100Mirabeau Buonaparte LamarScotties
Lively Middle School (2019-present)[51] Fulmore Middle School (1911-2019)[52]

South Ward School (1886-1911)

18866-8948Sarah Beth Lively (2019-present)Zachary Taylor Fulmore (1911-2019)

South Austin (1886-1911)

Falcons
Marshall Middle School20236[53] 214Dr. General Garwood Marshall Rams[54]
Martin Middle School19667-8[55] 240Samuel Lawton MartinEagles
Mendez Middle School19877-8203Consuelo Herrera MendezMavericks
Murchison Middle School19676-81,218Eugene A. MurchisonMatadors
O. Henry Middle School19536-8691William Sydney PorterMustangs
Paredes Middle School20006-8625Américo ParedesPumas
Small Middle School19996-81,260Charles Clinton SmallCougars
Webb Middle School1968[56] 6-8532Walter Prescott WebbWildcats

Other middle school programs

The Kealing and Lively magnet programs accept students from across AISD on a basis of academic record and provide them with a more advanced program. The magnet programs are housed in their respective schools, but provide some different classes to their students.

!Host Campus!Other programs
Kealing Middle SchoolKealing Magnet Program
Lively Middle SchoolLively Humanities and Law Magnet for International Studies

Elementary schools

Facilities

Headquarters

The headquarters are at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Ben White. The 142000square feet structure has nine stories.[60]

For a period prior to 1989, the Austin ISD headquarters were on Guadalupe Street, adjacent to the Texas Department of Public Safety headquarters. In 1989, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill allowing DPS to acquire the former Austin ISD headquarters.[61] That building was known as the Irby B. Carruth Administration Building.[62]

From circa 1994 to 2019, the headquarters were at the Carruth Administration Center, on 1111 West Sixth Street. That building was sold, along with another AISD facility, in 2017.[60] The Schlosser Development Corporation purchased the West Sixth facility.[63] The district used the money from those sales to buy the current headquarters. From around July to September 2019 the headquarters moved to the current location. The employees who went to the current headquarters came from those two sold properties and one other property.[60]

Athletic facilities

AISD.TV

Austin ISD operates AISD.TV on Spectrum and Grande Communications channel 22 and AT&T U-verse channel 99.

