Lewisville Independent School District

Lewisville Independent School District (LISD) is a 127-square mile school district based in Lewisville, Texas (USA) covering all of Lewisville, The Colony, Highland Village, Copper Canyon, and Double Oak as well as portions of Flower Mound, Plano, Carrollton, Frisco, Hebron, Coppell, Grapevine and Argyle.[3]

Lewisville Independent School District
Location
Lewisville, TX
ESC Region 11

USA
District information
TypePublic
MottoReal Innovation, Limitless Opportunity
GradesPre-K through 12
Established1902
SuperintendentDr. Kevin Rogers[1]
Budget$677,619,339 (2019-20)[2]
Students and staff
Students53,182 (2016–17)
Teachers3,815 (2016-17)
Other information
WebsiteLewisville ISD

The recent suburban growth of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has caused LISD to grow at a great pace, becoming the 94th-largest school district in the United States in 2006. Proximity calculated a 28.56% increase in student population from 2000 to 2006; LISD was declared the 17th largest school district in the State of Texas in 2008.[4] To help maintain this growth, in May 2008, voters approved a $697 million bond package.

In 2010, the school district was rated "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.[5]

History

For several years in the aughts/2010s the district grew by about 2,000 pupils annually. In the aughts the district expected to have its student body reach 60,000 by 2016, but a 2011 study commissioned by the district stated that the student enrollment would peak at 55,000.[6]

In the early twenty-first century, Lewisville ISD high schools began to reach their capacities, prompting the decision by the school board to construct additional ninth and tenth grade campuses for all schools except for The Colony High School. In the case of Edward S. Marcus High School, Flower Mound High School, and Hebron High School, ninth grade centers were built adjascent to the existing campuses. Lewisville High School gained two additional campuses, LHS Killough and LHS Harmon. Ninth and tenth grade students attend both of these campuses, before attending classes on the main campus for their junior and senior years.

District facts
LISD's enrollment has grown since 1991 more than twofold.

LISD is ranked as Recognized under the Texas Education Agency, and individual schools are broken down as follows:

  • Exemplary: 38
  • Recognized: 20
  • Academically Acceptable: 2
  • Academically Unacceptable: 0

For the 2010–11 school year, LISD had approximately 51,000 students enrolled, with a total staff of 6,145.

Lewisville ISD was recognized in both 2006 and 2007 as one of the 100 best communities for music education.[7] In late 2007, Standard & Poor's upgraded LISD's bond rating to AA+, the highest rating given at the time to any school district in Texas, and one of only three nationwide.[3]

For the 2017–2018 school year, LISD recognized 58 National Merit Finalists. On the SAT, LISD students score approximately 102 points higher than the National average; on the ACT, students score 3.3 points higher.

District composition and finances
Ethnic composition[8]
African American – 10.24%
Hispanic – 29.1%
White – 92.8%
American Indian – .4%
Asian – 13.7%
Pacific Islander – .1%
Two or more races – 3.6%
2007 tax rate
$1.4087 per $100 of property valuation
Tax base composition
32.2% business
67.8% residential
Total taxable value, 2009–10 school year
$22,072,671,296

1:X

1:X (pronounced 1 to X) is a program implemented across the District of LISD. The program rolled out iPads to the vast majority of LISD Students, and implemented Google Apps specifically for the school district. The goal is to have "The right technology at the right time." [9]

iPad replacement program

Beginning in 2018, 4th graders and current high school students received new 10.5" iPad Pro devices with keyboard cases to replace aging iPad Airs implemented in 2014. Students in grades 5-8 received the exact same iPad Air devices they had before, but with a new Mobile Device Management and a new case with no keyboard. In fall 2019, students in grades 5-8 will be receiving new iPad Pros with keyboards to match the rest of the district.[10]

Fiber network

Starting in 2016 and completing in spring 2018, LISD rolled out a fiber optic network provided by Unite Private Networks, that provides speeds of up to 1 Gbps. This network replaced aging cable infrastructure from local ISP Grande Communications. The district also installed a link to the Region XI Educational Service Center.[11]

Schools

High schools
Hebron High School

Middle schools
  • Arbor Creek Middle School, Carrollton, Texas, feeds into Hebron High School
  • Briarhill Middle School
  • Creek Valley Middle School
  • DeLay Middle School (originally opened in 1974 at the site of the original Lewisville High, relocated to the former Milliken Middle School campus in 2010)
  • Clayton Downing Middle School
  • Durham Middle School
  • Forestwood Middle School feeds into Flower Mound High School (9th grade freshmen attend Flower Mound 9th Grade Campus)
  • Griffin Middle School
  • Hedrick Middle School
  • Huffines Middle School feeds into Killough Lewisville High School North and Lewisville High School
  • Killian Middle School (uncertain founded date)
  • Lakeview Middle School
  • Lamar Middle School (Flower Mound, Texas)
  • McKamy Middle School
  • Shadow Ridge Middle School

