Alpine Independent School District
Location
704 W Sul Ross Ave.
Alpine, Texas[2]
ESC Region 18[1]
United States
Coordinates30°21′26″N 103°40′6″W / 30.35722°N 103.66833°W / 30.35722; -103.66833
District information
TypeIndependent school district
GradesPre-K through 12
SuperintendentWayne Mitchell[1]
Schools3 (2009-10)[2]
NCES District ID4807950[2]
Students and staff
Students1,108 (2010-11)[1]
Teachers89.6 (2009-10)[2] (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis)
Student–teacher ratio11.9 (2009-10)[2]
Athletic conferenceUIL Class 2A Football Division II[3]
District mascotBucks[4]
ColorsPurple and gold    [4]
Other information
TEA District Accountability Rating for 2011-12Recognized[5]
WebsiteAlpine ISD

The Alpine Independent School District is a school district based in Alpine, Texas, United States. The district operates one high school, Alpine High School.

History

Prior to 1996 Alpine High School served as the high school for students from Terlingua Common School District.[6] Beginning in the 1960s, students were bussed to Alpine,[7] with the bus ride being the longest in the United States.[6] San Vicente Independent School District also sent its high school students to Alpine High.[8] In 1996 Big Bend High School opened and the Terlingua area students no longer came to Alpine High.[6] San Vicente ISD at that time began using Big Bend High.[9]

Finances

As of the 2010-2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $380,110,000.[1] The maintenance tax rate was $0.117 and the bond tax rate was $0.009 per $100 of appraised valuation.[1]

Academic achievement

In 2011, the school district was rated "Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.[5] Thirty-five percent of districts in Texas in 2011 received the same rating.[10] No state accountability ratings will be given to districts in 2012.[11] A school district in Texas can receive one of four possible rankings from the Texas Education Agency: Exemplary (the highest possible ranking), Recognized, Academically Acceptable, and Academically Unacceptable (the lowest possible ranking).

Historical district TEA accountability ratings:[5]

Service area

Currently the district serves Alpine.[12] Residents of the Sul Ross State University family housing units, Lobo Village 5 through 7,[13] are zoned to Alpine ISD schools.

Prior to 1996 for the high school level Alpine ISD served, in addition to Alpine, Lajitas, Panther Junction, and Terlingua.[14] The San Vicente and Terlingua districts include Big Bend National Park.[15]

Schools

In the 2011-2012 school year the district operated three schools:[1]

Special programs

Athletics

Alpine High School offers boys' baseball, basketball, football, powerlifting, golf, and wrestling;[4] and girls' basketball, softball, powerlifting, golf, and volleyball.[4] For the 2012 through 2014 school years, Alpine High School played football in UIL Class 2A Division II.[3] The Alpine High School teams are known as the Fightn' Bucks and Lady Bucks.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Texas School Directory 2012" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Alpine ISD". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b "UIL Alignments". University Interscholastic League. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "Alpine High School". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b c "2011 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Pressly, Sue Ann (1997-08-10). "Town's New High School Makes Grade With Students". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  7. ^ "THE END OF THE 80-MILE SCHOOL BUS RIDE". Washington Post. 1996-08-12. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  8. ^ Tucker, Albert Briggs (2008). Ghost Schools of the Big Bend. Howard Payne University Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780615191348.
  9. ^ Trotter, Andrew (1996-09-11). "Take Note". Education Week. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  10. ^ "Texas Accountability System Summary of Ratings for 2004 through 2011(as of November 2, 2011) District Ratings by Rating Category (including Charter Operators)". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Accountability Rating System for Texas Public Schools and Districts". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  12. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Brewster County, TX" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  13. ^ "Residential Living Facilities and Services Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine." Sul Ross State University. Retrieved on April 22, 2012.
  14. ^ Verhovek, Sam Howe (1996-05-27). "End Near for 179-Mile Bus Trip to High School". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  15. ^ "Brewster County". Texas Education Agency. 2001-03-07. Archived from the original on 2001-03-07. Retrieved 2021-06-16. - The map shows the park outline.
  16. ^ "Alpine ISD Chooses VDIworks for Virtual Desktops". VDIworks. 2015.

External links

Alpine, Texas
Education in Brewster County, Texas
School districts in Texas served by Region 18 Education Service Center
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