Irving Independent School District
| Irving Independent School District | |
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Irving, Texas United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Where Children Come First |
| Grades | Pre-K through 12 |
| Established | 1909 |
| Superintendent | Jose L. Parra, Ed.D |
| Budget | $250 million general fund |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 34,851 (2011–12) |
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| Athletic conference | 6A |
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| Website | www |
Irving Independent School District is a school district based in Irving, Texas (USA). The district, which covers 48.5 square miles (126 km2), serves most of the city of Irving, except for Valley Ranch and a portion of Las Colinas. The district also serves small portions of Grand Prairie and Dallas.
There are two parts of West Dallas that are in Irving ISD: an area south of the west fork of the Trinity River and north of the Bernal Greenbelt, and an area west of Top Line Drive and south of the Trinity River.
All Irving ISD high school students are issued a laptop computer. The IISD Library Media Program received national recognition in 2000 and 1991 when it received the National School Library Media Program of the Year Award (Large District Category) by the American Association of School Librarians.
In 2010, the final year of TEA academic ratings, the school district was rating academically acceptable. While the school district has a high percentage of free and reduced lunch students, language minority students, all schools have consistently been ranked either exemplary, recognized, or academically acceptable by the Texas Education Agency. In 2010 and 2011, the school district received a 5-star rating from the Texas Comptroller for its fiscal management and academic progress. Irving ISD was one of approximately 43 school districts out of over 1200 in Texas to receive the rating in 2010. During the 2011 school year, Irving was one of only 23 school districts out of over 1200 to repeat the 5-star rating. In 2015, Irving ISD was one of two winners of the national AP District of the Year by College Board.
IISD graduates in the Class of 2010 earned approximately $22 million in scholarship offers. Eleven seniors were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program, and many others received local, regional, state and national honors in academics, fine arts, and athletics.
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