Elementary schools
  • B.B. Owen Elementary
  • Bluebonnet Elementary
  • Bridlewood Elementary
  • Camey Elementary
  • Castle Hills Elementary
  • Central Elementary
    • By 2006 the school received an addition that allowed for an additional 250 students.[12]
  • Coyote Ridge Elementary
  • Creekside Elementary
  • Degan Elementary
  • LISD STEM Academy at Donald Elementary (Became a STEM Academy in 2018[13])
    • 2006 National Blue Ribbon School [14]
  • Ethridge Elementary
  • Flower Mound Elementary
    • 1993–94 National Blue Ribbon School [15]
  • Forest Vista Elementary
  • Garden Ridge Elementary
  • Hebron Valley Elementary
  • Hedrick Elementary - The 2018-2019 school year was the last year this school operated.
  • Heritage Elementary
    • 2000–01 National Blue Ribbon School [15]
  • Hicks Elementary
  • Highland Village Elementary
    • 1993–94 National Blue Ribbon School [15]
  • Homestead Elementary
  • Indian Creek Elementary
  • Independence Elementary (feeds into Killian MS)
  • Lakeland Elementary
  • Lewisville Elementary
  • Liberty Elementary
  • Lillie J. Jackson Early Childhood Center, for students that qualify under the TEA Prekindergarten requirements.
  • McAuliffe Elementary
  • Mill Street Elementary
  • Morningside Elementary
  • Old Settlers Elementary
  • Parkway Elementary School
  • Peters Colony Elementary
  • Polser Elementary
  • Prairie Trail Elementary
  • Rockbrook Elementary
  • Southridge Elementary
  • Stewart's Creek Elementary
  • Timber Creek Elementary
  • Valley Ridge Elementary
  • Vickery Elementary
  • Wellington Elementary

Other schools
  • Dale Jackson Career Center
  • Denton County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (housed at Lewisville Learning Center)
  • Lewisville Learning Center (technically classified as a high school). The LLC offers three main programs:
    • District Alternative Education Program, for disciplinary students
    • Accelerated Division, for grade advancement in both middle and high schools
    • Student Age Parenting Program, the only location in LISD to currently offer parenting education classes

Former schools
  • Lina Milliken Middle School (opened in 1977, closed in 1997)
    • After closure as a middle school, the facility was used as the Lewisville High 9th Grade Campus until its new facility opened in 2005, whereupon it was closed and unoccupied. The facility reopened in fall 2010 as the relocated DeLay Middle School.
    • 1992–93 National Blue Ribbon School[15]
  • College Street Elementary School (closed in 2019)
    • Replaced by Mill Street Elementary School, which was completed in October, 2019. The district plans to repurpose the building.[16]
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See also

References
  1. "Superintendent / Superintendent of Schools". www.lisd.net. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. https://www.lisd.net/cms/lib/TX01918037/Centricity/Domain/7044/02_Budget/Adopted_Budget_2019_20.pdf
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) LISD Guidebook
  4. Proximity's Largest School Districts in the United States
  5. "2010 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2010-08-02.
  6. Treviño, Julissa. "Affected by slowing growth, Lewisville ISD moves forward with plans." The Dallas Morning News. August 23, 2013. Retrieved on June 18, 2016.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) List of Best 100 Communities for Music Education, 2007
  8. https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&year4=2017&year2=17&_debug=0&single=N&title=2017+Texas+Academic+Performance+Reports&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&prgopt=2017%2Ftapr%2Ftapr.sas&ptype=P&level=district&search=district&namenum=Lewisville+ISD&district=061902
  9. https://www.lisd.net/Page/13130
  10. https://www.lisd.net/Page/20493
  11. https://bgp.he.net/AS27295
  12. Smith, Andrew D. (2006-09-05). "Schools rising to meet needs: Influx of Hispanics driving construction in aging neighborhoods". Dallas Morning News.
  13. https://www.lisd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=17&ModuleInstanceID=8&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=34682&PageID=27
  14. Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 2003 through 2007
  15. Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982–1983 Through 1999–2002 (PDF) Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
  16. "College Street Elementary Hosts 'Farewell' Event". http. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
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