Ysleta Independent School District

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Ysleta Independent School District
District information
SuperintendentXavier De La Torre
Schools59
Students and staff
Students43,680
Faculty6,155
Teachers3,075

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.[ citation needed ] All of the district area covers sections of El Paso. [1]

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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 59 campuses.

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 Xavier 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]

Demographics

Mexican Americans make up a large number of students. Margarita Espino Calderón and Liliana Minaya-Rowe, authors of Designing and Implementing Two-Way Bilingual Programs, wrote that the student population of Ysleta ISD was "heterogenous." [5]

List of schools

As of 2005, 22 schools had two-way bilingual educational programs. [5]

Secondary schools

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary-intermediate (K-8) schools

Alicia R. Chacon International School Alicia R. Chacon International School.jpg
Alicia R. Chacón International School

Elementary schools

Pre-kindergarten centers

Alternative campuses

Special campuses

See also

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References

  1. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: El Paso County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  2. "Ysleta Independent School District". Ysleta. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  3. "2009 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.
  4. "College admission testing class of 2010:District and campus supplement". Texas Education Agency.
  5. 1 2 Espino Calderón, Margarita and Minaya-Rowe, Liliana. Chapter 4: "Case Study: The Alicia R. Chacón International School." Designing and Implementing Two-Way Bilingual Programs. Corwin Press, January 22, 2003. ISBN   1483351858, 9781483351858. Start: 53. CITED: Start: 56.
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