Dallas Independent School District
| Dallas Independent School District | |
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3700 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75204 United States of America |
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| District information | |
| Motto | “Our mission is to prepare all students to graduate with the knowledge and skills to become productive and responsible citizens.” |
| Grades | PK - 12 |
| Superintendent | Michael Hinojosa |
| Budget | $1,618,362,513 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 160,253 |
| Teachers | 11,103 |
| Staff | 3,774 |
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| Website | www.dallasisd.org |
The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD or DISD) is a school district based in Dallas, Texas (USA). Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of Dallas County, is the second largest school district in Texas and the twelfth largest in the United States.
In 2014, the school district was rated "as having met the standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
Dallas ISD covers 312.6 square miles (809.6 km2) of land (map) and most of the city of Dallas. The district also serves Cockrell Hill, most of Seagoville and Addison, Wilmer, most of Hutchins, and portions of the following cities:
In addition, Dallas ISD covers unincorporated areas of Dallas County, including some areas with Ferris addresses.
The Dallas public school district in its current form was first established in Dallas in 1884, although there is evidence that public schools had existed for Dallas prior to that date. Mayor W. L. Cabell ordered just one month after the June 16, 1884, district founding that "all former Ordinances in relation to the city public school are hereby repealed," and the district's 1884-85 superintendent, a Mr. Boles, had enrollment figures for each year from 1880 through his own tenure; furthermore, the Dallas Directory of 1873 expressed regret that "there are no public schools in Dallas," while the 1875 Directory said that "the schools are near perfection." The 1884 organizational meeting coincides with changes in statewide education law establishing a system of school districts, each to be assigned its own number, with the ability to levy taxes and raise funds as well as to determine the length of school terms and other educational decisions; the state superintendent of schools, Benjamin M. Baker, also praised the new law's abandonment of tying teachers' salaries to the number of pupils attending, a practice he called "a relic of barbarism."
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