Northside Independent School District
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- Note, this Northside ISD serves the San Antonio area. For the Northside ISD near Vernon, see Northside Independent School District (Wilbarger County, Texas)
Northside Independent School District is a school district headquartered in Leon Valley, Texas. It is the largest school district in the San Antonio area and the fourth largest[1] in the State of Texas (and is projected within the next 1-2 years to surpass the Fort Worth Independent School District for the third place position). Northside serves 355 square miles (920 km²) of urban landscape, suburban growth and rural Texas hill country.
Northside ISD serves a portion of the city of San Antonio as well as the cities of Grey Forest, Leon Valley, Shavano Park, Helotes and the unincorporated communities of Cross Mountain, Leon Springs, and Scenic Oaks. The district also serves some unincorporated portions of Bexar County, Bandera County, and Medina County.
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[edit] Student Enrollment
Based on 07-08 Enrollment
*Enrollment : 85,546
[edit] Schools
[edit] Secondary schools
Northside has chosen a unique method of naming its traditional high schools; each school is named for a former or current United States Supreme Court justice. Under current district policy (see below), eighth graders who will be part of a new high school's first graduating class are encouraged to research prior justices and submit nominations.
The justices so honored are Tom C. Clark, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Jay, John Marshall (the oldest high school; originally named Northside Rural High School but later renamed to conform to the naming convention), Sandra Day O'Connor, John Paul Stevens (who attended the school's dedication), William Howard Taft, and Earl Warren. Louis D. Brandeis has been honored to be the namesake for the district's newest high school; the groundbreaking ceremony was on March 30, 2006, with planned completion by May 2008.
[edit] High Schools
- Louis D. Brandeis High School, San Antonio (opening in 2008)
- Business Careers High School, San Antonio
- Tom C. Clark High School, San Antonio
- Communications Arts High School, San Antonio
- Health Careers High School, San Antonio
- Holmes High School, San Antonio
- John Jay High School, San Antonio
- John Jay Science and Engineering Academy, San Antonio
- John Marshall High School, Leon Valley (formerly Northside High School, renamed in 1960)
- Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Helotes
- John Paul Stevens High School, San Antonio
- William H. Taft High School
- National Blue Ribbon School in 1997-98 [2]
- Earl Warren High School, San Antonio
[edit] Middle Schools
- John B. Connally Middle School
- William P. Hobby Middle School
- Wallace B. Jefferson Middle School
- Anson Jones Middle School
- Jack C. Jordan Middle School
- Gregory Luna Middle School
- Pat Neff Middle School
- E. M. Pease Middle School
- Ed Rawlinson Middle School
- Sam Rayburn Middle School
- Sul Ross Middle School
- Earl Rudder Middle School
- [[Coke R. Stevenson Middle School
- National Blue Ribbon School in 1990-91 [3]
- Katherine Stinson Middle School
- Robert L. Vale Middle School (opening in 2008)
- H. B. Zachry Middle School
[edit] Elementary Schools
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[edit] Special Schools
- Alternative Elementary School
- Alternative High School
- Alternative Middle School-North
- Alternative Middle School-South
- Children's Center
- Evening High School
- Excel Academy
- Habilitation Program
- Holmgreen Center
- Northside Vocational Transition Program
- Special Education Night School
[edit] History
In 1949 the Northside Independent School District was a consolidation of several rural school districts. The districts included:
- Leon Springs
- Los Reyes(became part of Helotes in 1939)
- Helotes
- Locke Hill
- Leon Valley
- San Antonio Heights
- Lockhart
- Mackey
- Clifton
- Hoffman
- Culebra
- Evers(became part of Leon Valley in 1924)
The school district began with only 823 students; but now Northside is the fourth largest school district in Texas and the largest school district in South Texas.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Facts and Figures : Northside Independent School District - San Antonio, TX 78238
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF)
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