The Waxahachie Independent School District is a public school district located in Waxahachie, Texas, a suburban community serving as the county seat for Ellis County, which adjoins Dallas County to the north. Waxahachie ISD is a district of about 8,500 students[3] structured in 17 campuses: 10 elementary school campuses, three junior high campuses, three high school campuses, and one alternative-learning campus.
In 2012-13 and 2013–14, the school district and all campuses received the highest Texas Education Agency accountability rating of "Met Standard."[4] The district's fine arts programs are frequently state recognized in visual arts, band, choir, dance and theatre arts. WISD has been a consistent award winner and is designated as a NAMM Foundation Best Communities for Music Education designation, one of only 376 districts to receive the prestigious award.[5]
Waxahachie Global High School (grades 9-12) - Opened on August 27, 2007, it is an Early College and a Texas-STEM school emphasizing instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in a small learning-community environment.
STAAR - Percentage at Level II Satisfactory Standard or above (sum of all grades tested)[2]
Subject
Waxahachie ISD
Region 10
State of Texas
Reading
79%
74%
73%
Mathematics
83%
77%
76%
Writing
75%
71%
69%
Science
81%
80%
79%
Soc. Studies
77%
80%
77%
All Tests
80%
76%
75%
Students in Waxahachie typically outperform local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 80% of students in Waxahachie ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 76% in Region 10 and 75% in the state of Texas.[2] The average SAT score of the class of 2015 was 1476, and the average ACT score was 22.6.[2]
Demographics
In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 8,107 students, ranging from early childhood education and prekindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 545 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was 2.2%.[2]
As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 49.7% White, 34.8% Hispanic, 11.8% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.4% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 2.7% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 47.1% of the student body.[2]