Alpine Independent School District

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

  • 2011: Recognized
  • 2010: Recognized
  • 2009: Recognized
  • 2008: Academically Acceptable
  • 2007: Academically Acceptable
  • 2006: Academically Acceptable
  • 2005: Recognized
  • 2004: Recognized

Service area[edit]

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[edit]

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

Special programs[edit]

Athletics[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

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