Waxahachie Independent School District
| Waxahachie Independent School District | |
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Waxahachie, Texas United States of America |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public, Independent school district |
| Motto | "Excellence in Education" |
| Grades | Prekindergarden - 12th grade |
| Established | 1864 |
| Superintendent | Jeremy K. Glenn |
| Governing agency | Texas Education Agency |
| District ID | 4844730 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 8,107 |
| Teachers | 566.8 |
| Staff | 1,162.8 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The Waxahachie Independent School District is a public school district located in Waxahachie, Texas, a suburban community serving as the county seat for Ellis County which adjoins Dallas County to the north. Waxahachie ISD is a district of approximately 8,000 students structured in thirteen campuses: 7 elementary school campuses, 2 junior high campuses, 3 high school campuses and 1 alternative learning campus. WISD offers several CTSO's to its students including FFA, Skills USA and TSA.
In 2012-13 and 2013–14, the school district and all campuses received the highest Texas Education Agency accountability rating of "Met Standard." In 2014, the NAMM Foundation awarded the district a Best Communities for Music Education designation, one of only 376 districts to receive the prestigious award.
Students in Waxahachie typically outperform local region and state-wide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 80% of students in Lake Worth ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 76% in Region 10 and 75% in the state of Texas. The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1476, and the average ACT score was 22.6.
In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 8,107 students, ranging from early childhood education and pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 545 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was 2.2%.
As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 49.7% White, 34.8% Hispanic, 11.8% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.4% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 2.7% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 47.1% of the student body.
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