Irving Independent School District

Irving Independent School District
Type and location
Type	Public
Grades	Pre-K through 12
Established	1909
Country	United States
Location	Irving, Texas
District Info
Superintendent	Dr. Dana T. Bedden
Budget	$256 million general fund
Students and staff
Students	34,289 (2010-2011)
Teachers	2500
Staff	2000
Athletic Conference	5A
Other information
Website	Irving Independent School District

Irving Independent School District is a school district based in Irving, Texas (USA). The district, which covers 48.5 square miles (126 km²), serves most of the city of Irving, except for Valley Ranch and a portion of Las Colinas. The district also serves small portions of Grand Prairie and Dallas.

Irving ISD is made up of 81% low-income families, including 9,500 high school students. It is also a minority-majority district. Ninety-five languages are spoken by its students.

All Irving ISD high school students are issued a laptop computer. In addition students at DeZavala Middle School, which is a part of a grant program, get laptops.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.^[1]

Demographics

• African American 12.06%
• American Indian 0.47%
• Asian 3.57%
• Hispanic 70.84%
• White 11.66%

The district had a peak enrollment of 33,189. By 2007 the district faced decreases in student enrollment. Jack Singley, the superintendent, said that the City of Irving did a code enforcement crackdown on several low rent apartments, causing many low income families to leave the district. In addition, he said that some illegal immigrants may have feared deportation, so they and their families left the district.^[2]

School uniforms

All Irving ISD elementary and middle school students are required to wear school uniforms.

The uniforms consists of a polo shirt and appropriate school pants (navy blue pants, khakis, etc.).

The shirt colors accepted are:

• Light Blue
• White
• Forest Green
• Navy Blue
• Attending campus school color

Schools

Secondary schools

High schools

• Irving High School
• MacArthur High School
• Nimitz High School
• Jack E. Singley Academy (formerly The Academy of Irving ISD)

All four of these schools feed into North Lake College within the Dallas County Community College District

Middle schools

• Austin Middle School
• Bowie Middle School
• Crockett Middle School
• DeZavala Middle School
• Houston Middle School
• Lamar Middle School
• Travis Middle School
• Lady Bird Johnson Middle School (Opens 2011-2012 School year)

Primary schools

• Barton Elementary School
• Brandenburg Elementary School
• Britain Elementary School
• Brown Elementary School
• Davis Elementary School
• Elliott Elementary School
• Farine Elementary School
• Gilbert Elementary School
• Good Elementary School
  • 2000-01 National Blue Ribbon School ^[3]
• John Haley Elementary School
• Thomas Haley Elementary School
• Hanes Elementary School
• Johnston Elementary School
• Keyes Elementary School
• Lee Elementary School
• Lively Elementary School
• Schulze Elementary School
• Stipes Elementary School
• Townley Elementary School
• Townsell Elementary School

Early childhood centers

• Clifton Early Childhood Center
• Kinkeade Early Childhood Center
• Pierce Early Childhood Center

Learning centers

• Elementary Development Center
• Ratterree Career Development Center
• Secondary Reassignment Center
• Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory Center (Formerly Union Bower Center for Learning)
• Wheeler Transitional and Development Center

References

1. ^ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2009/index.html. 
2. ^ Hupp, Staci and Katherine Leal Unmuth. "Irving, Richardson schools face sliding enrollment, hard choices." The Dallas Morning News. Sunday December 9, 2007. Retrieved on November 19, 2011.
3. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)

External links

• Irving ISD
• Irving ISD Crimestoppers