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: School Districts As Per States . August 18, 2012 . July 23, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120723162654/http://www.school-districts.net/austin-independent-schoolDistrict.html .
  2. Web site: Texas School Directory 2012. Texas Education Agency. July 17, 2012. February 19, 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: Matias Segura: Superintendent. Austin Independent School District. August 1, 2022.
  4. Web site: 2018-2019 Accreditation Statuses . . October 27, 2019.
  5. Web site: About Us Austin ISD . Austin Independent School District . June 18, 2021.
  6. Web site: FY2019 Austin Independent School District Official Budget . Austin Independent School District . October 27, 2019.
  7. Web site: 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 Tentative Volleyball, Basketball and Football District Assignments and Reclassification Information . University Interscholastic League .
  8. Web site: About Us . 2022-03-29 . Austin ISD . en.
  9. "Regional School Districts and the City of Austin." City of Austin. March 2013. Retrieved on August 4, 2016.
  10. Web site: Texas Accountability System District Ratings for 2004 through 2011 . . July 17, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120702090716/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/accthist_new.srch.html . July 2, 2012 .
  11. Web site: 2019-08-18 . A-F Accountability: What Parents Should Know . 2022-03-25 . tea.texas.gov . en-US.
  12. Web site: An Introduction to School Finance in Texas. January 2012. Texas Taxpayers and Research Association. March 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150319010947/http://www.ttara.org/files/document/file-4f1732f763446.pdf. March 19, 2015.
  13. News: Voters approve half of AISD's $892 million bond proposals. Price. Asher. Taboada. Melissa B.. 11 May 2013. Austin American-Statesman. March 26, 2015.
  14. Web site: Boundaries Austin ISD . 2024-07-13 . www.austinisd.org . en.
  15. Wells, Amy. Both Sides Now: The Story of School Desegregation's Graduates. University of California Press, January 20, 2009., 9780520942486. p. 51.
  16. Wells, Amy. Both Sides Now: The Story of School Desegregation's Graduates. University of California Press, January 20, 2009., 9780520942486. p. 47-48.
  17. Wells, Amy. Both Sides Now: The Story of School Desegregation's Graduates. University of California Press, January 20, 2009., 9780520942486. p. 48.
  18. Web site: Austin ISD Demographic Study 2016. 12 January 2016. Austin Independent School District. Austin, Texas. 22 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171023011151/https://www.austinisd.org/sites/default/files/dept/default/docs/AISD_Demographic_Study_2016.pdf. 23 October 2017.
  19. Web site: Barbaro. Nick. November 22, 2019. Public Notice: A Map of 21st Century Racism. 2020-06-27. www.austinchronicle.com. en-US.
  20. Web site: January 2022 . 2020-21 Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324224203/https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&_debug=0&ccyy=2021&lev=D&id=227901&prgopt=reports%2Ftapr%2Fpaper_tapr.sas%2A . 24 March 2022 . 24 March 2022 . Texas Education Agency.
  21. Web site: November 2016 . 2015-16 Texas Academic Performance Report . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324224649/https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&year4=2015&year2=15&_debug=0&single=N&title=2016+Texas+Academic+Performance+Reports&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&prgopt=2016%2Ftapr%2Ftapr_spec.sas&ptype=P&level=district&search=district&namenum=Austin&district=227901 . 24 March 2022 . 24 March 2022 . Texas Education Agency.
  22. Web site: November 2011 . 2010-11 Academic Excellence Indicator System . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324225348/https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&prgopt=2011%2Faeis%2Falltyped.sas&year4=2011&year2=11&topic=aeis&gifname=g_aeis2011district&title=AEIS%2BReport&level=district&search=distback&sublevel=dist&ptype=PDF&distback=227901+#page=16 . 24 March 2022 . 24 March 2022 . Texas Education Agency .
  23. Web site: February 2007 . 2005-06 Academic Excellence Indicator System . 21 October 2022 . Texas Education Agency.
  24. Web site: Our History . 2022-08-23 . www.akinseagles.org . en.
  25. Web site: Hanson . John L. . 2017-05-10 . Remembering Dr. William Charles Akins . 2022-08-23 . KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station . en.
  26. Web site: 2016-10-12 . Anderson High School Closed 45 Years Ago, But East Austin Still Feels Its Absence. . 2022-08-23 . KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station . en.
  27. Web site: Losing a Community Catalyst: The Closure of L.C. Anderson High School — News . 2022-08-23 . Preservation Austin . en-US.
  28. Web site: History of Austin High . 2022-08-23 . Austin High School . en.
  29. Web site: Founded In 1881, And Segregated For Decades, Austin High Now Has Its First Black Principal . 2022-08-23 . Texas Standard . en-US.
  30. Web site: James Bowie High School . 23 August 2022 . Bowie High School.
  31. Web site: 2016-09-02 . North Austin vs. South Austin: Schools . 2022-08-23 . Austin Monthly Magazine . en-US.
  32. Web site: 2016-09-12 . About Us . 2022-08-23 . Crockett High School . en.
  33. Web site: Board Approves Renaming of Eastside Memorial ECHS to Eastside ECHS . 2022-03-24 . Austin ISD . en.
  34. Web site: Eastside Memorial Early College High School and International High School Moving to Historic Original L.C. Anderson High School Site . 2022-08-23 . Austin ISD . en.
  35. Web site: Whittaker . Richard . April 5, 2013 . AISD is under tight deadline to define Eastside Memorial's future . 2022-08-23 . www.austinchronicle.com . en-US.
  36. Web site: Auten . Roseana . December 15, 1995 . LBJ Science Academy Sucks Rocks . 2022-08-23 . www.austinchronicle.com . en-US.
  37. Web site: Hansen . Miles . McCallum, Austin High renew classic rivalry . 2022-08-23 . The Shield Online.
  38. Web site: Board Approves Renaming of Lanier to Juan Navarro Early College High School . 2022-03-24 . Austin ISD . en.
  39. Web site: Williamson . Nolen E. . 1970–1989 . Exterior of Lanier High School . 2022-08-23 . The Portal to Texas History . English.
  40. Web site: History of Schools Up for Potential Name Changes . 23 August 2022 . Austin ISD.
  41. Web site: Board Approves Renaming of Reagan to Northeast Early College High School . 2022-03-24 . Austin ISD . en.
  42. Web site: 2019-07-29 . History . 2022-08-23 . Northeast ECHS Website . en.
  43. Web site: 2021-10-11 . With a 100% graduation rate, The Ann Richards School for Young Women is setting students up for success . 2022-08-23 . KXAN Austin . en-US.
  44. Web site: Celebrating the First Decade of Ann's Legacy . 2022-08-23 . Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders . en-US.
  45. Web site: 2014-01-22 . 13 years of success at Garza . 2022-08-23 . Steve Hicks School of Social Work . en-US.
  46. Web site: School History . 2022-08-23 . www.lasahighschool.org . en-US.
  47. Web site: Irizarry . Yasmiyn . Commentary: Healing won't begin until LASA represents all of Austin ISD . 2022-08-23 . Austin American-Statesman . en-US.
  48. Web site: Community Invited to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Roy Bedichek Middle School . 2022-08-25 . Austin ISD . en.
  49. Web site: 2015-01-21 . Timeline: How Austin ISD Decided To Create Two Single-Sex Middle Schools . 2022-08-25 . KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station . en.
  50. Web site: About CMS . 2022-08-25 . www.austinschools.org.
  51. Web site: Board Approves Renaming of Fulmore to Lively Middle School . 2022-03-25 . Austin ISD . en.
  52. Web site: 2018-04-02 . History . 2022-03-25 . Lively Middle School . en.
  53. Web site: Newly built $60 million Marshall Middle School to fill gap in Northeast Austin . 2023-08-31 . Austin American-Statesman . en-US.
  54. Web site: Our Story Dr. General Marshall Middle School . 2023-08-31 . marshall.austinschools.org.
  55. Web site: Méndez . María . Austin ISD to remove sixth grade from Martin, Mendez middle schools . 2022-03-25 . Austin American-Statesman . en-US.
  56. Web site: Who We Are . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220325012155/https://webbmiddleschool.wixsite.com/webb/who-we-are . 25 March 2022 . 24 March 2022 . Webb Middle School.
  57. Web site: 2015 National Blue Ribbon Elementary Schools All Public and Private . U.S. Department of Education . 2 March 2024.
  58. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982–1983 Through 1999–2002 (PDF)
  59. Web site: list-2003.doc. ed.gov.
  60. Web site: Eubank. Brittany. Austin ISD moving headquarters after more than 25 years. KVUE. 2019-07-09. 2023-10-21.
  61. News: Graves. Debbie. Ward. Mike. House approves 'welfare utility bill'. Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. 1989-05-24. B4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  62. News: ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS. Austin American-Statesman. 1988-04-24. G33. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  63. Web site: Whittaker. Richard. Location, Location, Location. Austin Chronicle. 2018-01-26. 2023-10-22.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Austin Independent School District".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.