Denton Independent School District, sometimes shortened to Denton ISD, is a school district based in Denton, Texas. DISD's superintendent is Jamie Wilson. In 2009, the school district was rated "

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Attendance area

The district covers the following: * The majority of Denton * Most of Cross Roads, Shady Shores * Portions of: Aubrey, Bartonville,

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, Double Oak,

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, Oak Point,

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, Providence Village It also covers the

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s of

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, Paloma Creek, Paloma Creek South, and Savannah. It also includes the former Lincoln Park, now a part of Little Elm. The district also serves the housing developments of Cross Oak Ranch, and Savannah, all located in unincorporated portions of

Denton County Denton County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 906,422, making it the 7th-most populous county in Texas. The county seat is Denton. The county, which was named for John B. Denton, was establis ...

. The district encompasses about .

List of facilities

Athletic facilities

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C. H. Collins Athletic Complex CH Collins Stadium is a 12,000-capacity multi-use stadium in Denton, Texas. The stadium is used mostly for high school football and soccer. In the offseason of 2013, the field was upgraded with new artificial turf. In the media In 2007, Under ...

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Secondary schools

Secondary schools are divided into two separate levels, middle and high schools. Middle School campuses serve students in grades 6–8 while Comprehensive High Schools serve students in grades 9–12.

Comprehensive high schools

* Braswell High School *

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* John H. Guyer High School *

Billy Ryan High School Billy Ryan High School (Ryan or RHS) is a public high school located in east Denton, Texas. It is the second high school of the Denton Independent School District and classified as a 5A school by the UIL. The original building for the school ...

Fred Moore High School Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico R ...

Middle schools

*Calhoun Middle School *Crownover Middle School – named after

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, businessman and politician *Harpool Middle School – located in

; mascot Longhorns; colors orange and white *McMath Middle School – named after

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, a Denton ISD teacher and band director from Lubbock, Texas and alumnus of

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. *Navo Middle School *Strickland Middle School – 1994–96

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* Myers Middle School - Named after

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, a public education advocate and community leader. This school was scheduled to open in August 2013.

Alternative school (DAEP)

* Lester Davis School (formerly Touchstone)

Primary schools

Elementary schools

Alice Moore Alexander Elementary School Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...

- Named after a local education pioneer in Denton, TX. *

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- Named after

Annie Webb Annie Webb-Peploe (also known as Annie Webb) (1806–1880) was a British writer of approximately 25 books, some under the name "Mrs. J.B. Webb". Webb was born Annie Molyneux on February 4, 1806, in Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England in 1805. She mar ...

, the first woman in Texas elected to a state office. *

Catherine Coleman Bell Elementary School Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Chris ...

- Named after longtime Denton community member Catherine Bell, who was instrumental in the desegregation of Denton schools in the 1960s. * Cross Oaks Elementary School *

Dorothy P. Adkins Elementary School Dorothy may refer to: *Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name. Arts and entertainment Characters *Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum * Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character playe ...

- Named after former longtime Denton ISD teacher and school board member

Dorothy P. Adkins Dorothy may refer to: *Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name. Arts and entertainment Characters *Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum * Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character playe ...

, who was instrumental in the desegregation of Denton schools in the 1960s. *

Eugenia Porter Rayzor Elementary School ''Eugenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,100 species occur in the New World tropics, ...

- Named after

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, the wife of the late J. Newton Rayzor a well-known attorney and developer, and previous owner of the land where the school sits. *

Eva Swan Hodge Elementary School Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment * Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in t ...

- Named after a teacher at Fred Moore High School in the area of Home Economics. * Evers Park Elementary School * Frank Borman Elementary School - Named after Frank F. Borman, US Astronaut on

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and Apollo 8 missions. * Ginnings Elementary School - Named after J.L. Ginnings, a local resident home builder whose family donated the land on which the campus stands. *

L. A. Nelson Elementary School Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

- Named after L.A. Nelson Jr., a Denton City Councilmember. * Ronald McNair Elementary School - Named after

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, who was a mission specialist with NASA who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986. * Mildred Hawk Elementary School - Named for Mildred Hawk, a local philanthropist and educational supporter. * Nette Schultz Elementary School - Named after Ms.

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, an educator at

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* Newton Rayzor Elementary School - Named for J. Newton Rayzor, a well-known attorney and businessman who lived in Denton and whose family donated the land on which the campus stands. *

Olive Stephens Elementary School The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family (biology), family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as '' ...

- Named after Olive Stephens, the former mayor of Shady Shores who led the town for nearly four decades. * Paloma Creek Elementary School *

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* Providence Elementary School * Sam Houston Elementary School - Named after Sam Houston, who helped secure Texas’ independence and eventually was elected as the first President of the Republic of Texas. * Sandbrock Ranch (In construction, expected to open 2022) * Savannah Elementary School * Tomàs Rivera Elementary School - Named after

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, a Mexican-American scholar, author, and poet. *

Union Park Elementary School Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

Wayne Stuart Ryan Elementary School Wayne may refer to: People with the given name and surname * Wayne (given name) * Wayne (surname) Geographical Places with name ''Wayne'' may take their name from a person with that surname; the most famous such person was Gen. "Mad" Antho ...

- Named after a successful businessman, rancher, and community leader.

Early childhood centers

*Ann Windle *Gonzalez

Denton ISD television channel

Homes in the Denton ISD area get the Denton ISD channel on cable *Channel 31 on

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*Channel 40 on Frontier FiOS *Channel 88 on

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References

External links

* {{Region 11 School Districts in Texas Denton, Texas School districts in Denton County, Texas