Ysleta Independent School District Explained

Ysleta Independent School District
Superintendent:Xavier De La Torre
Schools:59
Students:43,680
Faculty:6,155
Teachers:3,075

Ysleta Independent School District is a school district based in El Paso, Texas (USA). Ysleta ISD is the third largest school district in the city of El Paso. All of the district area covers sections of El Paso.[1]

The Ysleta Independent School District was founded in 1915 as a rural education district with one high school, Ysleta High School and a number of elementary and intermediate schools. As the city of El Paso grew, many of the schools of the YISD were absorbed into the city. Today the district has 59 campuses.

During the 1990s, the district operated at state minimum achievement levels. Due to changes in leadership, the district turned itself around and in 1998 it emerged the first urban school district anywhere in the state to be named a "Recognized District" for student performance on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills test or TAAS. Ten district schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools while eight others are National Title One Distinguished Campuses.

Ysleta ISD's superintendent is Xavier De La Torre.[2]

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[3]

The Texas Education Agency's college readiness performance data shows that only 5% (148 out of 2836 students) of the graduates of the class of 2010 of the Ysleta school district met TEA's average performance criterion on SAT or ACT college admission tests.[4]

Demographics

Mexican Americans make up a large number of students. Margarita Espino Calderón and Liliana Minaya-Rowe, authors of Designing and Implementing Two-Way Bilingual Programs, wrote that the student population of Ysleta ISD was "heterogenous."[5]

List of schools

, 22 schools had two-way bilingual educational programs.[5]

Secondary schools

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary-intermediate (K-8) schools

Elementary schools

Pre-kindergarten centers

Alternative campuses

Special campuses

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: El Paso County, TX. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-06-25.
  2. Web site: Ysleta Independent School District. 2009-03-02. Ysleta.
  3. Web site: 2009 Accountability Rating System. Texas Education Agency. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151025190535/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html. 2015-10-25.
  4. Web site: College admission testing class of 2010:District and campus supplement. Texas Education Agency.
  5. Espino Calderón, Margarita and Minaya-Rowe, Liliana. Chapter 4: "Case Study: The Alicia R. Chacón International School." Designing and Implementing Two-Way Bilingual Programs. Corwin Press, January 22, 2003., 9781483351858. Start: 53. CITED: Start: 56.
  6. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
  7. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2007/2007-schools.pdf Microsoft Word - 2007-schools.doc

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