Farmersville Independent School District is a public
school district
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North America United States
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based in
Farmersville,
Texas
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(
USA
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).
In 2009, the school district was rated "
academically acceptable
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Schools
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Farmersville High School Farmersville High School may refer to:
*Farmersville High School (California), in Farmersville, California
* Farmersville High School (Texas), in Farmersville, Texas
Farmersville is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population wa ...
(Grades 9-12)
*Farmersville Junior High School (Grades 6-8)
*Farmersville Intermediate School (Grades 2-5)
*Tatum Elementary School (Grades PK-1)
Students
Academics
Students in Farmersville typically outperform local region and state-wide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 83% of students in Farmersville ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 76% in Region 10 and 75% in the state of Texas.
The average
SAT
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score of the class of 2015 was 1390, and the average
ACT score was 20.9.
Demographics
In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 1,559 students, ranging from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 111 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 0.5%.
As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 60.1% White, 33.4% Hispanic, 3.2% African American, 0.7% American Indian, 0.5% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, and 2.1% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 52.9% of the student body.
References
External links
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{{Region 10 School Districts in Texas
School districts in Collin County, Texas