Kennedale Independent School District is a public
school district
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based in
Kennedale,
Texas
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(
USA
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).
In addition to Kennedale, the district serves small portions of
Arlington and
Fort Worth.
In 2016-2017, the school district was rated "
exemplary" by the
Texas Education Agency
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Motto
Kennedale ISD's motto is "Committed to Excellence"
Schools
Kennedale ISD has five schools - four in Kennedale and one (R.F. Patterson Elementary) in Arlington.
*
Kennedale High School (Grades 9-12)
*Kennedale Junior High (Grades 7-8)
*James A. Arthur Intermediate (Grades 5-6)
*James F. Delaney Elementary (Grades PK-4)
*R.F. Patterson Elementary (Grades K-4)
Students
Academics
Students in Kennedale typically perform close to local region and state-wide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 80% of students in Kennedale ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas.
The average
SAT
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score of the class of 2015 was 1413, and the average
ACT score was 22.1.
Demographics
In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 3,134 students, ranging from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 228 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 1%.
As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 48.7% White, 22.0% Hispanic, 20.7% African American, 4.0% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, and 3.8% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 39.9% of the student body.
References
External links
Kennedale ISD
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School districts in Tarrant County, Texas