Angleton Independent School District
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Angleton ISD is a public school district
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 in Angleton
Angleton, Texas
Angleton is a city in and the county seat of Brazoria County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. Angleton lies at the intersection of State Highway 288, State Highway 35, and the Union Pacific Railroad. The population was 18,130 at the 2000 census...

, Texas
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 (USA
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), operating 5 levels of education. Established in 1897, AISD encompasses 396 square miles (1,025.6 km²) in Brazoria County
Brazoria County, Texas
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, serving Angleton as well as the Village of Bonney
Bonney, Texas
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, parts of the unincorporated area of Rosharon
Rosharon, Texas
Rosharon, also known as "Buttermilk Station," is an unincorporated area in Brazoria County, Texas at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 521 and Farm to Market Road 1462.- History :...

, and the unincorporated areas of Chocolate Bayou
Chocolate Bayou, Texas
Chocolate Bayou is an unincorporated area in Brazoria County, Texas, United States....

, Lochridge
Lochridge, Texas
Lochridge is an unincorporated area in Brazoria County, Texas, United States; it formerly had a distinct community.Lochridge no longer found representation in the Census by 1950....

, Otey
Otey, Texas
Otey is an unincorporated area located within the boundaries of the Ramsey Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison, in northwest Brazoria County, Texas, United States. Otey, on Oyster Creek, is on the westernmost extension of Farm to Market Road 655....

, and Sandy Point
Sandy Point, Texas
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. The mascot of all AISD schools is the Wildcat
Bobcat
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.

In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized
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" by the Texas Education Agency
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Elementary Schools (Grades K-5)

  • Central Elementary
  • Frontier Elementary
  • Northside Elementary
  • Rancho Isabella Elementary
  • Southside Elementary
  • Westside Elementary

Alternative Education

  • Brazoria County Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (BCJJAEP)

Operations

Students more than 2 miles (3.2 km) away from their schools are entitled to school bus services. Within the 2 miles, the district does not always grant school bus service.

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