Fort Worth Independent School District

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Fort Worth Independent School District is a school district based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Based on a 2017-18 enrollment of 86,234 students, it is the fifth largest school district in Texas.^[1]

Fort Worth ISD serves most of the city of Fort Worth, and the cities of Benbrook, Westover Hills, and Westworth Village. The district also covers portions of Forest Hill, Haltom City, Kennedale and unincorporated portions of Tarrant County.^[2]

In 2010, the district unveiled one of the largest, most comprehensive redesigns of secondary education in the nation with its Gold Seal Programs of Choice and Gold Seal Schools of Choice. Each of its 13 high schools introduced curricula focused on college and career pathways. As part of the Gold Seal plan, the district has also opened a single-gender school for girls, the Young Women's Leadership Academy; a single-gender school for boys, the Young Men's Leadership Academy; an early college high school, Marine Creek Collegiate High School; and an early college medical high school, the .^[3]

In 2018, the school district was given an overall grade of "C" by the Texas Education Agency^[4]

History[]

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Superintendent Walter Dansby, who started his FWISD career circa 1974, began his term in 2012. His base salary was $338,817.60. He resigned on Monday June 2, 2014,; the following day the district announced his severance pay, to be doled out over a seven month period, would be over $900,000. His final day of work was January 31, 2015.^[5]

Salary[]

Teacher salaries in the FWISD are above the state average and significantly higher than the minimum teacher salary schedule in Texas.^[6] For the 2018-19 school year, the salary for new teachers with a Bachelor's degree in FWISD averaged $53,000 with no experience. The 2018-19 average salary for teachers with 30 years experience is $70,000. Teachers with a Master's degree or higher and the same years of experience averaged $1,000-$1,500 more per year.^[7][8]

Schools[]

Secondary schools[]

High schools (Grades 9-12)[]

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• Amon Carter Riverside High School (Fort Worth)
• Arlington Heights High School (Fort Worth)
• Benbrook Middle-High School (Benbrook)
• Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School (Fort Worth)
• Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fort Worth)
• Eastern Hills High School (Fort Worth)
• North Side High School (Fort Worth)
• R. L. Paschal High School (Fort Worth)
• Polytechnic High School (Fort Worth)
• South Hills High School (Fort Worth)
• Southwest High School (Fort Worth)
• Western Hills High School (Benbrook)
• O. D. Wyatt High School (Fort Worth)

Gold Seal Schools of Choice

• Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center K-5th (Fort Worth)
• Applied Learning Academy 6th-8th (Fort Worth)
• Como Montessori School K-8th (Fort Worth)
• Daggett Montessori School K-8th (Fort Worth)
• I.M. Terrell Academy for STEM & VPA 9th-12th (Fort Worth)
• Green B. Trimble Technical High School (Fort Worth)
• Marine Creek Collegiate High School 9th-12th (Fort Worth)
• Riverside Applied Learning Center PK-5th (Fort Worth)
• TCC South/FWISD Collegiate High School 9th-12th (Fort Worth)
• Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences 9th-12th (Fort Worth)
• World Languages Institute 6th-12th (Fort Worth)
• Young Men's Leadership Academy 6th-12th (Fort Worth)
• Young Women's Leadership Academy 6th-12th (Fort Worth)

Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)[]

• Benbrook Middle-High School
• Daggett Middle School
• J. Martin Jacquet Middle School
• J.P. Elder Middle School
• Leadership Academy @ Forest Oak Middle School
• Glencrest 6th Grade School
• Handley Middle School
• William James Middle School
• Kirkpatrick Middle School
• Leonard Middle School
• Jean McClung Middle School
• McLean 6th Grade School
• W.P. McLean Middle School
• W.A. Meacham Middle School
• Meadowbrook Middle School
• William Monnig Middle School
• Morningside Middle School
• Riverside Middle School
• Rosemont 6th Grade School
• Rosemont Middle School
• W. C. Stripling Middle School
• Wedgwood 6th Grade School
• Wedgwood Middle School

Other Schools

• Boulevard Heights (Fort Worth)
• Horizons Alternative School (Fort Worth)
• J.J.A.E.P Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (Fort Worth)
• Jo Kelly School (Fort Worth)
• Lena Pope Home (Fort Worth)
• Metro Opportunity School (Fort Worth)
• Middle Level Learning Center (Fort Worth)
• International Newcomer Academy (Fort Worth)
• Success High School (Fort Worth)

Primary/Elementary schools[]

• Harlean Beal Elementary School (Forest Hill)
• Benbrook Elementary School (Benbrook)
• Bonnie Brae Elementary School
• Edward J. Briscoe Elementary School
• Burton Hill Elementary School (Westworth Village)
• Carroll Peak Elementary School
• Carter Park Elementary School
• Cesar Chavez Elementary School
• George C. Clarke Elementary School
• Lily B. Clayton Elementary School
• Como Elementary School
• Alice D. Contreras Elementary School
• E.M. Daggett Elementary School
• Clifford Davis Elementary School
• De Zavala Elementary School
• Diamond Hill Elementary School
• S.S. Dillow Elementary School
• East Handley Elementary School
• Eastern Hills Elementary School
• Bill J. Elliott Elementary School
• M.G. Ellis Primary School (PreK-K)
• Glen Park Elementary School
  • 2004 National Blue Ribbon School^[9]
• W.M. Green Elementary School
• Greenbriar Elementary School
• H.V. Helbing Elementary School
• Natha Howell Elementary School (Haltom City)
• Hubbard Heights Elementary School
• Dolores Huerta Elementary School
• Manuel Jara Elementary School
• M.L. Kirkpatrick Elementary School
• Maude I. Logan Elementary School
• Lowery Road Elementary School
• Atwood McDonald Elementary School
• D. McRae Elementary School
• Meadowbrook Elementary School
• Rufino Mendoza Elementary School
  • 2003 National Blue Ribbon School^[9]
• Luella Merrett Elementary School
• Mitchell Boulevard Elementary School
  • In 2018 the district categorized the school as a "leadership academy" as a way to turn around historically low test scores.^[10]
• M.H. Moore Elementary School
• Morningside Elementary School
• Christene C. Moss Elementary School
• Charles Nash Elementary School
• North Hi Mount Elementary School
• Oakhurst Elementary School
• Oaklawn Elementary School
• A.M. Pate Elementary School
• Mary Louise Phillips Elementary School
• Ridglea Hills Elementary School
• Rosemont Elementary School
• Sam Rosen Elementary School
• Sagamore Hill Elementary School
• David K. Sellars Elementary School (Forest Hill)
• Seminary Hills Park Elementary School
• Bruce Shulkey Elementary School
• T.A. Sims Elementary School
• South Hi Mount Elementary School
• South Hills Elementary School
• Springdale Elementary School
• J.T. Stevens Elementary School
• Sunrise-McMillan Elementary School
• Tanglewood Elementary School
  • 1991-92 National Blue Ribbon School^[11]
• I.M. Terrell Elementary School
• W.J. Turner Elementary School
• Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School
• Maudrie M. Walton Elementary School
• Washington Heights Elementary School
• Waverly Park Elementary School
• West Handley Elementary School
• Westcliff Elementary School
• Westcreek Elementary School
• Western Hills Elementary School (2-5)
• Western Hills Primary School (PreK-1)
• Westpark Elementary School (Benbrook)
• Versia L. Williams Elementary School
• Richard J. Wilson Elementary School
• Woodway Elementary School
• Worth Heights Elementary School
• John T. White Elementary School

See also[]

• List of school districts in Texas

References[]

External links[]

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