White Settlement Independent School District is a public
school district
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North America United States
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based in
White Settlement,
Texas
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(
USA
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). The district serves students in White Settlement and a portion of
Fort Worth in west central
Tarrant County
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.
In 2009, the school district was rated "
academically acceptable
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Schools
*
Brewer High School
*Brewer Middle School
*Tannahill Intermediate School (Fort Worth)
*Blue Haze Elementary School (Fort Worth)
*Liberty Elementary School
*North Elementary School (Fort Worth)
*West Elementary School
*Fine Arts Academy
*Mesa High School/Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP)
Students
Academics
Students in White Settlement typically perform close to local region and statewide averages on standardized tests. In 2015-2016
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 78% of students in White Settlement 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 1360, and the average
ACT score was 20.1.
Demographics
In the 2015-2016 school year, the school district had a total of 6,697 students, ranging from early childhood education and pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The class of 2015 included 397 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was 1.8%.
As of the 2015-2016 school year, the ethnic distribution of the school district was 49.5% White, 37.2% Hispanic, 7.1% African American, 1.5% Asian, 0.5% American Indian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, and 3.9% from two or more races. Economically disadvantaged students made up 53.8% of the student body.
References
External links
White Settlement ISD
{{Region 11 School Districts in Texas
School districts in Tarrant County, Texas
School districts in Fort Worth, Texas