White Settlement Independent School District

White Settlement Independent School District is a public school district based in White Settlement, Texas (USA). The district serves students in White Settlement and a portion of Fort Worth in west central Tarrant County.

White Settlement Independent School District
Location
401 S. Cherry Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76108
United States of America
District information
TypePublic
MottoThink Big … Bears Do!
GradesPre-K through 12
SuperintendentFrank Molinar[1]
Governing agencyTexas Education Agency
Budget$62.3 million[2]
NCES District ID4845540[2]
Students and staff
Students6,697[3]
Teachers414.6[3]
Staff727.1[3]
Other information
Websitewww.wsisd.com

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[4]

Schools
  • Brewer High School
  • Brewer Middle School
  • Tannahill Intermediate School (Fort Worth)
  • Blue Haze Elementary School (Fort Worth)
  • Liberty Elementary School
  • North Elementary School (Fort Worth)
  • West Elementary School
  • Fine Arts Academy
  • Mesa High School/Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP)

Students

Academics
STAAR - Percent at Level II Satisfactory Standard or Above (Sum of All Grades Tested)[3]
Subject White Settlement ISD Region 11 State of Texas
Reading 76% 76% 73%
Mathematics 79% 78% 76%
Writing 73% 72% 69%
Science 81% 81% 79%
Soc. Studies 82% 80% 77%
All Tests 78% 77% 75%

Students in White Settlement typically perform close to local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 78% of students in White Settlement ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas.[3] The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1360, and the average ACT score was 20.1.[3]

Demographics

In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 6,697 students, ranging from early childhood education and pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 397 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was 1.8%.[3]

As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 49.5% White, 37.2% Hispanic, 7.1% African American, 1.5% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, and 3.9% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 53.8% of the student body.[3]

References
  1. Home - Superintendent - White Settlement ISD
  2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for White Settlement Isd". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  3. "2015-16 Texas Academic Performance Report, WHITE SETTLEMENT ISD". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  4. "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.
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