Irving Independent School District is a school district

School district

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 based in Irving

Irving, Texas

Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 216,290. Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated...

, Texas

Texas

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 (USA

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). The district, which covers 48.5 square miles (125.6 km²), serves most of the city of Irving, except for Valley Ranch

Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas

Valley Ranch is a planned unit development in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving.The name comes from the fact that the land it is sited on was formerly a working ranch and is located below a large ridge, and thus resembles a valley...

 and a portion of Las Colinas

Las Colinas

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. The district also serves small portions of Grand Prairie

Grand Prairie, Texas

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 and Dallas

Dallas, Texas

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.

Irving ISD is made up of 81% low-income families, including 9,500 high school students. It is also a minority-majority district. Ninety-five languages are spoken by its students.

All Irving ISD high school students are issued a laptop computer. In addition students at DeZavala Middle School, which is a part of a grant program, get laptops.

In 2010, the school district was rated "academically acceptable

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" by the Texas Education Agency

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.

Demographics

• African American 12.06%
• American Indian 0.47%
• Asian 3.57%
• Hispanic 70.84%
• White 11.66%

The district had a peak enrollment of 33,189. By 2007 the district faced decreases in student enrollment. Jack Singley, the superintendent, said that the City of Irving did a code enforcement crackdown on several low rent apartments, causing many low income families to leave the district. In addition, he said that some illegal immigrants may have feared deportation, so they and their families left the district.

School uniforms

All Irving ISD elementary and middle school students are required to wear school uniforms.

The uniforms consists of a polo shirt and appropriate school pants (navy blue pants, khakis, etc.).

The shirt colors accepted are:

• Light Blue
• White
• Forest Green
• Navy Blue
• Attending campus school color

High schools

• Irving High School
  Irving High School (Irving, Texas)
  Irving High School is a public high school in Irving, Texas. It was the first high school established in the Irving Independent School District....
  
  
• MacArthur High School
  MacArthur High School (Irving, Texas)
  MacArthur High school is a public high school in Irving, Texas. It is named for the American General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.In 2009, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. In 2010, the school was rated "Academically Recognized" by the Texas Education...
  
  
• Nimitz High School
  Nimitz High School (Irving, Texas)
  Chester W. Nimitz High School is a public high school in the Irving Independent School District, Irving, Texas. It was named for U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Nimitz High School is one of four public high schools in the Irving Independent School District...
  
  
• Jack E. Singley Academy (formerly The Academy of Irving ISD)

All four of these schools feed into North Lake College

North Lake College

North Lake College is a community college that is part of the Dallas County Community College District and is located in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas between Macarthur Boulevard and Walnut Hill Lane...

 within the Dallas County Community College District

Dallas County Community College District

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Middle schools

• Austin Middle School
• Bowie Middle School
• Crockett Middle School
• DeZavala Middle School
• Houston Middle School
• Lamar Middle School
  Lamar Middle School (Irving, Texas)
  Lamar Middle School is a public middle school in Irving, Texas established in the IISD. It provides education material for students in grades 6 - 8 within the school's boundaries. The school was named in honor of Mirabeau B. Lamar who was the third president of the Republic of Texas.Lamar Middle...
  
  
• Travis Middle School
• Lady Bird Johnson Middle School (Opens 2011-2012 School year)

Primary schools

• Barton Elementary School
• Brandenburg Elementary School
• Britain Elementary School
• Brown Elementary School
• Davis Elementary School
• Elliott Elementary School
• Farine Elementary School
• Gilbert Elementary School
• Good Elementary School
  • 2000-01 National Blue Ribbon School
• John Haley Elementary School
• Thomas Haley Elementary School
• Hanes Elementary School
• Johnston Elementary School
• Keyes Elementary School
• Lee Elementary School
• Lively Elementary School
• Schulze Elementary School
• Stipes Elementary School
• Townley Elementary School
• Townsell Elementary School

Early childhood centers

• Clifton Early Childhood Center
• Kinkeade Early Childhood Center
• Pierce Early Childhood Center

Learning centers

• Elementary Development Center
• Ratterree Career Development Center
• Secondary Reassignment Center
• Barbara Cardwell Career Preparatory Center (Formerly Union Bower Center for Learning)
• Wheeler Transitional and Development Center

External links

• Irving ISD
• Irving ISD Crimestoppers