Global InformationFort Worth Independent School District information
 | This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (December 2007) |
| Fort Worth Independent School District | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
Fort Worth, surrounding areas Texas
United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | Pre K-12 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Angelica Ramsey |
| Schools | 144 |
| Budget | $836.54 million |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 70,000 [1] |
| Teachers | 5,600 |
| Staff | 11,330 |
| Other information | |
| Website | [1] |
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.[2]
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 Arlington, Edgecliff Village, Forest Hill, Haltom City, Kennedale, Sansom Park, White Settlement, and unincorporated portions of Tarrant County.[3][4]
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 Paul Laurence Dunbar Young Men's Leadership Academy; an early college high school, Marine Creek Collegiate High School; and an early college medical high school, the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences.[5]
In 2018, the school district was given an overall grade of "C" by the Texas Education Agency[6]
- ^ "Fort Worth ISD". Texas Tribune. 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Totals for District 220905, Fort Worth ISD". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Independent School Districts in Tarrant County Map" (PDF). Tarrant County. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Education". City of Arlington. Retrieved 2021-12-29. - Direct map of school districts - See also: "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Tarrant County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
- ^ Ayala, Eva-Marie (2011-01-24). "Fort Worth students applying for Gold Seal slots". Fort Worth Star Telegram. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "2018 Accountability Ratings Overall Summary: Fort Worth ISD (220905)". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 2019-03-13.