Tyler Independent School District
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| Tyler Independent School District | |
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| Address | |
1319 Earl Campbell Parkway
, Texas, 75701United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Independent school district |
| Grades | Pre-K - 12 |
| Superintendent | Marty Crawford |
| School board | R. Wade Washmon Yvonne Atkins Aaron Martinez Lindsey Harrison Artis Newsome Andy Bergfeld Cody Levrets |
| NCES District ID | 4843470[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 18,147 |
| Teachers | 1,272 |
| Staff | 2,847 |
| Other information | |
| Website | tylerisd |
Tyler Independent School District is an independent school district based in Tyler, Texas (USA).
In addition to serving most of Tyler, the district serves the city of Noonday and rural areas in west central Smith County. Notable alumni include Earl Campbell (Tyler High) and Sandy Duncan (Tyler Legacy High).
In 2019, the school district was rated as a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]
History
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Like other Texas school districts, Tyler ISD formerly separated children into different schools on the basis of race. The district established a plan to racially integrate; the board of trustees approved such a plan in 1965, eleven years after the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.[3] The district was not fully integrated until July 1970, after a federal court ordered immediate integration.[4]
Demographics
[edit]| Ethnicity | Percent |
|---|---|
| White | 21.5 % |
| Hispanic | 47.4 % |
| African American | 26.6 % |
| Native American | 0.3 % |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1.4 % |
| Two or More Races | 2.9 % |
Leadership
[edit]School Board
[edit]The District is run by a seven-member school board of trustees who are elected in single member districts to three-year terms each May.
| Current Member Name | Role | Trustee since | Current term expires in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 1 | R. Wade Washmon | President | 2013 | 2025 |
| District 3 | Yvonne Atkins | Trustee | 2020 | 2025 |
| District 2 | Artis Newsome | Trustee | 2020 | 2026 |
| District 4 | Cody Levrets | Trustee | 2023 | 2026 |
| District 5 | Aaron D. Martinez | Trustee | 2015 | 2027 |
| District 6 | Lindsey Harrison | Trustee | 2021 | 2025 |
| District 7 | Andy Bergfeld | Trustee | 2012 | 2027 |
Former Trustees include: Rev. Fritz Hager Jr, Rev. Orenthia Mason, Freeman Sterling, Jean Washington and Therelee Washington.[7][8]
Schools
[edit]High Schools (Grades 9-12)
[edit]- Tyler Legacy High School (1958)
- Tyler High School (1912)
- Early College High School
- RISE Academy
Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)
[edit]- Boulter Middle School (1960)
- Hubbard Middle School (1964)
- Moore MST Magnet School (1955)
- Three Lakes Middle School (2015)
Elementary Schools (Grades PK-5)
[edit]- Austin Elementary
- Bell Elementary
- Bonner Elementary
- Clarkston Elementary[9]
- Dixie Elementary
- Douglas Elementary
- Griffin Elementary
- Jack Elementary
- Jones Elementary
- Orr Elementary
- Owens Elementary
- Peete Elementary
- Ramey Elementary
- Rice Elementary
- Woods Elementary
Innovation Schools (Grades PK-8)
[edit]- Caldwell Arts Academy
- Birdwell Dual Language Immersion School
Auxiliary Facilities
[edit]Tyler ISD also maintains the Professional Development Complex (located adjacent to Peete Elementary in Tyler). This facility houses a small number of information technology staff and serves as a large training facility for Tyler ISD faculty and staff. It is located in the building which served as the former campus of Peete Elementary (commonly called, "The Old Peete Campus"). Gary Elementary also serves as the district's site for elementary gifted and talented education (referred to as the TARGET program)
School Photographs
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Gary Elementary School -
Tyler High School
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Tyler ISD". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "2019 Accountability Ratings Overall Summary". tea.texas.gov. Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "School Plan Gets Tyler Board Okay". The Shreveport Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. 15 May 1965. p. 4A. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hancock, Lee (1 September 2017). "Robert E. Lee High School, race, and segregation in Tyler: a 130-year timeline". The Tyler Loop. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Tyler ISD Demographics". Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Board Leadership – School Board / Tyler Independent School District". www.tylerisd.org. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Hager, Sterling win Tyler ISD board of trustees races".
- ^ "Orenthia Mason retires from Tyler ISD board". 21 April 2020.
- ^ Megan Middleton (14 December 2009). "Early To Build: New Clarkston Elementary Ahead of Schedule". Tyler Morning Telegraph (Newspaper). Butler Publishing. p. 1A, 6A.
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