Birdville Independent School District | |
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Location | |
ESC Region 11 [1] USA | |
Coordinates | 32°48′24.31404″N97°15′16.65396″W / 32.8067539000°N 97.2546261000°W |
District information | |
Type | Independent school district |
Grades | Pre-K through 12 |
Established | 1926 [2] |
Superintendent | Gayle Stinson Ed.D. |
Schools | 34 (2016–17) [3] |
NCES District ID | 4810230 [3] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 23,857 (2017–18) [1] |
Teachers | 1,565.71 (2016–17) [3] (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis) |
Student–teacher ratio | 15.24 (2016–17) [3] |
Other information | |
TEA District Accountability Rating for 2018 | Overall B, with a Distinction Earned for Postsecondary Readiness [4] |
Website | Birdville ISD |
The Birdville Independent School District is a K-12 public school district based in Haltom City, Texas (USA). The name derives from a former community in the area, which later became part of Haltom City. [5]
As of the 2017–2018 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $8,233,801,000. [1] The maintenance tax rate was $0.104 and the bond tax rate was $0.041 per $100 of appraised valuation. [1]
Historical district TEA accountability ratings [6]
Note: Texas state accountability ratings were not assigned in 2003 or 2012
The district covers 40 square miles (100 km2) in northeast Tarrant County, including most of Haltom City, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, and Watauga. It also serves small parts of Colleyville, Fort Worth, and Hurst. About 120,000 people live in the district.
Over time, Birdville ISD has grown and expanded. As new students have been added, the district has built new schools, renovated and rebuilt old schools, and combined multiple schools into unified campuses as "partner schools". Below is a list of significant changes.
In the 2017–2018 school year, the district had 23,691 students in 33 schools; 21 Elementary Schools, 7 Middle Schools, and 5 High Schools [1]