South Park Independent School District
| Beaumont Independent School District | |
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3395 Harrison Avenue Beaumont, Texas ESC Region 5 USA |
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| District information | |
| Type | Independent school district |
| Grades | Pre-K through 12 |
| Superintendent | John Frossard |
| Schools | 40 (2009-10) |
| District ID | 4809670 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 19,228 (2016–17) |
| Teachers | 1,442.88 (2009-10) (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis) |
| Student-teacher ratio | 13.55 (2009-10) |
| Athletic conference | UIL Class 5A Football & Basketball; 4A Football and Basketball |
| Other information | |
| TEA District Accountability Rating for 2011 | Academically Acceptable |
| Website | Beaumont ISD |
Beaumont Independent School District is a U.S. public school district serving Beaumont and also Bevil Oaks, in Southeast Texas. The district originated in the annexation of the former Beaumont ISD by the South Park Independent School District after its trustees voted in 1983 to dissolve it as the culmination of a struggle over desegregation of both districts. The original Beaumont ISD had previously absorbed the smaller French ISD.
As of November 2016[update], the district operates 28 schools: a Headstart center, a pre-kindergarten center, 14 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 3 specialized and alternative learning centers. Since April 2014, it has been under direct state control, with a superintendent and board of managers appointed by the Texas Education Agency.
The original Beaumont Independent School District, with Beaumont High School as its senior high school, was founded in 1883 and included the neighborhoods of downtown and the port area, and in 1948 absorbed the smaller French ISD on the north side, with French High School. It also operated a high school for black students, Charlton-Pollard High School. In 1975, as part of court-ordered desegregation of the district, this merged with Beaumont High School to form Beaumont-Charlton-Pollard High School.
South Park Independent School District was founded in 1891 but was shaped by the aftermath of the discovery of oil at Spindletop in 1901; it took its name from the neighborhood at the south end of the city that grew up to house oil-field workers in the resulting boom. It operated South Park High School and came to include the expanding neighborhoods on the west side of Beaumont, where it opened Forest Park High School in the 1960s. It also had a high school for black students, Hebert High School.
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