With a new school year about to get underway, Northside ISD is celebrating the result of a focused effort to improve standardized test scores - a Recognized rating from the state.
The District has 15 Exemplary schools - five times as many as last year - and the number of Recognized campuses increased from 37 to 46. All other campuses were rated Academically Acceptable.
The
Texas Education Agency announced accountability ratings earlier this month.
In 2006, Northside was Recognized, but last year, the standards were raised and Northside's overall rating was Academically Acceptable. Superintendent John Folks said he is thrilled the District was able to regain its Recognized rating this year.
"I am so proud of our students and teachers," he said. "This is an incredible accomplishment, especially considering the size and diversity of our District."
Northside ISD expects to have 88,596 students for the 2008-09 school year. Almost half of the District's students are classified as economically disadvantaged.
NISD students scored higher than the state average in every subject at every grade level, Folks noted.
The 15 Exemplary campuses include: Health Careers High School, and Aue, Beard, Blattman, Colonies North, Elrod, Hatchett, Helotes, Krueger, Lackland City, Leon Springs, Linton, Raba, Scobee, and Thornton elementary schools.
For a campus or a district to achieve an Exemplary rating, 90 percent of the total student body and each of the student groups - white, Hispanic, African American, and economically disadvantaged - must pass the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) in all subject areas. For Recognized, the minimum passing rate is 75 percent.
A complete list of
2008 accountability ratings and
school-by-school test scores now are available.
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