Kennedale Independent School District

Kennedale Independent School District
Location
Kennedale, Texas United States of America
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Committed to Excellence
Superintendent	Chad Gee[1]
Governing agency	Texas Education Agency
NCES District ID	4825500[2]
Students and staff
Students	3,134[3]
Teachers	204.8[3]
Staff	394.4[3]
Other information
Website	http://www.kennedaleisd.net

Kennedale Independent School District is a public school district based in Kennedale, Texas (USA).

In addition to Kennedale, the district serves small portions of Arlington and Fort Worth.

In 2016-2017, the school district was rated "exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency.[4]

Motto

Kennedale ISD's motto is "Committed to Excellence"[5]

Schools

Kennedale ISD has five schools - four in Kennedale and one (R.F. Patterson Elementary) in Arlington.

• Kennedale High School (Grades 9-12)
• Kennedale Junior High (Grades 7-8)
• James A. Arthur Intermediate (Grades 5-6)
• James F. Delaney Elementary (Grades PK-4)
• R.F. Patterson Elementary (Grades K-4)

Students

Academics

STAAR - Percent at Level II Satisfactory Standard or Above (Sum of All Grades Tested)[3]

Subject	Kennedale ISD	Region 11	State of Texas
Reading	79%	76%	73%
Mathematics	80%	78%	76%
Writing	75%	72%	69%
Science	83%	81%	79%
Soc. Studies	83%	80%	77%
All Tests	80%	77%	75%

Students in Kennedale typically perform close to the local region and state-wide averages on standardized tests. In the 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 80% of students in Kennedale ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas.[3] The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1413, and the average ACT score was 22.1.[3]

Demographics

In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 3,134 students, ranging from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 228 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 1%.[3]

As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 48.7% White, 22.0% Hispanic, 20.7% African American, 4.0% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, and 3.8% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 39.9% of the student body.[3]

References

1. Kennedale ISD: Superintendent's Office
2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Kennedale Isd". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
3. "2015-16 Texas Academic Performance Report, KENNEDALE ISD". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 1, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
5. "Kennedale ISD". Retrieved October 31, 2018.

External links

• Kennedale ISD