Ysleta Independent School District

Ysleta Independent School District is a school district based in El Paso, Texas (USA). Ysleta ISD is the third largest school district in the city of El Paso.

Ysleta ISD[1]
Campuses
High schools: 8
Middle schools: 11
Elementary schools: 36
K-8th grade schools: 2
Pre-K centers: 3
Alternative schools: 3
Students
Enrollment: 43,680
Hispanic: 92.7%
White, not Hispanic: 4.6%
African American: 1.6%
American Indian: <1%
Asian/Pacific: <1%
Employees
Full-time: 6,155
Teachers: 3,075
Average years experience: 12
Average teacher salary: $38,119
Superintendent
Dr. Xavier De La Torre

The Ysleta Independent School District was founded in 1915 as a rural education district with one high school, Ysleta High School and a number of elementary and intermediate schools. As the city of El Paso grew, many of the schools of the YISD were absorbed into the city. Today the district has 63 campuses stretching from northeast El Paso to the Rio Grande Valley.

During the 1990s, the district operated at state minimum achievement levels. Due to changes in leadership, the district turned itself around and in 1998 it emerged the first urban school district anywhere in the state to be named a "Recognized District" for student performance on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills test or TAAS. Ten district schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools while eight others are National Title One Distinguished Campuses.

Ysleta ISD's superintendent is Dr. Xaiver De La Torre.[2]

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[3]

The Texas Education Agency's college readiness performance data shows that only 5% (148 out of 2836 students) of the graduates of the class of 2010 of the Ysleta school district met TEA's average performance criterion on SAT or ACT college admission tests.[4]

List of schools

Secondary schools

High schools

Middle schools

A Texas School to Watch: 2011-2012, 2013-2014

Elementary schools

Pre-kindergarten

Alternative campuses

Special campuses

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ysleta Independent School District Statistics". Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  2. ↑ "Ysleta Independent School District". Ysleta. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  3. ↑ "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency.
  4. ↑ "College admission testing class of 2010:District and campus supplement". Texas Education Agency.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
  6. ↑ Microsoft Word - 2007-schools.doc

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