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The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas, and the eighth-largest in the United States. [3] Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities in addition to some unincorporated areas .
Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center is the headquarters of the Houston Independent School District. The following is a complete list of school districts serving the city limits of Houston, Texas. Aldine Independent School District; Alief Independent School District; Clear Creek Independent School District; Crosby Independent School District
A 2020 investigation by the Houston Chronicle found that the school district's suspension rate increased dramatically during the first year of the takeover, and continued to increase to the point where students were suspended at a rate six times the average for Texas school districts. During the 2018-2019 school year, Beaumont ISD had a rate of ...
In 1995 the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAAS) passing rate was 19.8%. [22] In the 1990s the school's reported dropout rate declined from 14% to 0.3%, and because of that the Texas Education Agency gave the school an "exemplary" rating. [28] In 2001 the TAAS passing rate was 90.5% and the official dropout rate was about 12%. [22]
When HISD assumed control, the facilities were in a damaged state, 30-40% of students were habitually late to school, and 75-80% of students performed below grade level. Rick Fernandez became principal in 2013, and Tannisha Gentry, his assistant, succeeded him when he left to become principal of North Forest High School in 2015.
Established in the early 1920s in a low-income white area, it later became majority-black and black-run. The district had a history of financial and academic issues from the late 1980s until 2013. On July 1, 2013, it was closed by order of the state and absorbed into the Houston Independent School District (HISD).
Paula Harris, an HISD board member, stated her opposition to closing Jones. [12] On March 13, 2014, the HISD board voted 6-3 to keep the Jones campus open and convert it into an alternative career-readiness school for students throughout HISD. [17] In the new Jones, students may earn associates degrees. [18]
Eastwood Academy is a secondary school in the Eastwood neighborhood of the East End, Houston, Texas, United States. [2] The school is a member of the Houston Independent School District and is a school-of-choice for residents in the city of Houston. Eastwood Academy has been an "exemplary" high school by the Texas Education Agency since 2008. [3]